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Ep. 222: AI, HPAI, UPFs and salmonella — The poultry business at mid-year

August 04, 2025 • Meatingplace Magazine / Alt-Meat Magazine

It’s mid-2025, and the poultry complex has had a tough first half. But, the next months look brighter, as Dr. Ashley Peterson notes in today’s MeatingPod episode.

The senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the National Chicken Council tells us how broiler producers can find federal aid to install new technologies to fight HPAI. She also explains how the association will jump into the just-launched national discourse on ultra-processed foods. And looking ahead, Ashley addresses salmonella — a most stubborn pathogen — and how artificial intelligence could mean more than the phrase-of-the-moment to the poultry industry.

In this episode, Ashley discusses USDA APHIS programs available to help producers address HPAI and biosecurity. The link to that web page is here.