Here are the 10 WATTPoultry.com blog posts that were read the most over the past 12 months.
1. Did Taylor Swift fans lower egg prices after the Grammys?
Meredith Dawson: Another conspiracy theory about egg prices has formed, and this one involves popstar Taylor Swift, her fans and the 2023 Grammy Awards.
2. How the Giants QB earned the nickname “Tommy Cutlets”
Meredith Dawson: The nickname refers to the football player’s favorite meal his mom prepares for him.
3. Conspiracy theory wrong about feed causing high egg prices
Elizabeth Doughman: The online rumor mill is at it again, claiming that feed producers are intentionally modifying their layer products to decrease egg production and drive-up egg prices. We in the poultry industry know that avian influenza is the real culprit.
4. Avian flu is snowballing in Latin America
Benjamín Ruiz: This past week has been quite heavy in news about avian flu in Latin America. Uruguay reported one case on a black neck swam in the wild; then Guatemala reported cases in marine wild birds. The aftermath was then felt in neighboring Argentina – first in wild birds and then in backyard turkeys. And let us remember that Argentina is the fourth largest industry in the region.
5. 2 lawmakers from cage-free states make selves look silly
Roy Graber: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katie Porter recently wrote letters to the five largest egg producers in the United States, asking them to explain why egg prices have risen so sharply.
6. Chicken from Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley: Lick it up
Roy Graber: The Demon and the Starchild from KISS have a pretty nice dining establishment in northern Oklahoma.
7. Rep. Barry Moore’s surprising avian flu statement
Roy Graber: You would think that a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, who studied poultry science in college and represents a poultry-producing congressional district, would know the key reason highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has spread to so many farms in 2022 and 2023.
8. Does Sen. Rick Scott not know or not care about avian flu?
Roy Graber: Sen. Rick Scott’s feud with President Joe Biden is getting downright ridiculous.
9. 21 poultry technologies to follow in 2023
Elizabeth Doughman: Emerging technologies are set to transform the poultry industry in 2023, tackling challenges such as Net Zero, traceability and transparency, avian influenza, Salmonella control and more.
10. Why is there no chicken offered on Popeyes ‘girl dinner?’
Meredith Johnson: The quick service restaurant hopped on the viral dinner trend but failed to include its most popular menu item.
