Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist If you have been to the grocery store lately, you already know that eggs are expensive these days. During 2024, the average price of…
High Egg Prices Expected to go Higher
Happy Thanksgiving
Tom Tabler Most of the trees have shed their leaves and are now only dreary gray skeletons of their former colorful selves just a few weeks ago. These lonely sentinels…
TPA Grower’s Meeting 2025 Cancelled Due to Avian Influenza Concerns
Megan MacArthur The Tennessee Poultry Association (TPA) recently released an update on the scheduled Grower Meetings that were to be held at the following locations this year: Martin, TN- November…
TPA Cancels Fall Poultry Grower Meetings
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist With the recent report of avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in northern Georgia and in backyard flocks in nearby Arkansas and North…
2025 TPA Grower Meetings Schedule
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist The Tennessee Poultry Association has announced its upcoming 2025 Grower Meetings schedule including topics and speakers. The meetings will be held in: Martin, TN…
Avian Influenza Returns
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist After being avian influenza free (for the most part) for most of the summer, the U.S. has seen 3 new cases appear in the…
Help CDC Understand Backyard Flock Owners and Their Flocks
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist Cases of avian influenza have slowed considerably with the onset of hot weather and the fact that we are between the spring and fall…
TPA to Host Annual Meeting
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist The Tennessee Poultry Association (TPA) will host the 2025 TPA Annual Meeting and Summer Getaway on July 25 & 26 at the Gaylord Opryland…
New VIP (Virology/Immunology Poultry) Unit Now Open at University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (UTCVM) is thrilled to announce the opening of their new Poultry Diagnostic Unit at the University…
Welcoming Jie Wu to the Precision Poultry Management Research Group
We are pleased to announce that Jie Wu has joined the Precision Poultry Management Research Group as a Ph.D. student in the Fall 2024 semester. His research will contribute to…
UT Animal Science Secures Continued Poultry Program Funding
UT Animal Science has once again received funding from the US Poultry Foundation’s Industrial Education Recruitment Funding Program for 2024. This continued support will enhance recruitment efforts to attract high…
