Mississippi as usual tries to ban progress CORWITH, Iowa––A March 26, 2026 barn fire at the Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm near Corwith, Iowa, 30 miles west of Mason City, still burning well into March 27, is believed to have brought the most animal deaths of any fire in U.S. history. The Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm […]
“Cage-free” fire that killed 400,000 hens is subject of $25 million lawsuit
Building barn that burned was praised as “victory” by then-Humane Society of U.S. brass BLOOMFIELD, Nebraska––A February 27, 2020 barn fire that killed 400,000 hens is now the subject of a $25 million lawsuit filed by the Rhode Island-based Factory Mutual Insurance Company against the barn builder, Henning Companies LLC of Johnston, Iowa. ANIMALS 24-7 […]
Will bird flu cut the U.S. appetite for chicken, eggs, ducks, & turkey?
Public notices eagle deaths & higher prices CHICAGO, Illinois––Soaring egg prices, bald eagles dropping from the skies in at least 14 states, and 200 dead birds found at Baker Lake in the Forest Preserves of Cook County, forty miles northwest of Chicago, in mid-April 2022 began to bring the mainstream mass media spotlight to […]
“No injuries” says Michael Foods of fire that killed 400,000 hens
Cage-free complex has been much praised by animal advocates BLOOMFIELD, Nebraska––If anyone imagined that going cage-free would substantively change the egg industry, the headlines alone reporting a February 27, 2020 barn fire at a Michael Foods cage-free complex in Knox County, Nebraska should explode that illusion. The Michael Foods fire killed as many as […]