SPRINGFIELD — A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming the way local farmers process and sell their products, is ...

SPRINGFIELD Starting Jan. 1, 2026, a new law supported by State Senator Christopher Belt will allow smaller poultry producers ...

“I just heard that Central Illinois Poultry Processing, the only processor in a four-hour radius of us, will no longer be offering ground chicken as a processing option. I’m worried about our ground ...

CENTURY, Fla. -- Growing and selling chickens has become a popular form of farminng in Northwest Florida. Farmers who raise and sell chickens at their homes are required to have a state limited ...

This is the story about a small farm that, back in 1978, sold only raw milk, some frozen ground beef, cheese and raw honey to ...

Commercial chicken farmers literally bet the farm, spending millions of dollars on land and enormous chicken houses to raise birds they never own — putting their livelihoods in the hands of a single ...

Capital investment of $74.5 million will increase processing capacity from 800,000 birds per week to about 1.1 million at ...

Legislation would allow farmers to sell their poultry at farmers markets, roadside stands and through delivery By GRACE FRIEDMAN Medill Illinois News Bureau [email protected] SPRINGFIELD — ...