President Trump on Thursday unveiled an outline in principle of a new trade agreement with the United Kingdom. Many specifics about the deal were not immediately clear, including if U.S. chicken will be included, and nothing was signed during the Oval Office event.

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Georgia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama and Texas were the top five states for liveweight broiler production last year, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Georgia reclaims its position from North Carolina as the number one producing state.

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The Justice Department this week asked the Supreme Court to allow the administration to end a program known as CHNV (Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela), a parole program that the administration would like to terminate before being blocked by a Boston judge.

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For the first time since her confirmation hearing, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins this week testified before both the Senate and House Agriculture Appropriations Committees about President Trump’s proposed budget for USDA.

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House committees have begun scheduling markups for various pieces of the upcoming budget reconciliation package.

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report is planned to be released next week.

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The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday advanced two of President Trump’s picks for top USDA positions. The nominees now await a confirmation vote from the full chamber.

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The deadline for hotel reservations for NCC’s Summer Board of Directors meeting is next Friday, May 16.

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NCC this week on social media

On May 9, 2025, in Social Media, by Tom

NCC is active on all major social media channels! Follow the NCC and Chicken Check In accounts on NCC Twitter, Chicken Check In Twitter, InstagramLinkedInYouTube, Facebook, and TikTok. Click through to see a few recent posts.

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Chicken exports in March 2025 decreased 2.0 percent in quantity and increased 9.5 percent in value when compared with March 2024, according to USDA.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 10, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,955,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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