Hot, humid summer days means house pre-heating isn’t necessary, right? Wrong! One of the biggest myths regarding house preparation during summer months is that proper pre-heating is not required since it only takes an hour or two to heat the litter.

The keys to good brooding and preventing paw lesions are one and the same.

If your goal is to remove the ammonia challenge and high nutrient load caused by excessive litter depth, it may be beneficial to reduce the volume of litter in the house through a partial clean out. V

Here are 6 quick tips for managing litter during downtime.

Poultry litter is really alive and has a complete, complex microbial ecology contained in the bedding material. The ecology of poultry litter can be one favorable for bird growth and performance or it can be a source of challenges.

As turkey and broiler producers continue to battle rising feed costs, the impact of ammonia and tight profit margins, the Jones-Hamilton Agricultural Division is helping them strike back with litter management education and application services.

The main role of winter ventilation strategies is moisture control. Because of that, the most important factor in monitoring air quality and ventilation success during the winter is relative humidity.

When excessive moisture exists in broiler litter it can cause litter caking, increase paw lesions and make it difficult to retain heat, thereby lowering a bird’s body temperature which can be detrimental to weight gain, feed conversion and immune function. These five easy tips can help you maintain an ideal relative humidity for optimal performance during brooding.

With U.S. corn stockpiles at their lowest level in 16 years, Goldman Sachs analysts are predicting a 9 percent surge in corn prices over the next 6 months. What does that mean for already cash-strapped poultry growers and producers?

Watt Poultry USA editor, Gary Thornton, discusses the far reaching effects of poultry litter management with Jones Hamilton's Blake Gibson.