Unplucked
Episodes
Cool Chemistry: PAA’s Shelf Life in the Chiller
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Peracetic acid is everywhere in a poultry processing plant, but very few people know what is really happening to it inside the chiller. In this episod...
The Nutrition Edge: Boosting Health, Eggs, and Efficiency
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Longevity in modern layers is no longer a dream. It is a management decision. In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance is joined by two experts f...
Raising Advocates: How Poultry Shows Shape Future Leaders in Animal Agriculture
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance talks with Dr. Mary Fosnaught of the North Carolina State University Prestage Department of Poultry Scie...
Getting More from Soybean Meal and Alternative Ingredients
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Soybean meal is still the anchor of most poultry diets, but treating it as a fixed ingredient can quietly cost performance and margin. In this ...
From Coop to Consumer: Building Trust in Poultry Production
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does leadership look like when you sit at the crossroads of farms, consumers, media, and policymakers? In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Va...
BCO Lameness
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis is one of the toughest puzzles in modern broiler production. In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vanc...
From Flocks to Founders: How Waterfowl Science Becomes a Startup
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Waterfowl do not read our biosecurity plans. They follow weather, water, and habitat, and they carry powerful lessons for disease prediction and preve...
The Truth About the Industry’s Favorite Protein Source
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Soybean meal is the backbone of modern poultry nutrition, yet most formulations treat it like a constant when it is anything but. In this episode of U...
Biosecurity & One Health
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance talks with Dr. Rocio Crespo of North Carolina State University about what it really means to manage poul...
Building Trust in Animal Agriculture
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trust is not something you buy. It is something you earn every day. In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance talks with Kim McConnell, founder of...
Vaccine Roulette: Why NDV Strain Selection Could Be Costing You
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Newcastle disease is largely under control in the United States, yet vaccination choices still shape flock health and performance. In this episode, ho...
Pathogen Pursuit: Campylobacter
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Campylobacter is not your typical poultry pathogen. In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance talks with Dr. Issmat Kassem of the University of Ge...
Inside Perdue Farms: Reinventing Poultry Feed
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance sits down with Dr. Randy Mitchell, VP of Nutrition at Perdue Farms and a newly named Fellow of the Poult...
How are AI & Robotics different?
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence and robotics are not the same tool, and understanding the difference changes how you plan, budget, and deploy technology in po...
Broiler House Management
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moisture control sits at the center of good broiler management. In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance talks with Dr. Brian Fairchild of the Un...
Hatchability
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hatchability has quietly slipped in the United States over the last decade, and the cost shows up everywhere from breeder houses to the balance sheet....
The Coccidiosis Conundrum: Progress or Plateau?
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance talks with Dr. Kayla Price of Alltech Canada about what it really takes to make progress against c...
The Science Behind Modern Broilers
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance sits down with Dr. Doug Korver to unpack what decades of genetics and nutrition have really done to mode...
A Gut Feeling: Turning Gut Science into On Farm Results
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance talks with Dr. Lisa Bielke of NC State about what gut health really means in poultry and why bacteria in...
Avian Influenza's Leap from Poultry to Cattle
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance sits down with Dr. Scott Kenney of The Ohio State University to unpack how highly pathogenic avian influ...
Can We Remove Inorganic Phosphorus? The Future of Poultry Diets with Phytase Innovation
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance explores the cutting edge of poultry nutrition and feed innovation, live from the Poultry Science Associ...
Unlocking Better Hatchability: The Impact of Micronutrients in Poultry Breeder Diets
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance speaks with Dr. Mercedes Vazquez-Añon, Novus Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives and Accounts, to ...
Strong Animals, Strong Systems: Exploring Sustainability and Storytelling in Animal Agriculture
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Unplucked, host Andy Vance sits down with Dr. Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech, for an in-depth conversation about the futu...
PSA Annual Meeting Symposium 2025: Boots on the Ground
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Unplucked takes you inside the 2025 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting, held in Raleigh, North Carolina. Host Andy Va...
Outlook of Poultry in EMEA
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nutrition is becoming a lever for both performance and footprint, and the strategy differs by region. Andy speaks with Dr. Behnam Saremi of CJ Bio abo...
Chicken or Egg: Is the Public Misinformed or Are We Miscommunicating?
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can be right on facts and still lose on trust. Communications strategist Hinda Mitchell joins Andy to talk about how poultry and livestock leaders...
Egg Prices
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When eggs get expensive, everyone notices. To separate signal from noise, Andy welcomes Brian Earnest, lead protein industry analyst at CoBank, for a ...
Extension
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good science is only useful when it reaches the people doing the work. Andy sits down with Dr. Tony Pescatore to explore how the land-grant system tur...
The Minds Behind the Science: Meet the People Driving Poultry Innovation
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Career paths in poultry science rarely run straight. Andy talks with Dr. Marc de Beer, president of Aviagen North America, about how a grounding in nu...
Feed the Future: Innovations in Poultry Nutrition
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Precision nutrition is a mindset as much as it is a set of tools. PSA President Dr. Martin Zuidhof joins Andy to map how data, modeling, and feeder te...
Birds of a Feather: International Perspectives on Poultry Science
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Housing is not just a building choice. It is a biology choice, a management choice, and a market choice. Andy welcomes Dr. Inga Tiemann for a grounded...
History of Poultry: Part 3 - How Poultry Became Poultry: Hybridization, History, and the Making of a Modern Industry
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did a patchwork of backyard flocks become one of the most sophisticated protein systems on the planet. In this episode, Unplucked looks backward t...
Ethics in Publishing
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The value of science depends on trust in the record. Andy interviews Olivia Nippe, a senior publishing ethics expert at Elsevier, about how journals a...
Endocrine Insights: Growth, Genomes, and Guiding the Next Generation
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hormones connect the brain to the barn. In this episode, Andy Vance and Dr. Tom Porter explore how endocrine signals shape growth, stress response, an...
Emotional Intelligence: Tapping Into Your Greater Leadership Potential
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Great technical work stalls without great people skills. Andy talks with Dr. Jeff King about emotional intelligence as a practical toolkit for researc...
History of Poultry: Part 2 - Genes and Generations: Dr. Susan Lamont on Four Decades of Poultry Genetics
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Modern genetics has changed how birds respond to pressure, from heat stress to pathogens. Andy sits down with Dr. Sue Lamont to trace the path from ea...
What’s Good for the Bird: Aligning Welfare and Sustainability
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability only works when it works for the bird, the people, and the bottom line. In this episode, Andy Vance talks with Dr. Katy Tarrant about b...
Let's Talk Turkey
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turkeys share many of the same disease acronyms as broilers, yet the playbook on the ground is different. Andy talks with veterinarian Dr. Carrie Crem...
H5 Influenza Uncovered: Policy Shortfalls and Future Solutions
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a fast-moving virus meets fragmented policy, producers carry the risk. Andy convenes experts from the AAAP H5N1 task force to translate the curre...
History of Poultry: Part 1 - Past, Present, and Publish
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Behind every barn-side practice is a paper trail of experiments, edits, and peer review. Andy talks with Dr. Paul Siegel about seven decades of change...
Breaking the Shell: How In-Ovo Sexing is Transforming Poultry Farming
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Male chick culling sits at the intersection of economics, ethics, and public perception. Andy sits down with embryologist Dr. Yuval Cinnamon to explai...
Smart Farms & Fowl Tech: The Future of Poultry Automation
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Automation is moving from trade-show novelty to everyday tool, and poultry is finally seeing the payoff. In this episode, Andy Vance talks with Georgi...
Avian Influenza Explained: Bird Flu’s Impact on Poultry and How Experts Are Fighting Back
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Avian influenza (H5N1) is making headlines again, threatening poultry farms across the globe and pushing egg prices higher. Over 166 million birds hav...
Unplucked Podcast Trailer
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Unplucked, the official podcast of the Poultry Science Association. Â Andy Vance, Executive Director of the Poultry Science Association, w...