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Jurgielewicz, the largest duck farm on the South Fork, once provided up to 1.5 million ducks, although a portion were raised in Ohio. Share this!
Beset by financial problems and charges of environmental violations, the Jurgielewicz Duck Farm in Moriches announced Monday it will cease operations by the end of July and the property will be ...
Michael Jurgielewicz, whose great-grandfather Branislaw opened Jurgielewicz Duck Farm in 1933, and longtime family friend Stephen "Biggie" Ammirati, have brought the delicacy, now grown in Hamburg ...
Joe Jurgielewicz & Son are able to put duck on restaurant tables from Philadelphia to French Polynesia, even during the avian flu outbreak.
Joe Jurgielewicz & Son is one of the largest duck producers in the U.S., but they weren’t immune to the ravages of avian flu, which hit the JJS Farm hard in 2022, Michael Jurgielewicz says.
The short answer is that there are chickens for meat (broilers) and chickens for eggs (layers), and they’re not the same: They’re raised separately and have different lifespans. In fact, for the past ...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner announced his agriculture plan Thursday while touring the Joe Jurgielewicz & Son Ltd. duck farm in Tilden Township. One of the top producers of duck ...
For Tasty Duck, the outbreak has been disastrous. Joey Jurgielewicz—Michael’s brother—explains that the avian flu is a seasonal virus that’s tied to wild bird migration patterns. There are cases every ...
Like many others, duck farmer Joe Jurgielewicz explained that his family relies on sales to restaurants in major cities like New York and Philadelphia.
One of the hallmark attractions at the Pennsylvania Farm Show is the baby duck slide. For years visitors would gather to watch fluffy ducklings splash down a slide. It was adorable and ...