Diamond Club Level  $2750
Agrecom, Inc.; Aviagen; Boehringer Ingelheim; Darling Ingredients; International Paper; Safe Foods Corporation; Wells Fargo Bank 

Gold Club Level  $1500
Aviagen Turkeys/Select Genetics; Bayer Animal Health; Big Dutchman; Cobb-Vantress, Inc.; Elanco; Evonik Industries; Foster Farms; Grimaud Farms; Haley Farms, Inc.; Marel; Maple Leaf Farms West; Morris & Associates; Pactiv; Petaluma Poultry; Phibro Animal Health; Pitman Family Farms; Purina Animal Nutrition; Rabobank N.A.; Strand Ag Supply; United States Cold Storage; Valley Fresh Foods Inc./Rainbow Farms; Veterinary Service Inc.; Zoetis

Silver Club Level $1000
Alpha Inc. + Chore Time Inc.; Alltech; Animal Health International; DiBuduo & DeFendis; Diamond V; Hubbard LLC; J. S. West & Companies; Jones-Hamilton Co.; Kemin Animal Nutrition & Health North America ; Klarion; Label Technology, Inc.; Lubing Systems; Merck; Motomco; Neogen; Novus International Inc.; Shepard Bros. Inc.; Squab Producers of California; Tipper Tie Inc.; Volk Enterprises; Wildenberg Farms, Inc.; Zacky Farms; Ziggity Systems Inc.

The California Poultry Federation (CPF) Annual Conference and Meeting will be held at the Monterey Plaza Hotel in Monterey, CA on Thursday, September 21. A buffet lunch on the outdoor patio will be held at 11:30 a.m. prior to the Conference. The Board Meeting is Friday, September 22, beginning at 8:30 a.m., with breakfast for attendees before the meeting at 7:30 a.m.

The 2017 CPF Annual Conference and Board Meeting is shaping up to be the largest ever!

For questions about the conference, please contact Sandy Pohl in the CPF office at (888) 822-4004.

Grimaud Farms, Stockton CA, has an immediate opening for a Breeder Supervisor at the Linden facility.

Compensation is $50K per year plus benefits (candidate is required to stay in employer-sponsored housing with free rent).

Click here for full job description and requirements. If interested, please forward resume to monica@cpif.org.

An environmental group is opposing a poultry industry petition to lift a cap on line speeds at poultry processing companies. The National Chicken Council recently requested the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the US Dept. of Agriculture implement a waiver system to permit chicken processors participating in the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) to operate without the line speed caps imposed by the NPIS.  Read more

Diamond Club Level  $2750
Agrecom, Inc.; Aviagen; Boehringer Ingelheim; Darling Ingredients; International Paper; Safe Foods Corporation; Wells Fargo Bank

Gold Club Level  $1500
Aviagen Turkeys/Select Genetics; Bayer Animal Health; Big Dutchman; Cobb-Vantress, Inc.; Elanco; Evonik Industries; Foster Farms; Grimaud Farms; Haley Farms, Inc.; Marel; Maple Leaf Farms West; Morris & Associates; Pactiv; Petaluma Poultry; Phibro Animal Health; Pitman Family Farms; Purina Animal Nutrition; Rabobank N.A.; Strand Ag Supply; United States Cold Storage; Valley Fresh Foods Inc./Rainbow Farms; Veterinary Service Inc.; Zoetis

Silver Club Level $1000
Alpha Inc. + Chore Time Inc.; Alltech; Animal Health International; DiBuduo & DeFendis; Diamond V; Hubbard LLC; J. S. West & Companies; Jones-Hamilton Co.; Klarion; Label Technology, Inc.; Lubing Systems; Merck; Motomco; Neogen; Novus International Inc.; Shepard Bros. Inc.; Squab Producers of California; Tipper Tie, Inc.; Volk Enterprises; Wildenberg Farms, Inc.; Zacky Farms; Ziggity Systems Inc.

Online Registration and Sponsorship! Please click on the links below for the online Conference Registration Form and the Conference Sponsor Form. The room block is ended and full at the Monterey Plaza Hotel. Please call Sandy at the office to discuss reserving a room at a nearby hotel. (888) 822-4004

Click to Register Online (This will link to the Registration Form)

Click to Sponsor Online (This will link to the Sponsorship Form)

For questions about the conference, please contact Sandy Pohl in the CPF office at (888) 822-4004.

The National Chicken Council (NCC), the United States’ oldest and largest national association representing the U.S. broiler chicken industry (chickens raised for meat), today rolled out a set of industry-wide standards for broiler chicken welfare – the “Chicken Guarantees.”  The standards are launched as part of NCC’s Chicken Check In program, which serves as a resource for consumers to get the information they are seeking about how meat chickens are raised.

“NCC and its members remain wholly committed to advancing chicken welfare, continuous improvement and consumer choice,” said Ashley Peterson, Ph.D., NCC senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs.  “But consumers today are constantly being bombarded with negatives on labeling – no preservatives, no hormones, no additives, no this, never that. Through our Chicken Guarantees, we want to provide the baseline principles that always hold true, no matter what chicken you eat.”  Read more

USPOULTRY is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production. Those eligible for the award include any family-owned poultry grower or egg producer supplying product to a USPOULTRY member or an independent producer who is a USPOULTRY member. Nominations are due Oct. 16.  Read more

Rob Ely is one of Northern, CA ‘s most sought after Elvis Tribute Artists, and is also a Singer of 50’s and 60’s Rock n Roll and portrays Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison as well in costume , so it is safe to say that Rob is a versatile Entertainer. He has performed all over CA, and beyond, including performing on the field in Oakland Coliseum for The Oakland A’s singing the National Anthem as Elvis, has been the Elvis of choice on Fox 40 News in Sacramento and also has appeared as Elvis on Good Day Sacramento Morning Show (both in honor of Elvis’ 75th Birthday). Rob has also placed in the Top 3 or in 1st place in  many Elvis Contests sponsored by Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland, in Las Vegas, San Diego, Lake Tahoe and Fresno, and was crowned “Best Overall Elvis” in 2013 by Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, CA. Performing close to 60 Shows per year from small events, to Corporate, Casino and Theater shows, Rob definitely does it all. Click here for more info.