2019 Chicken Marketing Summit!
How do channels, choices and challengers influence consumers’ chicken purchasing behavior? Find out at the 2019 edition of Chicken Marketing Summit scheduled for July 21-23 at the Belmond Charleston Place […]
Amid new cases, California’s leading poultry experts conduct high priority workshop to address virulent Newcastle Disease and prevent further spread
Foster Farms and California Poultry Authorities Share Tips to Safeguard Birds at Home and On the Farm Monday, April 15, top poultry experts Foster Farms veterinarian Dr. Bob O’Connor addresses […]
FSIS proposes to remove dual labeling requirements for certain amounts of meat and poultry products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it is proposing to amend labeling regulations to remove duplicative net weight and net content requirements […]
USDA proposes updated NPIP program standards
The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a cooperative Federal-State-Industry mechanism for controlling certain poultry diseases. NPIP’s General Conference Committee made changes to NPIP program standards to keep in line […]
Feathers in the Spring fundraiser
Feathers in the Spring annual fundraiser is Saturday April 27, 2019. Please come and enjoy an array of tasty crudites, yummy chicken and turkey homemade sausage, duck delicacies, succulent squab, […]
Central Valley Meat Co. acquiring Harris Farms’ beef operations
Harris Farms Inc. owner John Harris and Central Valley Meat Co. Inc. president and chief executive officer Brian Coelho announced today that Central Valley Meat Holding Co. will acquire Harris […]
More people hired to wipe out chicken-killing Newcastle disease in Southern California
Federal and state officials are doubling the number personnel working to eradicate the virulent Newcastle disease killing Southern California chickens, thanks in large measure to $45 million in emergency funding […]
USDA, EPA, and FDA unveil strategy to reduce food waste
Today, as part of the Trump Administration’s Winning on Reducing Food Waste Month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and […]
U.S. poultry industry creates 302,515 new jobs, economic output up 11 percent in two years
USPOULTRY, National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and United Egg Producers have released an updated economic impact study that highlights the positive impact the poultry industry has on jobs, wages, […]
Northwest Chicken Council Annual Conference Sponsors to date:
Gold Club Sponsor Aviagen; Boehringer Ingelheim; Cobb-Vantress, Inc.; Darling Ingredients Inc.; United States Cold Storage; Draper Valley Farms; Elanco; Foster Farms; Huvepharma; Marel; Phibro Animal Health; Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care; […]