Diligent attention to four areas of hatchery management — egg-pack quality, incubation, sanitation and in ovo vaccination — can go a long way toward reducing pathogen loads and delivering healthy chicks without the help of an antibiotic, according to a hatchery specialist.

Fayetteville, AR – ARMI Manufacturing of NWA, an industrial metal manufacturer, celebrated their 16th year of operation by opening a new manufacturing facility. Located in Fayetteville’s Industrial Park, the 80,000-square-foot building is right down the road from their corporate home office. 

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presented Safe Foods Corporation with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.. In total, Secretary Ross honored 48 U.S. companies with the President’s “E” Award, the highest recognition any U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.

FarmLab Innovations, a company offering sanitation solutions for the animal agriculture industry, announced today the launch of their newest product, SWASH™Cool-Cell, a part of their SWASH™ product line.

Oakwood, Ga.-based Wayne Farms announced it has agreed to supply four fully cooked chicken products from its Naked Truth product line of welfare certified Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Step 2-rated products.

Five of six consumers taking part in a focus group discussion at the 2019 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit identified themselves as egg consumers. But of those five, only one said she seeks out eggs that carry specialty labels such as cage free, free range or organic.

The Poultry Federation (TPF) was proud to sponsor the 93rd Annual Oklahoma FFA State Convention. The convention was held on April 30th-May 1st, 2019 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma FFA Association has more than 27,000 members representing 362 chapters and is the 4th largest state FFA association.

The Poultry Federation (TPF) was proud to attend the 91st Annual Missouri FFA State Convention. The convention was held on April 25th-26th, 2019 at the University of Missouri Hearnes Center. Missouri FFA has 25,375 members representing 347 chapters.

Companies that make plant-based or cell-cultured proteins no longer will be able to use the word “meat” on the labels of their products in Oklahoma now that a bill limiting use of the term has become law.

Butterball LLC said it has promoted Suzanne Griffin to the newly created role of senior vice president, general counsel and chief risk officer, in a move to align the company’s risk management initiatives across all departments.