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Board of Directors Officers Johnny Adcock, President, Woodland* Randall Ennis, Vice President, Huntsville* Dale Gambrill, Treasurer, Snead* Tim Esslinger, Secretary, Eufaula* Spence Jarnagin, Immediate Past President, Scottsboro* Directors Ronnie Adrian, Collinsville George Attwood, Anniston Chris Carter, Guntersville Fred Cespedes, Hanceville Richard Curvin, Montgomery Cory Early, Albertville Billy Gilley, Cullman Harold Hunt, Gadsden* Heath Loyd, Decatur Dennis Maze, Horton Todd McMahen, Dothan Dr. Shannon Morgan, Birmingham Mitchell Pate, Auburn Mike Pigg, Cullman John Pittard, Guntersville John Roberts, Cullman Kenneth Sanders, Brundidge* Roddy Sanders, Gordo Jason Shell, Gadsden Jack Sherwood, Troy Jason Spann, Hanceville Ken Taylor, Anniston Ben Thompson, Huntsville David Thompson, Ashland Stanley Usery, Athens Scott Varner, Russellville Ricky Walker, Snead Craig Williams, Enterprise Advisors Dr. Don Conner, Auburn University James Donald, Auburn University Dr. Joe Hess, Auburn University Jacob Davis, Montgomery Dr. Tony Frazier, Montgomery Perry Oakes, Auburn
The new year has seen some dramatic accomplishments for Alabama’s poultry industry. In January, two outstanding poultry science researchers and educators were honored for their contributions to the industry. Dr. Allen Edgar was posthumously inducted into the American Poultry Historical Society at this year’s International Processing & Production Expo. A few days later, Dr. Bob Brewer was inducted into the Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor. The poultry industry in Alabama would not be nearly as dynamic without either of these two gifted men. It is much to their credit that poultry plays such a vital role in the economy of our state. That importance has been underscored with the release in February of the joint report of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Alabama Agribusiness Council titled Economic Impacts of Alabama’s Agricultural, Forestry, and Related Industries. This report leaves little doubt that the poultry industry is the undisputed agricultural leader in Alabama. Everyone associated with the industry should feel justifiably proud of the positive economic impact that our industry has on our state. See the article on page 4. We are also excited to announce the creation of the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association Allied Industry Scholarship Program with Wallace State Community College in Hanceville. These scholarships are intended for students enrolled in agricultural production or the poultry science program who intend to transfer to Auburn University and major in poultry science. Speaking of exciting, by now, you have probably heard that Thompson Square will be our entertainment for our 2013 “Evening of Fun.” This husbandand-wife duo was named 2012 Academy of Country Music’s “Vocal Duo of the Year!” Tickets will be on sale shortly, so start making your plans for Saturday, June 8, because – If We Didn’t Have You! …
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Association News
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Dr. Bob Brewer Inducted into Ag Hall of Fame
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Neal Walker and Sons – Poultry is in the Blood
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2013 AP&EA “Evening of Fun” Thompson Square
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Dr. Allen Edgar Honored
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IPPE Continues to Grow
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Auburn Poultry Science Club Wins!
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Poultry Industry News
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Recipes
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Practical Applications
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Passing of Friends
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Alabama Poultry Has Something to Crow About!
MONTGOMERY – With the release of the long awaited agricultural economic impact study, compiled by the Auburn University department of agricultural economics and rural sociology and funded by the Alabama Agribusiness Council and its members, it is once again obvious that Alabama’s poultry industry is leading the way in terms of economic impact. The report, based on 2010 farm data, was presented in Montgomery on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Gov. Robert Bentley, Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan and members of the Alabama Agribusiness Council were in attendance. The study data shows that the poultry growers and egg producers of Alabama accounted for more than 65 percent of total agricultural sales, generating approximately $5 billion in revenue. Poultry processing accounted for more than $10 billion, or 40.3 percent of the agricultural pro-
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cessing sector. These figures also represent industries that are closely allied to and serve the poultry industry. In total, the Alabama poultry industry generated $15 billion in 2010. The report showed the poultry industry and its allied companies also provided jobs for more than 86,000 Alabama workers. “We are proud to be major contributors to Alabama’s economy and proud that Alabama poultry helps feed the world. Our growers, usually family farmers, our processing companies and our allied industries continue to work hard to ensure a strong, growing and sustainable industry,” said Alabama Poultry & Egg Association Executive Director Johnny Adams. The Alabama Poultry & Egg Association is a contributing member of the Alabama Agribusiness Council. Copies of the report are available for download at www.aces.edu.
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Gov. Robert Bentley spoke with high praise for the positive impact that agriculture has on the economic life of Alabama.
Alabama Agribusiness Council Executive Director Leigha Cauthen and Alabama Poultry & Egg Association Executive Director Johnny Adams at the Alabama Agribusiness Council’s Legislative Reception.
For the third year in a row the AP&EA “Evening of Fun” Golf Tournament will be held at the beau-
tiful Limestone Springs Gof Club, just 45 minutes north of Birmingham, and rated 4 ½ stars by Golf Digest, this spectacular Alabama golf course was expertly conceived, crafted and etched among the panoramic ridges, valleys, bluffs and streams of beautiful Blount County in north-central Alabama. This year’s tournament will be a handicap scramble with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. Lunch will be
served afterwards. Range balls are included. Registration $100. Mulligan Package $10 includes two mulligans and one power drive. Limit 144 participants.
For questions about the golf tournament, contact Casey Jones, chairman, at 608-780-5154
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CAP&EA Holds Winter Meeting
(Above) Larry Raughton of Ecodrum and (left) Blake Gibson of Jones Hamilton
GREENVILLE – Jan. 24 – The Central Alabama Poultry & Egg Association held its quartlerly meeting at Beeland Park with President Michael Oglesby presiding. After a buffet meal, catered by Rebecca Duncan, sponsors were recognized. The first speaker of the evening was Blake Gibson with Jones Hamilton Co., maker of PLT litter treatment. Gibson explained the value of using the litter treatment for a healthier environment
for chickens. He explained that litter was a highly enriched environment for microorganisms, viruses, gases and insects. Larry Raughton of Ecodrum composting system explained that the Ecodrum system is scavanger proof, neighbor friendly, with less odor, is a good pathogen killer and eliminates soil leaching. It also provides a lower operating cost than the incineration method of mortality disposal.
AP&EA Announces Allied Industry Scholarships For Wallace State The Alabama Poultry & Egg Association Allied Industry Scholarship has been established for the purpose of providing a scholarship for a student enrolled in the agricultural production program or subsequent poultry science program at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville. This scholarship is intended only for students who intend to transfer to Auburn University and major in poultry science. The scholarship recipient will receive $1,000 per semester for the spring and fall semester. Scholarships will be awarded each academic year, with prior
recipients eligible for consideration. To meet the requirements, the student must have been accepted or already enrolled at Wallace State Community College, have a GPA of 2.5 or greater, provide references and a list of community involvement. The student must also provide an essay clearly explaining the reasoning behind their career choice. There is no length requirement. The scholarship committee will screen all applicants for eligibility and application completeness. Scholarship applications may be
Speake School Wins “Good Egg” Award
AP&EA Membership Director Ray Hilburn; Speake Principal Tina Blankenship; Shayla Rexrode from Discovery Education; and teacher Eddie Coker at the check presentation.
Speake School recently pulled off a coup. The small school in Lawrence County won the $5,000 grand prize in the “Good Egg” Contest sponsored by Discovery Education and the American Egg Board. Students, parents and teach-
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ers were encouraged to go to a website and vote for Speake School on a daily basis. They did, and they won! The website featured videos about the table egg industry and stressed the housing and care of chickens as well as
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obtained from the Wallace State Community College scholarship office or from AP&EA. Contact Membership Director Ray Hilburn by phone (334-265-2732) or by email (ray@alabamapoultry.org). The forms will also be available for download through our website: www.alabamapoultry.org. The total amount awarded each year will be dependent on the availability of funds. As more funds become available, additional scholarships may be offered. Contributions to the scholarship fund can be made through the AP&EA.
the nutritional benefits of eggs as a part of a healthy diet. Teachers were encouraged to use the videos in conjunction with the school’s Ag in the Classroom lesson plan. Discovery Education, is a part of the group that includes the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. According to Helena Basche of Discovery Education, part of the goal is to overcome the disconnect that many kids have with anything relating to the farm to table journey. Speake School, which was recently restructured from a K-12 school to a K8 school, lost its FFA program. The prize money will go a long way to augment the school’s own Ag in the Classroom program, as well as helping with other agriculture related school projects.
Bob Brewer and Friends
Bob Brewer Inducted Into Ag Hall of Fame AUBURN – Amidst friends, family, colleagues and former students, Dr. Bob Brewer was inducted into the Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor during a ceremony on Jan. 31, 2013, at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. Bob Brewer was raised in Phil Campbell, Ala., graduating from high school in 1952. In 1955, he received his bachelor of science degree from Auburn University and began working as an assistant county agent in Coosa and Talladega counties. While working on his master’s degree, he worked with Dr. Allen Edgar on the Auburn University poultry research farm. Brewer, in 1961, began working with the Pillsbury Company in Cullman as its poultry health and management specialist. Four years later, he left Cullman to complete his doctorate from the University of Georgia. In 1968, he returned to Auburn University as an assistant professor of poultry science, beginning what would be an exceptional 32-year career in the department. Brewer’s areas of interest and research included control of parasites in commercial poultry, improved energy management in broiler houses, and best management practices for intensive broiler production, which is the cornerstone of Alabama’s poultry industry. In 1987, he was appointed head of the poultry science department and served in that role until his retirement in 2001. During Brewer’s tenure as department head, student enrollment in the poultry science department rose from less than 20 students to a peak of 82 in 1998. He was instrumental in establishing six scholarship endowments at Auburn University and two with the Alabama Poultry Foundation. In addition to building the department’s teaching programs, Brewer enhanced its research and extension efforts by increasing the number of faculty and specialists positions to provide the expertise needed in the industry. Brewer’s crowning achievement was the poultry science building, an 85,000square-foot research, classroom and office facility on the Auburn University campus. He partnered with Alabama’s poultry industry leaders, Auburn administration and government agencies to develop the concept, secure funding and follow through on completion of the project. In 1993, Brewer was inducted into the Alabama Poultry Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Dr. Bob Brewer, on receipt of another honor in a most honorable and inspiring career.
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Chinese poultry houses in 1992
David, Jackie, Neal and Michael Walker
Neal Walker and Sons – Poultry is in the Blood Things were very primative on the inside
Transportation was limited
Necropsy was performed on the fly
Neal and his Chinese crew
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It was on a Tuesday in 1992 when the phone rang in Neal Walker’s office. Neal, the complex manager for Wayne Farms in Decatur was in his 28th year of his career with Wayne Farms. He answered the phone to hear the voice of Elton Maddox, president of Wayne Farms. Maddox told Neal that he wanted him in China by next Tuesday. It seemed that Continental Grain (Conti Group), Wayne Farms parent company had bought a poultry processing plant in China and it was struggling. Neal was the only one in the company who was old enough to remember how things were in the ‘50s and ‘60s in the American poultry industry – which was just about where the Chinese poultry industry was in 1992. A week later, after a 27 hour flight, fortunately it was first class, Neal Walker of Albertville, Ala., and his wife, Jackie, found themselves in Tianjin, China. He was one of only 225 Americans in a city of 10 million Chinese. For seven months, he worked as the general manager of that poultry operation and maintained his job as complex manager in Decatur. Asked how he was able to handle both jobs, he shook his head and replied, “a lot of traveling.” That was not the last of his traveling, however. In 2000, with the responsibility of Wayne Farms’ four grow-out facilities in Alabama, he was tasked with also serving as the general manager of the Lima, Peru operation. He handled both jobs for five years until he retired. Neal started out servicing chickens with Pillsbury, working with his father-inlaw, who also had contracts with Quaker Oats and Allied Mills, which would become Wayne Farms. They contracted moving and vaccinating chickens around the Albertville area. Neal managed one of the crews. In 1964, he went to work with Herb Hannah’s poultry supply company. After a year, he went to work for John Livingston at Wayne Farms, thus beginning his 41-year career. The boys started out early in the chicken business, when Michael was 4 or 5 years old, he was going with Neal on calls. later David did the same. Neal recalls many Friday nights going to football games and getting a call about a grower with a problem. After the game, the whole family would ride out to the grower’s farm to take care of the problem. In 1969, Neal bought a farm and built his own chicken houses. Michael remembers that his dad made them clean the litter out by hand because he didn’t want any machines in his houses. Both boys helped as well as Neal’s daughters Shelli and Rita. They also raised cattle on the farm. Michael began his career in poultry in almost the same way that his father had,
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selling poultry equipment for Herb Hannah and then for Morgan Edwards at AgriBusiness Supply. In 1996, after catching the entrepreneurial spirit, he started Advanced Poultry Supply with partner, Jeff Sims, out of one of Neal’s barns. In 2006, Jeff left the partnership and now works with Animal Health International. Now from locations in Albertville and Elba, Advanced Poultry Supply offers a full line of poultry production equipment, selling products from Big Dutchman, L.B. White, Valco, Ziggity Systems and others. Michael and his wife, Michelle, a 1st grade teacher in Douglas, have two children, Levi, 15, and Moriah, 10. Michael is also an ordained lay preacher. David began his poultry career with Arbor Acres and then with Wayne Farms, working as assistant manager in their Decatur hatchery. He held a number of positions with Wayne Farms, but ended up back in Decatur as hatchery manager. From there he was hired by Koch Foods to oversee building and then running their new hatchery in Henagar. In 2001, he also was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. He went into business for himself, distributing products for Intervet. He rented an office from Michael and started K-Supply, named for his daughter, Kayla. In 2005, he built his own warehouse facility in nearby Horton. He has since added a facility in Forest, Miss., and one in Gainesville, Ga., distributing poultry health products and cleaning supplies from Kentucky to the panhandle of Florida. He and his wife, Christa, have two daughters, Kayla, 12; and Kelsey, 9. They also have a custom tee shirt and specialty embroidering business in Horton, and a farm where they raise pure-bred cattle. We are proud to recognize this outstanding family and these fine businesses as VIP sponsors for all of the AP&EA events. Thanks, for all that you do.
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Michael Walker at Advanced Poultry Supply
David Walker at K-Supply
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AP&EA is proud to introduce Thompson Square as our featured entertainment for the 2013 “Evening of Fun.” Our theme for this year “If We Didn’t Have You!” is an adaptation of their song “If I Didn’t Have You.” It expresses our need for your continued participation in your Alabama Poultry & Egg Asssociation.
Thompson Square isn’t a real place, exactly. It’s the musical territory staked out by the husband-and-wife duo of Keifer and Shawna Thompson, an exciting and unpredictable area where country meets rock, rough meets smooth and one vagabond heart finds a harmonious common ground with another. It’s the sweet destination where two journeys end and another one begins. “It’s the place where we create our thing, a little fantasyland where we live,” Keifer says. And now the rest of us get to discover that magical place, starting with the chart-topping duo’s self-titled debut album. Fans began truly getting to know their way around Stoney Creek Records’ Thompson Square with the release of their Grammy nominated #1 Platinum+ radio smash, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not,” a fitting introduction to the Thompsons’ natural chemistry and spirit of buoyant romance. iTunes’ Country Song of the Year (2011) grew meteorically to become the Most Played Song at Country Radio in 2011 (Mediabase) as well as reach the top of the Billboard Heat Seekers Chart. Additionally, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” spent five consecutive weeks at #1 on the Country Digital Soundscan chart and 12 consecutive weeks as the #1 Country Ringtone. Things have happened very quickly since then: Thompson Square earned three fan-voted American Country Awards for Single of the Year by a Group, Single of the Year by a New Artist and Music Video of the Year by a New Artist. “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” also earned two Grammy nominations for Best Country Song and Best Country Duo/ Group Performance of the Year as well as an American Music Award Nomination for “New Artist of the Year.” One month later, Thompson Square dethroned Sugarland to become the 2012 Academy of Country Music’s “Vocal Duo of the Year,” making Thompson Square the first new duo to win the award in 20 years. Two after that, Thompson Square’s follow-up smash, “I Got You,” earned the duo a fan-voted 2012 CMT Music Award for “Duo Video of the Year.” Now, with the much-anticipated release of, “If I Didn’t Have You,” the duo’s lead single from its upcoming sophomore album, Thompson Square is nominated for two of the most coveted CMA Awards – New Artist of the Year and Duo of the Year. Additionally, Thompson Square moves up the ranks to support Luke Bryan on his first-ever headlining tour in 2013. The “Dirt Road Diaries Tour” features Thompson Square in a full supporting set with newcomers Florida Georgia Line as openers. The duo has played to over two million fans in the past two years – by having been rapturously received, as both an opening act on superstar Jason Aldean’s tour and on Lady Antebellum’s “Own the Night World Tour,” and by packing high-energy shows of their own. They’ve seen the “Kiss Me” video become a favorite on CMT and GAC, even spending 12 consecutive weeks in the Top 5 of CMT’s Top 20 Countdown. They’ve earned a follow-up Top 10 hit with, “I Got You,” and traveled the national media circuit, performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, Conan, Fox & Friends, FOX’s All American Concert Series, the 45th Annual CMA Awards, FOX’s 2nd Annual American Country Awards, NBC’s “The Better Show,” and more. Thompson Square finishes the year as Billboard’s #1 New Country Artist in terms of its single (Hot 100) and album sales (Hot 200) charts. The duo was also named Mediabase’s New Country Artist of the Year, in terms of radio airplay.
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Additionally, Thompson Square made history when its third consecutive hit single, “Glass,” made T2 the first Country act to score two music videos for the same song on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown. The Top 15 follow-up hit became a fan and critic’s favorite, hailed by The Washington Post as a “poignant meditation on human vulnerability.” The suddenness of their success belies the fact that – separately and together – Keifer and Shawna have been learning their craft in Nashville for a decade. “To see it paying off right now is elating,” Keifer says. “Every day I try to take a little time, soak it all in and say thanks.” Now Music City is sharing with the rest of the world the pitch-perfect combination of Keifer’s soulful intensity and Shawna’s crystalline grace; her classic country upbringing and his wide-ranging singer-songwriter influences. Shawna grew up in tiny Chatom, Ala., learning traditional country songs from her guitar-playing father and soaking up the sounds of Reba McEntire and Alabama on the radio. Keifer was raised in Miami, Okla., where he was exposed to everything from Roger Miller and Merle Haggard to punk rock and heavy metal before finding his most profound influences in thoughtful tunesmiths like Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. Each moved to Nashville within the same week, and met at a singing competition a few days after hitting town. “I walked in and saw her, went right up and started talking to her,” Keifer recalls. “She beat me in pool, and that’s where it started.” Like Keifer, Shawna sensed a connection right away. “I knew immediately,” she says. “It sounds so cheesy, but it was a love at first sight thing for me.” Each had come to Music City intending to pursue a solo career, and for a few years that’s just what they did. “She was doing her own thing, and I was doing my thing,” Keifer says. “After a while it made sense to combine what we did. We looked at each other one day and said, ‘Maybe we should try to do this.’” And so Thompson Square was born. They adjusted to the idea of combining the pressures of married life with a career choice that demanded near-constant togetherness. “A lot of couples can’t be together 24 hours a day – but for us it doesn’t work unless it’s like that,” Keifer points out. “It’s still
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like we’re dating, and we’ve been married for 11 years. We like to have fun, we like to laugh and we like to rock out— so that’s what we try to do.” The pieces truly began falling into place for Thompson Square in 2009, when manager Shawn Pennington caught the couple’s show at a Nashville club. Within days Thompson Square was performing for the staff at Stoney Creek Records, and before they knew it they were signing a contract. “This label has been amazing for us,” Keifer observes. “They’re making our dream come true right now.” The first step in bringing that dream to life came when the duo hit the studio to record their debut album with their pals in the New Voice Entertainment production team (Kurt Allison, David Fanning, Tully Kennedy and Rich Redmond). “Doing it with your friends is different than having a big-name head-honcho guy that dismisses everything you say,” Keifer notes. “We all had a say-so. Every song on this album has a little bit of each of us on it.” Thompson Square and their producers sought and found stellar outside material, but much of Thompson Square is made up of Keifer’s own songs. “It was very important for me to have some original songs I wrote,” he says. “But we weren’t stupid – if there was a better song, we put it on there.” The album seamlessly combines the twosome’s wideranging influences into a loose, lively and identifiable sound all their own. “There are songs that will make you laugh, make you dance, make you cry,” Keifer says. “We tried to touch upon the whole gamut of emotions.” The playful “Let’s Fight,” for instance, is an upbeat ode to friendly marital spats – and the ensuing reconciliations. “Shawna and I get along sometimes too good, because it’s hard to write sad songs about love lost when you’re not experiencing that,” quips Keifer. “But I thought it’d be cool to write a song saying, ‘Let’s fight and get things stirred up … and then make up!’” The Thompsons explore the endless dynamics of couplehood throughout the album, as in the opening rush of the ebullient “I Got You” and the muscular, mischievous “Getaway Car.” But they also explore the darker side of relationships, as on simmering ballads like the conciliatory “If It Takes All Night” and the fragile “Glass.” It’s just one way in which Thompson Square subverts the stereotype of the married couple singing stickysweet songs of devotion to one another. “We don’t want to do lovey-dovey songs,” Shawna declares. “This is real stuff.” Every day now, more and more fans are getting a taste of that “real stuff” and deciding they like what they hear – and the Thompsons couldn’t be happier or more grateful. “A year ago we were bartending down on Broadway,” Keifer says. “To go from behind the bar to the other side of the world, it’s been difficult to grasp the magnitude of what’s going on. We just try to put out songs that we love, and we hope our fans will like them too. The rest is in God’s hands.”
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Edgar Inducted Into Poultry Historical Society ATLANTA – Longtime professor Dr. S. Allen Edgar (1916-2000) was posthumously inducted into the American Poultry Historical Society (APHS) Hall of Fame as part of its 2013 class of inductees at the International Production & Processing Expo. The purpose of the APHS is to honor and recognize persons for outstanding achievement and leadership connected with the development of the poultry industry. Edgar generated new knowledge on control and management of disease in commercial poultry. The principles he developed are still in use today. Thus, his pioneering research is of historic significance. Edgar was born in Stafford, Kansas and earned his bachelor’s degree from Sterling College, his master’s from Kansas State University and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. Following a very successful military career in which he served as a medical officer in the South Pacific Theater during and following WWII, Edgar joined the department of poultry science faculty at Auburn University in 1947. He retired with professor emeritus status in 1986. Indeed, Dr. Edgar was a true pioneer of poultry disease research and was renowned as a giant in the area of poultry vaccine development. During his nearly 40-year tenure at Auburn University, he developed several vaccines including the first vaccine against infectious bursal disease in chickens and the first vaccine against coccidiosis of chickens and turkeys. Edgar also discovered and named a new species of coccidia in chickens and was instrumental in development and commercialization of anticoccidial drugs and vaccines. His contributions in this area were instrumental in allowing confined and intensive rearing of poultry, which enabled the commercial poultry industry to evolve into the modern agricultural enterprise that it is today. His work with USDA and processors in the Southeast led to workable guidelines for federal inspection of processed poultry, which significantly reduced the rate of carcass condemnations. Edgar devoted his career to the poultry industry in Alabama and the Southeast. He was highly effective in taking his research findings and applying them to the commercial poultry enterprise. In reviewing his records, there is evidence that he personally worked with nearly every poultry company that existed in Alabama and the Southeast during his career. Because his contributions to the development of the poultry industry are of historical significance and have stood the test of time; Dr. Edgar has been awarded this posthumous recognition by the APHS. During his lifetime, he received many professional recognitions including Fellow of the Poultry Science Association, fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, fellow of the New York Academy of Science, member of the Alabama Poultry Hall of Fame, member of theAlabama Agricultural Hall of Honor, Workhorse of the Year Award from the US (formerly Southeastern) Poultry and Egg Association.
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Susan Edgar Giambrone remembered her father as a kind man who always had time to help anyone work through a problem. She also described him as being a hot-headed Kansan who demanded excellence.
Dr. Don Connor said, “Dr. Edgar’s legacy of works speaks for itself. I feel blessed, as head of Auburn’s department of poultry science, to be standing on his shoulders.” Connor expressed amazement at Edgar’s work in the poultry industry after retirement.
Welch Wins Lamplighter Award
Henry Welch, (right) live production manager of Peco Foods was presented a prestigious Lamplighter Award for his years of service to the US Poultry & Egg Association. With him is Mark Hickman, president and CEO of Peco Foods.
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IPPE Continues to Grow ATLANTA – February – The 2013 International Production & Processing Expo had record attendance with 26,393 poultry, meat and feed industry leaders from all over the world. The expo is the world’s largest annual poultry, meat and feed industry event of its kind and is one of the 50 largest trade shows in the United States. In fact, in the August 2012 issue, Trade Show Executive ranked the expo as #35 in its “Fastest 50 Trade Shows” listing for percentage of growth in net square feet of paid exhibit space. The event is sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), and the American Meat Institute (AMI). There were 5,448 international visitors from 111 countries represented at the expo. The largest group from a single country outside the United States was Canada with 916 visitors. The largest region represented was Latin America / Caribbean with 2,394 visitors. “The number of attendees on the exhibit floor exceeded our expectations, and we are very pleased. We had an exceptional turn-out this year,” said 2013 USPOULTRY
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chairman James Adams, Wenger Feeds, Rheems, Pa. “Feedback from attendees has been very positive in terms of the education programs and time spent on the trade show floor. Many are looking forward to 2014,” said 2013-14 AFIA chairman, Alan Gunderson, Vita Plus Corporation, Madison, Wis. “The record attendance numbers serve as further confirmation that the 2013 IPPE was a rousing success,” said AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle. “With a year’s experience at the show, we expect next year will be even more valuable for attendees and exhibitors alike.” The main attraction was the large exhibit floor, covering more than 430,000 net square feet. With 1,189 exhibitors presenting the latest advances in equipment, supplies and services, attendees were able to view and experience all phases of the poultry, feed, and meat industry, from live production and processing to further processing and packaging. Helping drive the attendance, a week-long schedule of educational programs complemented the exhibit floor by keeping industry management current on the latest issues. The
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education line-up included 15 sessions: the long-standing International Poultry Scientific Forum; Pet Food Conference; Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit; International Feed Education Program; Recalls and Public Health Investigations; Improving Food Safety, Sanitation and Maintenance; Animal Care and Handling: Focus on Poultry Processing; Meat and Poultry Processing: A Global Perspective; Consumer Trends; Plant Operations and Management; Antibiotics Conference – Current Issues for the Poultry & Egg Industry; The Future of the U.S. Egg Industry; Meat & Poultry Research Conference; Media Training for the Meat & Poultry Industry; Poultry Handling and Transportation Quality “Train the Trainer” Workshop; Poultry Market Intelligence Forum and the International Rendering Symposium. Next year’s International Production & Processing Expo will be held January 28-30, 2014, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. Show updates, attendee and exhibitor information will be available at www.ippexpo.org.
Not the Marx brothers, it’s the NPTC crew
Meanwhile, at the cardboard castle ...
D&F was standing still – only for pictures
Everyone was smiling at Cumberland
At Morris, they were looking into big things
Shoe shines were always pleasant, oh yes!
NBA legend M.L. Carr at Lee Energy
Things were moving at Motion Industries
The Nigerians were there in style
The Alltech model farm was getting looks
Old friends were getting together
Pretty faces and nice cars attract notice
Big Dutchman was set to move fast
ChemStation was seeing some action
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L.B. White’s Casey Jones goes for the sale
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Auburn Poultry Science Club Wins USP&EA Club of the Year Auburn University’s Poultry Science Club has traditionally been an active organization that placed well in the yearly club competition associated with the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) held in Atlanta each January. This year, the Poultry Science Club competed alongside 12 other organizations and won Club of the Year in this competition – due to strong character development and community based activities, along with a well presented essay outlining the year’s activities. Through the course of 2012, club members participated in the “Farm-to-Fork” smoked bird sale in which they raised broilers from one day of age and followed the birds through processing, smoking, packaging, advertising and sales. This learning activity for our students helped to cover club expenses for the year as well as allowing the club to participate in community projects. In 2012, the club donated funds to the Boys and Girls
Club of Lee County, Beat Bama Food Drive (which Auburn won this year, sorry Bama fans) and Heifer International, as well as providing help to the needy in the area. Club members produced a brochure dispelling myths about poultry that covered poultry welfare as well as hormone and antibiotic use. These were distributed at Ag Roundup and other civic events throughout the year. A number of club members were involved in the Poultry and Egg Experiences Students Camps (P.E.E.P.) in which children 7 to 13 years of age were introduced to the poultry industry and poultry products as food. Club members were excited to be recognized for their hard work by placing first in this national competition. The Alabama poultry industry should also be excited about the many capable and enthusiastic individuals being trained to enter our industry.
Abby Adcock (left) and Aleah Lovvorn (right) at the Auburn Poultry Science booth at the IPPE. Abby is smiling because she just landed a paid internship with JBS in Colorado this summer. The “paid” part will really excite her dad, she said. Her father, Johnny Adcock, is AP&EA president. Congratulations to both daughter and dad.
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Poultry Industry News
Aviagen Recognized for 60 Years of Exhibiting at IPE ATLANTA – As the International Poultry Expo (IPE) celebrated 65 years of trade show service to the poultry and egg industry this year, Aviagen also was recognized for its 60 years of exhibiting at the annual show. On Tuesday, January 28, 2013, Aviagen CEO Randall Ennis accepted an award from the US Poultry & Egg Association for the company’s 60 years of participation at the industry event which
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has grown significantly in attendance, exhibit space, and international representation since its beginning back in 1948 at the Ansley Hotel with 200 poultry men in attendance. The 2013 IPPE is an international industry event that draws approximately 20 percent of its attendees from more than 100 different countries. “As a legacy exhibitor, Aviagen recognizes the International Poultry Expo as an important event for Aviagen and the poultry industry at large. The show represents a unique opportunity for our executive, R&D, and sales teams to collectively meet with our customers from around the world to understand their individual market needs, issues, and direction, and how our three product brands – Ross, Arbor Acres, and Indian
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James Adams (right), Wenger Feeds, Rheems, Pa., and chairman of USPOULTRY presents Aviagen CEO Randall Ennis (left) with the award recognizing Aviagen’s 60 years of participation at IPE.
River – are well-positioned to meet the demands of today as well as into the future,” said Ennis.
Alabama Ag Credit Declares Record Patronage to Stockholders MONTGOMERY — Alabama Ag Credit, a rural lending cooperative serving southern Alabama, recently declared a record $5.6 million cash patronage to its customers. This amount was based on the co-op’s strong 2012 financial results and was approved by the Alabama Ag Credit board of directors. Net income for Alabama Ag Credit grew 15 percent to a record level of $15.1 million. Outstanding loan volume climbed to $695 million. These strong financial results allowed the board of directors to distribute the all-cash patronage payout to our borrowers. This patronage distribution is based on the amount of business a borrower does with the co-op and lowers the borrowers’ net cost of borrowing by 0.85 percent. With this year’s payment, Alabama Ag Credit has returned approximately $49.1 million in cash to our borrowers since 1996. As a cooperative, Alabama Ag Credit is owned by its borrowers/stockholders. When the co-op performs well, it shares its earnings with the stockholders. “This is a significant financial re-
turn to our borrowers,” said W. Thomas Dozier III, chairman of the co-op’s member-elected board of directors. “This patronage program is evidence that the cooperative system works and demonstrates our commitment to meeting the mission of enhancing the quality of life for the people of rural Alabama.” A part of the nationwide Farm Credit System, Alabama Ag Credit provides financing for farms, timber and forestry operations, agribusinesses, recreational land and rural homes in 40 counties in southern Alabama. The financing co-op has offices in Demopolis, Dothan, Enterprise, Loxley,
Montgomery, Opelika, Selma and Tuscaloosa.
Tyson Snead wins Cobb500™ Regional Performance Award ished as the top performing company in the South Region using Cobb500 breeding stock. Company performance is ranked based on total (Left to right) Dale Gambrill, Eric Walker, Tommy Walker, Bud Holcomb, eggs produced David Pruett, Harold Robinson, and Kelly Clark (not pictured Heath to 65 weeks. Mann). As the Congratulations to the Tyson Snead South Region top performer, the Snead complex for their outstanding perform- complex capitalized 464,659 Cobb500 ance in the 2012 Cobb500™ Sold Flock pullets, producing an average of 167.93 HE/HH (adj. to 65w), 88.46 percent Breeder Survey. For the second consecutive year, hatch , 148.56 Chicks/HH. LOF and fifth time since the award program hen mortality was 7.21 percent. “We would like to thank Cobb for began in 2004, the Snead complex fin-
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this recognition”, commented David Pruett, breeder manager for the Tyson Snead complex. “Cobb has always given us excellent service and support and we appreciate what they do to help us achieve our goals. Our pullet and hen producers do an outstanding job and their hard work and dedication is the key to any success we have.” Tommy Walker, Cobb South Region technical manager, said David and his team achieved excellent performance through a combination of hard work and paying attention to details that contribute to a very solid breeder program. It takes a total team effort to contribute to this outstanding performance and it begins with great leadership and a desire to be the best each and every day.
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Recipes
Make the Incredible Edible Egg Part of Your Traditions Eggs play a huge role in springtime traditions. Make yours scrambled, hard-boiled or polka-dotted! Eggs have been a part of springtime traditions throughout human history. For centuries before the Common Era, pagan people of many nations celebrated the return of the sun and the rebirth of nature each spring. Since new life came from eggs, eggs became the symbol of nature’s rebirth. In the Jewish tradition, a roasted egg on the Passover Seder plate has stood for life and the hope of salvation for many, many centuries. Later, Christians adopted the egg to represent Christ’s Resurrection.
Cream Puffs with Ham and Egg Filling Prep Time: 20 minutes – Bake Time: 30 minutes Makes: 12 servings
WHAT YOU NEED CREAM PUFFS: Cooking spray 1 cup water 1/2 cup butter 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons caraway seeds, (optional) 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 large eggs
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HAM AND EGG FILLING: hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped cup chopped ham cup reduced fat mayonnaise cup chopped green pepper cup diced pimento teaspoons Dijon mustard
HERE’S HOW Preheat oven to 400°F. SPRAY cookie sheet with cooking spray; set aside. For Cream Puffs, BRING water and butter to a boil in a medium saucepan on medium heat, stirring until butter melts. REMOVE pan from heat. ADD flour, caraway seeds and salt, stirring vigorously, until mixture forms a ball. BEAT in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. DROP dough by 1/4 cup measures, about 2 inches apart, onto prepared cookie sheet. BAKE 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. REMOVE cream puffs from cookie sheet. COOL completely on wire rack. For Ham and Egg Filling, COMBINE all ingredients. REFRIGERATE until ready to use. To serve, SPLIT each cream puff in half; remove any soft dough that may remain in center; discard dough. FILL with 1/4 cup filling. ENJOY!
Easter Egg “Cheese” (Hrudka, a traditional Slovak Easter recipe) Prep Time: 10 minutes – Cook Time: 30 minutes Cooling Time: 4 hours or overnight Makes: 12 servings
WHAT YOU NEED 12 1 1/2 to 1 1/4
large eggs quart whole milk (Best if not substituted) tablespoon salt teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
HERE’S HOW WHISK eggs in large mixing bowl until well blended. STIR in milk, salt and pepper. POUR mixture into a large heavy saucepan. HEAT on low heat 30 to 40 minutes, stirring frequently, or until all the whey has formed and curds of the mixture have separated. (Cooking time will vary due to heat setting variations). The temperature should come to at least 160˚F. Meanwhile, LINE a large colander with 2 layers of cheesecloth. Carefully POUR mixture into colander. Allow to DRAIN 10 minutes. GATHER the edges of the cheesecloth to form a bundle. TIE the top of the cheesecloth tightly. HANG it over a pan. PLACE it in the refrigerator to drain for at least 4 hours or overnight. REMOVE cheesecloth when ready to serve. SLICE and SERVE on crackers or toasted bread. ENJOY!
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Practical Applications
Is Poor Drinker Management Costing You Fuel Dollars? By Dennis Brothers, Jess Campbell, Jim Donald and Gene Simpson National Poultry Technology Center, Auburn University
It is well understood that in winter, the main purpose of ventilation is not temperature management but air quality control: we monitor relative humidity and adjust ventilation accordingly to reduce overall litter moisture. This also keeps litter moisture down. If we do not control litter moisture, ammonia levels can rise and cause multiple problems such as poor bird health, impaired paw quality and overall lowered flock performance. One factor we too often see in the field that makes the ventilation job more difficult – and expensive – is poor drinker line management. We provide water for birds to drink, and if our drinkers for any reason are allowing water to be wasted, going into the litter instead of the birds, we’re losing money, both at catch time because of lower flock performance, and through increased operating costs. Wasted water can only be taken out of the house by increasing ventilation or later by the litter machine. Both methods will result in an increase in flock cost. The amount of moisture having to be removed from even a well-managed poultry farm can be staggering to consider. Birds need a lot of water to grow properly and efficiently, but typically only about a third of the thousands of gallons we pump through the drinker lines actually comes out of the house in bird live weight. The rest of that moisture either stays in the litter or is pumped out of the house by ventilation. We certainly don’t want to do anything that makes it harder for birds to get water or makes less water available. We do want to keep litter drier and reduce the amount of work the ventilation system has to do. And that’s what this newsletter is about – cost effective, simple ways to minimize excess moisture from poor drinker management. If you can reduce the amount of moisture put in the house, you can then reduce ventilation by some correlating amount without harming overall air quality. If you can cut back on ventilation without sacrificing air quality and save fuel cost all at the same time – that is a win-win-win situation. An example of just how much water comes into a modern poultry house is illustrated in the charts to the right. These numbers come from real world poultry operations in the Southeast raising a 6.25-pound broiler in 49 days. The total amount of water having gone into the house at 49 days was 48,165 gallons or 414,934 pounds. That equals 207 tons of water. At catch, this house only produced 137,200 pounds (68 tons) of birds out the front door. So in this case, only 33 percent of the total water going into the house came out in the form of saleable bird weight. Where did the other 67 percent, or 139 tons, go? It was either deposited into the litter or removed through the fans.
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Water Taken into a Broiler House per Day – Single Flock Total Water for Flock per House As you can see, there is a lot of water to be removed that the birds do not convert into saleable pounds. It is generally accepted that around 65-75 percent of the water coming into the house has to be removed by means other than the catch crew. There are only two options – ventilation or the litter machine, and ventilation is the preferred method. In the example above, if poor drinker management caused only a 2 percent increase in total incoming water, it could amount to approximately 1,000 gallons more water to be removed over the course of the flock. This would result in equivalently more ventilation needed for moisture removal. At an average outside temperature of 40° F and LP at $1.75/gal, and assuming the 2 percent more water caused us to increase ventilation rates by an equal 2 percent, that would result in about $110 more fuel cost per house per flock. That does not sound like much, but when we consider that all we have to do to avoid
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this cost increase is a little management of our drinker systems, it becomes an “easy” savings to obtain, not to mention the other benefits that better drinker management will yield as we discussed earlier – improved paw quality and better ammonia control, which equals overall better performance. Further, you have to realize that poor drinker line management and maintenance can result in much more than 2 percent waste, and every 2 percent more water wasted, going into the litter instead of the birds, is likely costing the grower another $100 or more. What aspects of drinker management do growers and managers need to pay close attention to in order to avoid wasting water? The three most common problems are: 1. Drinker Nipple Leakage 2. Improper Drinker Line Height Adjustment 3. Improper Drinker Line Pressure Adjustment Drinker Nipple Management This is probably the most common issue we see in the field. Most modern drinker systems have an acceptable nipple that, when new or when cleaned and maintained properly, minimizes leakage. However, it doesn’t take long for the rigors of a modern poultry house to impact the drinker system. Bio-films and contaminants getting built up in the drinker lines and ultimately the nipples themselves will eventually decrease the nipple’s ability to deliver the appropriate amount of water and to completely stop flow when not being activated by a bird. The best way to combat this problem is consistent drinker system flushing and cleaning. Drinker systems need to be flushed and cleaned with an accepted cleaner between every flock. Consult your specific drinker system literature or contact the company’s representative for accepted cleaners for your specific system. There are a few cleaners that most every system will accept. One of the more common cleaner/disinfectants proven to be effective is 35 percent hydrogen peroxide, which can be found at most poultry supply locations in gallon jugs. A grower can use a medicator system and pump the 35 percent peroxide through the medicator at a rate of one ounce per gallon of water into the drinker system. Flush with this mixture until foamy water comes out the end of the drinker lines, then let it sit for at least a couple of hours. It is a good idea to manually activate every nipple on the line while the cleaning agent is in the system. This will help keep the nipples themselves clean. Next, flush the lines with clean water until nothing but clear water comes out the end of the drinker line flush port. It is also a good idea to flush the drinker lines with clear water at least twice during the growout for at least 20 minutes per line. This helps keep the bio-films and contaminants to a minimum and helps make the ‘between flock’ cleaning more effective. It must be noted that if a drinker system is already heavily contaminated with bio-film and nipples are leaking
This drinker system has an issue with leaking nipples. Notice wet caked litter under the drinker lines as well as drops of water that are continually leaking from the nipples. This system may benefit from a good cleaning and consistent flushing program or could be in need of nipple replacement. This problem has been allowed to progress far too long and now the grower has a wet litter problem that he will not be able to ventilate himself out of.
If allowed to go on too long, leaking nipples can cause a significant wet litter problem in a poultry house. These nipples have gone too long without proper attention and should be cleaned, rebuilt or replaced. Once leaking reaches this extent, ventilation is no longer effective.
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Birds should be able to stand comfortably and easily activate the nipple to maximize the amount of water getting into the birds and minimize the water being wasted.
If birds can drink while sitting down, that is a sure sign that your drinker lines are too low. A high percentage of the water this bird is activating is getting into the litter.
badly, this simple hydrogen peroxide flush will likely not be sufficient to get the system back to optimum working order. If this is the case, it is suggested that the grower contact a representative for their specific drinker system for directions on how to clean an extremely dirty system. Care must also be taken when running other additives through the drinker system, such as vitamins or iodine. Some of these additives can cause buildup in the drinker lines and contribute to leakage problems. Some can encourage the formation of bio-films in the drinker line, especially sugary substances. These bio-films cause pressure problems and leaky nipples and can pose health problems for the birds. Flushing the drinker lines with clean water after any additive is run in the system will help avoid these problems. Drinker system nipples can also leak from wear after an extended life in the house. Most drinker system nipples should last 5-10 years before replacement or refitting is needed. Most modern systems now have removable nipples that can be replaced individually without having to replace the entire line or system. Some drinker systems have rebuildable nipples. Either way, if your system is in this 5-10 year age range or beyond and your nipples tend to leak, it is time to consider replacing them with new or rebuilt nipples. Cleaning will not solve an age and wear problem. Not necessarily in the category of nipple management, but definitely having the potential to impact nipple performance is proper drinker system filter management. Filters must be changed on a regular basis, preferably after every flock. It may become necessary to change a filter during a flock if a grower’s water supply tends to be fouled with contaminants. If filters are left unattended and become full of con-
taminants, they can not only restrict water flow, but may allow some contaminants to start passing through, clogging up drinker regulators and causing nipples to get hung open and leak water onto the litter.
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Drinker Line Height Different systems’ nipples may be triggered differently and this will change the height the lines need to be in relation to the bird at varying ages. Growers should check with their integrator’s service representative and make sure they know how the the drinker system’s nipples operate and how to match that to the bird’s age. Having the drinker lines too high or too low will impact how much water the birds get as well as how much water the birds waste. The most common problem is growers not making the appropriate adjustments in a timely manner. The speed at which the modern broiler grows is remarkably fast and the height relationship to the drinker system changes daily. Fluctuations in litter can affect the bird/drinker height relationship daily, as well. Therefore, the drinker system height needs to be adjusted daily. If a grower goes a week without making drinker height adjustments, he can be as much as several inches below the birds’ optimal drinker height. This can not only result in water wastage, but will impact bird performance. Having the drinkers too high can be equally detrimental. Having to reach too high for water will cause birds to waste more water as they can only peck at the nipple instead of activating it properly. Also, making large height adjustments, 2-3 inches at a time, will cause the birds stress as they get accustomed to the drastically changed height. This may cause some birds not
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to drink, negatively affecting performance. It is always better to adjust drinkers daily in small increments. A grower should also monitor the results of each drinker adjustment to see how the birds relate to the new nipple height and make further adjustments if needed. Growers should also monitor the levelness of the drinker lines daily and make adjustments as needed. Any major dips or humps in the line can cause leaks or a lack of water in those areas. Drinker Line Pressure Line pressure, much like height, needs to be adjusted often throughout the flock. Daily adjustments may not be necessary, but are encouraged. Adjusting pressure once a week is usually sufficient for most of the flock. However, as the birds approach market age, more frequent attention should be paid to line pressures. In general, line pressures should always be increasing as the birds age. Too much pressure typically contributes to water waste and leaky nipples. Too much pressure causes the birds to waste water when they trigger a nipple as well as making it harder for the nipple to properly shut off the flow. Too little pressure will effectively starve birds for water the further away from the regulator you go. Careful monitoring of the sight tube balls at each end of the line is needed to assure that pressure is equal the entire length of the drinker system. If the sight balls are not at the same height within the tubes, this could indicate a pressure issue or a levelness issue. Clogged drinker lines could also contribute to this problem. Hence, proper flushing and cleaning procedures also help a grower effectively manage their drinker pressure.
The Bottom Line Proper drinker management takes very little additional time, yet offers quite a few benefits. In addition to the $110 increased fuel cost shown in our conservative example, operating additional fan run-time and removing additional cake has costs, as well. Performance losses from poor drinker management can also be very expensive. Proper environment will always be a key factor in successful broiler production, and drinker management plays a key role in ensuring optimal bird growth in a proper environment. Don’t let poor drinker management force you to increase your ventilation rates, add de-caking time, and add more overall cost to your flocks this winter.
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Poultry Housing Fact #1: Converting curtain sided poultry houses to insulated solid walls reduces yearly heating fuel consumption by between 25 and 40 percent depending on the condition of the house. Seeing is believing.
The above photograph is a digital image of two poultry houses. Notice the house on the left has solid side walls and the house on the right still has the original curtain wall. To the naked eye it is difficult to compare the difference between the solid and curtain walls from an energy efficiency standpoint. We know that insulated solid walls conserve a significant amount of energy for two reasons: they tend to be more air tight, meaning they don’t allow for much air infiltration; secondly the addition of insulation in the wall cavity retards heat flow through the walls. For Thermal Image example, the solid wall on the left is rated at about a 0.20” on a static pressure test and a R-8 thermal insulation rating. The curtain sided house on the right can only pull a 0.08” on a static pressure test and the curtain is rated at R-1.
pared to curtain wall. Notice the white areas around the curtain, this indicates hot air escaping the building through air leaks in the wall. The yellow curtain indicates large amounts of heat transfer directly through the entire curtain on the house. In contrast the house on the left shows no sign of air leaks or excessive heat loss. One of the quickest ways to increase profitability of a poultry farm is to reduce the yearly fuel consumption by sealing up air leaks and adding insulation by solid walling the houses.
Thermal Image If we look at these same houses through the lens of a thermal camera we can definitely see the difference in heat transfer of the solid wall as com-
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The Passing of Friends
David Carter, Former AP&EA Executive Director, Dies CULLMAN – William David Carter, executive director of the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association from January 1978 until June of 1993, passed away at his home in Cullman on Jan. 15. He was born Oct. 12, 1940, in Athens, Ga., to Franklin Thomas and Susie Shedd Carter. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; and a sister. Survivors include his wife, Diane Carter; two daughters, Joy Carter (Randy) Sanders and Dr. Kristi (Shane)
Guest; two sons, Chris (Tammy) Carter and Stephen Carter; two stepchildren, Patrick Camp and Leah Camp; a sister, Fannie Pruett; a brother, Dr. Robert (Mona) Carter; a sister-in-law, Loretta Carter; the mother of his children, Martha Carter; 10 grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren. The family requests memorial donations be made to Destiny Church Building Fund or the Diabetes Association.
Willie Belle Clegg, Wife of C.F. Clegg, Passes Away Willie Belle Clegg, 97, who was born the daughter of Sam and Eunice Parrish of the Wadley, Ala., area, died peacefully at her home in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 23, 2013. She was preceded in death by husbands C.F. (Cliff) Clegg, Sr., and Edwin Starr Hargett; a brother, Roy Parrish; and a sister, Gladys Grant. She is survived by son, C.F. Clegg, Jr., (Sarah Ann) of Alex City, Ala.; daughters Brenda Wellborn (William), Titusville, Fla., Sarah Montgomery (N.J.) of Jacksonville, Fla., and a sister, Catherine Wilkinson of Anniston, Ala., six grandchildren and seven
great grandchildren. Mrs. Clegg and her husband, Cliff, were pioneers in the poultry business. They started hand processing a few hundred birds a day at the farmers’ market in Columbus, Ga., in the late 1930s and grew to a multi-state operation headquartered in Heflin, Ala., eventually processing more than two million birds per week. This company was sold to Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1969. Very active in the creation of state and national industry associations, they traveled extensively promoting poultry products not only in the United States,
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but also with several trips abroad to European nations and Russia, creating export opportunities. Her husband, C.F. Clegg, Sr., served as president of the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association in 1968-69 and was inducted into the Alabama Poultry Hall of Fame in 1969, while son, Cliff, served as president in 198182. Memorial donations can be made to Children’s Harbor, 1 Children’s Highway, Alexander City, Al. 35010.
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Legislative & Media Omelet Breakfast and Spring Board Meeting Thursday, April 11 – Montgomery
AP&EA “BIG BASS” Fishing Tournament Friday, May 10 – Lake Guntersville
AP&EA Golf Tournament Friday, June 7 – Limestone Springs
AP&EA “Evening of Fun” Saturday, June 8 – Birmingham
County Association Meetings Cullman County Annual Meeting Saturday, April 13 – Cullman Civic Center
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