Alabama Poultry, September/October 2012

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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 Cory Early, Albertville Billy Gilley, Cullman Harold Hunt, Gadsden* Heath Loyd, Decatur David Massey, Montgomery 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 *Executive Committee Members

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MESSAGE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S

Dear Friends, The election of 2012 is finally settled. After a close race, President Barrack Obama will continue as President of the United States.

During the past four years we have seen many proposals that would affect our industry in the terms of the environment, the employment of our workforce and business agreements within our industry. Many of these proposed rules have not been adopted, but that doesn’t mean that they have been withdrawn. We will see many of the proposals again as the administration is embolden by the election, and are no longer concerned with the negative fallout in terms of re-election.

Agriculture is more vulnerable than ever, in a time when many elected officials don’t understand the role of agriculture in feeding the our nation’s citizens, as well as the people of the world. I hear more about the need to create jobs in our country, but at the same time see more regulation of industry creating more cost to industry, while we try to compete in a world economy that varies from country to country.

My hope is that the President and members of Congress join together in hopes of moving forward with a real plan to create jobs and revive our economy. In order to do so, they must listen to unbiased economic experts and successful business professionals with no political ax to grind. They need to check their politics at the door and focus on creating confidence in our economy and bringing back hope for our future generations.

In fact, they could learn a lot from the poultry industry. Though we don’t always agree on details, and don’t always appreciate the specific challenges that each industry segement faces. We do understand that our industry can’t survive without every sector working together focusing on the big picture of growing our industry and providing new opportunities to produce and prosper.

God Bless America!

Featuring This Issue Governmental Affairs

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The Passing of Friends: Morgan Edwards

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Grower Profile: Curtiss Shaver

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Allied Scholarship Golf Tournament

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Association News

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VIP Member Profile: Clint Lauderdale

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Recipes

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Member News

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Practical Applications

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VIP Company Profile: Jones-Hamilton Co.

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Calendar of Events

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Governmental Affairs

RFS Waiver Would Reduce Corn Prices More Than $2.00 per Bushel NCC files comments in support of RFS waiver; delivers 10,000 others from chicken industry

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A full waiver of the 2013 Renewable Fuels Standard requirement would reduce the price of corn by more than $2.00 per bushel, according to economic data cited in comments submitted by the National Chicken Council (NCC) to the Environmental Protection Agency in support of a full, one-year waiver of the RFS. NCC also hand delivered almost 10,000 individual comments from those whose livelihoods depend on the chicken industry, almost three quarters of which came from chicken farmers.

Our comments prove in detail that the RFS is causing severe economic harm to the U.S. economy, and the 2013 requirement must be waived in full,” said NCC President Mike Brown.

“Today’s corn crop report released by USDA verifies that this harvest will mark the lowest production since 2006. Despite 13 percent less corn than last year to go around, it is irresponsible to divert more than 40 percent of it to use as a second-rate motor fuel.”

“A California poultry company just this week filed for bankruptcy citing rising feed costs, making it the eighth company in the last two years to file for bankruptcy, be sold or simply close its doors,” Brown continued. “How many more jobs and family farms have to be lost before we change this misguided policy and create a level playing field on the free market for the end users of corn?”

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The comments cite an August 2012 report prepared for the Farm Foundation by three Purdue University economists that evaluated how an EPA waiver of the ethanol mandate would affect the corn and ethanol markets. Calculations from their model found that reducing the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline in 2013 would reduce corn prices by $2.00 per bushel, a nearly 25 percent reduction.

A decrease in the price of corn by $2.00 per bushel would significantly alleviate pressures on both consumers at the grocery store and the food, livestock and feed industries.

Given the vital role of corn in U.S. food production, as the price of corn decreases, so do the prices of meat, poultry, dairy products, and the foods that contain corn-based sweeteners, starches, flours, and oils, as well as substitute products such as wheat and soybeans and any foods made using them.

A marginal decrease in corn price of 24 percent, based on a reduction in the price of corn by $2.00 per bushel, would result in a decrease of approximately 2.4 percent in retail food prices. USDA estimates that food prices will increase 3–5 percent next year. In other words, less than half of the price increase caused by the RFS requirement is equivalent to half-to-nearly-all of the projected increase in the price of food.

More dramatically, a decrease of $2.00 in the price of corn per bushel is equivalent to a decrease of $71.43 per ton of corn, which results in feed costs that are $32.14 to $47.86 lower per ton. The broiler industry uses 1.25 billion bushels of corn each year.

Savings of $2 per bushel of corn would amount to $2.5 billion in annual savings to the chicken industry.

Since the RFS went into effect in October of 2006, the chicken industry has had to endure more than $30 billion collectively in increased input costs.

As processing plants find themselves unable to keep pace with the increasing costs of grain, the growers and farmers who produce poultry and livestock suffer. And when poultry processing plants shutter, the economic effects ripple through the entire local community, reaching those employed both directly and indirectly by the plant. The total direct and indirect employment by the U.S. chicken industry in 2011 was about 1,010,250 workers, producing wages of $47.3 billion and generating $197.6 billion in economic activity. At the local level, a single processing plant is supported by about 300 farm families. The direct effect of the increased price of corn is to put local farmers and workers employed by the chicken industry out of business.

The U.S. chicken industry has suffered in the years since the implementation of the RFS, in contrast to the industry’s average annual growth rate of 4.0 percent and historical resiliency even during difficult economic times. In 2009, U.S. broiler production decreased by 3.8 percent, the largest decrease since 1970. The years 2011 and 2012 each saw a 1 percent decrease in production, representing the first time in this period that the broiler industry has seen two consecutive years of negative growth. These recent trends demonstrate that a historically resilient industry has seen the greatest decrease in growth (indeed, it has shrunk) in more than 40 years during the implementation of the RFS, when it has seen demand for one of its primary inputs drastically and artificially increased. Because of the importance of corn in so many aspects of food production, the entire food industry, and ultimately, the consumers are suffering because of the RFS. “Viewed together, these factors demonstrate the RFS must be waived to relieve the severe economic harm the RFS is causing,” NCC’s comments concluded.

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The Passing of Friends

Morgan Edwards Passes Away

Morgan W. Edwards, Alabama Poultry Hall of Fame member and past president of the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association, passed away on Aug. 31, at his home in Cullman, after an extended battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old.

He was born in 1932, to Howard T. Edwards Sr. and Alta Ross Edwards of Marion, Ala. He was the youngest of five children.

His father died in 1934, just two years after Morgan’s birth. Soon after, the family moved to Orrville, where Morgan’s mother went to work with a church.

It was in Orrville, that Morgan began to develop the sales skills that would carry him through life. As a 10year-old, he approached the owner of McHugh’s Mercantile about letting him sell soft drinks and peanuts at the store. The owner agreed and put Morgan out on the store’s covered porch. After a week, Morgan was so successful, that he was brought inside and allowed to sell to the regular customers.

In 1950, after graduating from high school, he went to work with Anderson Box Company, which was beginning to sell supplies to the developing poultry industry. However, in 1951, with the outbreak of the Korean conflict, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After his enlistment he returned to work with Anderson Box Company, becoming the top salesman in the company.

His first major success was open-

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ing a warehouse for the company in Albertville, eventually opening several other warehouses in Alabama and Mississippi. In Albertville, he became a real leader in poultry activities, organizing a Marshall County Poultry Festival. He also served as chairman of the Albertville Industrial Board and was an active member of the Chamber of Commerce.

In 1968, venturing out on his own, he opened Agri-Business Supply in Cullman to serve the needs of the ever-growing poultry industry.

He became such a part of the industry that in 1967, he was elected to the board of the Alabama Poultry Industries Association, the forerunner of AP&EA. He was appointed legislative advisor to the board. In 1970 he was elected president of the Association, serving two terms. He would also serve as president of the Southeastern Poultry & Egg Association.

Actively involved in influencing legislation, he began sponsoring legislative luncheons. His work paid div-

idends when legislation was passed to exempt poultry litter and medication from taxation. Later, his efforts helped get other agricultural production supplies eliminated from state sales taxation.

He was a longtime friend of Sen. Jim Allen, who helped get national legislation friendly to the industry passed. He was also a long term friend of Marshall Durbin Jr., with whom he joined in partnership, serving as the vice president of Marshall Durbin Farms and a director on the board of Marshall Durbin Food Corporation.

Morgan Edwards also served on the board of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries.

In 1981, he was inducted into the Alabama Poultry Hall of Fame.

He is survived by his wife, Rubyanne Edwards; three daughters, Kimberly (Herbert) Arnold, Lisa Dickinson and Julie (Lee) Graham; and three grandchildren.

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Grower Profile

Curtis and his wife, Traci, have three children: Zane, 12; Jolea, 10; and Sophie, 2. They have replaced the old single-wide mobile home with a new and modern double-wide.

Curtiss Shaver: Hometown Hero On Sep. 2, 1993, Curtiss Shaver, 18, was working with his father harvesting corn in a field near Troy. It was a great crop and they were excited. About noon, Curtiss’ father, Jimmy, left the field to pick up lunch in Troy, leaving Curtiss alone with the combine.

Curtiss, who had just graduated from Goshen High School in June, had his whole life before him. An athlete

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in high school, he was seriously dating the captain of the Goshen cheerleading squad, and, raised on a row crop farm, he was already an experienced farmer.

His father was a peanut farmer, in the days when the peanut was king. Lately, however, it seemed that row cropping was in a down cycle, with the quota system coming under attack. Curtiss wanted to be a farmer, but

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Becky Kilpatrick has been helping Curtiss in the breeder houses for 12 years.

he wasn’t sure that he wanted to be a row crop farmer.

The poultry industry was starting to grow some in his area and he thought that there might be a future in that.

He and his father had talked about it on a number of occasions, but on this particular day, he had a bumper corn crop to harvest, so he put those thoughts out of his mind.

Shortly after his father left, Curtiss began noticing a problem with the combine’s feeder housing pulling the corn up into the combine. The header was working properly, but intermittently it was stopping up. He cut off the machine and left the cab to check on it, but could see no problem. He got back in the cab and restarted the machine only to have it seize up again.

This time, he left the machine running to better see where the problem was. Walking out on the deck of the feeder housing, he raised the access door and peered inside. He saw that a bolt had backed out and the chain with the bars was hitting it. Sometimes it would let material pass and other times it would hang up. Now it was hung up.

Seeing this, Curtiss closed the hatch and stood up to return to the cab and shut the machine down so he could make the necessary repairs. He was wearing slick-soled cowboy boots and, as he turned, his foot slipped. For a moment, he says, he was all right, but the auger, which was still spinning, caught his left foot and pulled him in.

In great pain, but fearing that any moment the chain might reengage and drag him further into the machine, he grabbed the header wrench and jammed it into the header rollers.

With the auger jammed with his left leg and the header chain jammed by the wrench, he smelled smoke.

Turning his head, he saw black smoke billowing from the slipping belts on the machine. Now pinned, with his leg

wrapped around the auger so that he could see his foot in front of him, and facing the prospect of the combine catching fire and burning him to death, he decided that it was time, as he says, “to try to get myself right with the Lord.”

He must have already been in pretty good stead with the Lord, because on a road nearby were two power company employees who had been installing power poles.

Their truck had gotten stuck in a ditch and they were waiting for a tow truck. They first saw the thick black smoke and then heard Curtiss’ cries for help.

Coming over to investigate, they were astonished to see the young man protruding from the corn combine.

One of them scrambled up into the cab and shut the machine off.

Help arrived quickly then. However, there was a problem. The fire and rescue equipment was designed to extricate motorists from wrecked automobiles, not heavy agricultural equipment. All the “jaws of life” did was to bend the auger and take some pressure off Curtiss’ leg.

That pressure had been pinching his femoral artery closed and preventing him from bleeding from his mangled leg. With the pressure reduced, he began to bleed.

A farmhand from a nearby farm brought an acetylene torch and began to cut through the auger. With the auger cut halfway through, he gave out of oxygen. Fortunately, one of the firemen had a large pry bar and was able to bend the shaft far enough for them to extricate Curtiss.

He was helicoptered from Troy to the hospital in Dothan. It was only then, under the effect of painkillers, that Curtiss lost consciousness.

The next morning, with his parents at his bedside, he got the bad news. The doctors had tried to save the leg, but it was no use. It needed to be amputated below the

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knee. Curtiss laughs because, at 18, he was considered an adult – he had to sign the authorization for the amputation. It was the first official document that he signed as an adult.

By Christmas of that year he was able to walk with crutches on a prosthetic leg, however, it took 12 reconstructive surgeries and a full year to get the swelling down before he could put full weight on the prosthesis. He had to basically retrain his leg and develop a socket for wearing the artificial limb.

Curtiss has been rough on legs, both artificial and natural. Up until the last few years, he went through one prosthetic leg a year. Early on, he got a blade for running, and, he says, he was faster than many of his friends, so he took up softball again. It was while playing softball that he tore the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his good leg, also requiring surgery.

After Curtiss lost his leg, Jimmie Shaver gave up on row cropping. Curtiss believes it may have had something to do with his accident, although his father did get the combine repaired and finished the corn harvest. In 1994, even before Curtiss could walk again, Jimmie built his first four broiler houses for Wayne Farms. He still planted corn, and one year after the accident, Curtiss was back on a combine, though not the same one, harvesting corn.

While on crutches he visited his father’s poultry houses and liked what he saw. Before the accident, Curtiss had thought that he would like to farm, but there were other areas that piqued his interest. He had thought about the military, or maybe college at Troy. He had played football in high school and loved team sports and he had always held out a dream of maybe walking on and making the practice squad. He loved the idea of being part of a team. Now, faced with the harsh reality of life as an amputee, farming looked pretty good.

He wanted to be on his own and build his own poultry houses, but that would have to wait. Instead, he started out with some feeder calves and working for other farmers who were also row cropping. Small successes built his confidence. It gave him confidence to deal with another important area of his life.

Curtiss had known Traci Gamer since the seventh grade. She had been his date to the ninth grade football banquet. They had dated steadily through high school and for the four years after. They were married in 1997 and moved in to a small house on the farm where he had been injured.

In 1998, Barbara Lester, a service rep with Wayne Farms, called him. Wayne Farms had known for some time of his desire to get into the poultry business. She offered him a contract for two breeder houses. Having no experience with breeder hens was, at first daunting, but after talking with another breeder grower, Curtiss was ready for the challenge.

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With his father’s help, he bought some land and built two 40’ x 400’ breeder houses. He and Traci bought a single-wide mobile home and located it on a hill just above the poultry houses. That year was great, so he built two more houses the next year. Curtiss laughs, “ Here we were, 23-years-old and a million dollars in debt.”

Currently growing for Koch Foods, with his four houses, the Shaver farm is producing more than 6.5 million eggs a year. “Over the years,” Curtiss says, “the poultry industry has been really good to us and our family.”

Then he adds, “Like any farming endeavor, it’s hard work.

You are basically married to these hen houses.”

In 1999, with two houses in operation and two more under construction, Traci, who had just discovered that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child, Zane, left her job as a new accounts teller with Colonial Bank in Troy to work on the farm. It was a move that she and Curtiss had agreed on, however, it brought some challenges.

When she left the bank, they lost all benefits, including healthcare.

Curtiss had, for a number of years, as he says, “after getting back on his feet” following the accident, been a volunteer firefighter with the Goshen Volunteer Fire Department. He says, “When you are in a situation where you cannot help yourself and you are completely dependent on someone else for your life, I know what that’s like.”

He adds, “ I wanted to be one of those guys and maybe in some way say ‘thank you’ and give something back.”

Part of what he loved about the fire service was the team aspect. He was a part of something larger than himself, and by 1999, he had worked his way up to assistant chief. That all changed when Traci came home.

Being with Goshen Volunteer Fire Department, he had become friendly with all of the rescue workers in the county. He had previously worked part-time with Haynes Ambulance Service doing fill-in work, now they offered him a full-time position with benefits. It did, however, take him away from the farm every third day. He worked 24 hours on and had the next 48 hours off. During this time he applied for a position with the Troy 29GA X 36” COVER Fire Department.

He became an EMT with Haynes, and CUT TO LENGTH worked alongside the fire department every day for three years. They saw what he could w w w . g o l d i n m e t a l s . c o m do and were

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impressed. Finally, Troy gave him the opportunity to go through training. He was the first amputee to go through fire training program. Each day, the trainees ran several miles a day. He never finished first, but he also never finished last. He was treated no differently from other trainees.

Twelve years later, he has risen to the rank of lieutenant, serving as a paramedic. He believes that his experience that day in his father’s cornfield, has given him a special outlook on what he does. He stresses to the men that he supervises, “When that bell goes off, there is somebody counting on you.” And, without a doubt, Curtiss Shaver knows what he is talking about.

The Curtiss Shaver 400 During a parent teacher conference, Curtiss got a phone call that asstounded him. Traci had already told him that Brandy Cox, a fellow Troy fire department lieutenant had nominated him for a contest involving NASCAR. He had told her to tell Curtiss to expect a call.

The phone call was to tell Curtiss that he was a finalist in a contest, sponsored by distiller Crown Royal, to name the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (commonly known as The Brickyard) on July 29, 2012, after a deserving American hero.

Shortly after, a film crew came to Troy to document Curtiss’ story. He was then featured on the event’s Facebook page to be voted on, along with the other four finalists. Then, to Curtiss’ amazement, he won.

To commemorate his win, Crown Royal sponsored a bricklaying ceremony in front of Troy’s main firestation.

A replica “Yard of Bricks” was placed with two bricks noting Curtiss’ achievement. During the ceremony, Troy Mayor Jimmy Lunsford spoke and country music star Justin Moore performed.

It was at this ceremony, with the unfurling of a 17-foot banner, that Curtiss was named as the winner.

“I’m a huge NASCAR fan, so having my name on a race title is absolutely unbelievable,” Curtiss said. “I’m honored that I was nominated for this incredible contest and humbled that so many people voted for my story. I’m looking forward to representing emergency personnel everywhere who risk their lives for others on a daily basis.”

As a part of the grand prize, Curtiss and Traci were flown to Indianapolis where they rode in the pre-race pace car. Curtiss had the honor of starting the race and presenting the trophy to race winner, Jimmie Johnson.

Perhaps the greatest honor was to meet the other finalists.

They also got to meet all of the drivers, as well as sit in on the pre-race drivers’ meeting. Traci was particularly excited about meeting The Band Perry.

Way to go, Curtiss!

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1st Place

Allied Golf Tournament 1st Place — Score 60 Lex Brown Clay Borden Kevin Parnell Bill Wilks

2nd Place

2nd Place — Score 61 Jamie Courington Brandon Brown Andy Collins Randy Allen 3rd Place — Score 61 Danny Sharpe Frank Baker Jeff Sims Cody Hall

3rd Place

4th Place

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4th Place — Score 63 Frankie Daniel Clay Thornton Brien Phillips Chip Graham Closest to the Hole Randy Allen Danny Sharp Dave Edmonson Mike Walker

Closest to the

Longest Drive Jamie Courington Mike Walker

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Longest Dr ive

Shotgun Raffle Winner

Putting Contest Winner

James Sanford Daryl Davis

CHESLEY OAKS GOLF COURSE, Oct 4, 2012 – It was a glorious day for golf. The leaves were turning, but the temperature was mild, as the poultry pros took to the links again to raise money for poultry science scholarships. Which they did, bringing in more than $12,000 to keep the kids hitting the poultry books, and build this wonderful industry.

Scholarship Sponsors ADF/Fitco

Ceva

First South Farm Credit, SA

Alabama Farm Credit

Cintas

H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc.

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Cobb-Vantress Inc.

Hubbard LLC

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Keystone Foods, LLC

Animal Health International

D & F Equipment Sales

Meyn America LLC

American Proteins, Inc.

EIS of Tennessee (member of the Vincit Group)

Lee Energy Solutions

Aviagen Inc. Bob Cryar Consulting/FMC Burch Corporation

Fabco Equipment Company First South Farm Credit, NA

Liberty National Life Insurance Pfizer Animal Health Randy Jones Insurance Agency

Hole Sponsors

Alabama Farm Credit AlaTrade Foods, LLC Alltech American Proteins, Inc. Bob Cryar Consulting/FMC Cintas

Cobb-Vantress Inc. Cumberland/Hired-Hand D & F Equipment Sales

First South Farm Credit, NA H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc.

EIS of Tennessee (member of the Vincit Group) Fabco Equipment Company

Lee Energy Solutions

Hubbard LLC Liberty National Life Insurance Meyn American, LLC

Prize Sponsors 3rd Place – Lee Energy Solutions 1st Place – American Proteins Longest Drive – Meyn American 4th Place – Keystone Foods 2nd Place – Cobb-Vantress Closest to Pin – Alltech Putting Contest Prize – Casey Jones/L.B. White

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Association News

Alabama AI Response Plan Coming Together The Alabama poultry industry and the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association continue to partner with the State of Alabama in maintaining preparedness should avian influenza ever become an issue in the Southeast.

Representatives of the Alabama Avian Health Advisory Board met September 10 at the AP&EA office to discuss revisions to the state’s disaster preparedness plan regarding low pathogenic AI. This plan receives regular revision and the document produced after this most recent meeting will represent the seventh version.

The meeting, led by State Veterinarian Dr. Tony Frazier of the Alabama Department of Ag and Industries, fine tuned approaches to

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a low pathogenic outbreak of AI in Alabama (a high path outbreak would have more Federal involvement).

This plan allows Alabama to deal quickly with an AI outbreak before it escalates into a state-wide problem.

Representatives from most poultry-oriented groups in the state were present. In addition to Department of Ag and Industries, AP&EA, USDA and Auburn University personnel, individuals from the commercial

broiler, commercial table egg layer, primary breeder, game fowl, game bird and show chicken groups gave input. Other participants included representatives knowledgeable of the plan put in place in Georgia and Dr. Dee Jones, Alabama’s state public health veterinarian.

These efforts underscore the broad involvement by Alabama groups to protect the poultry industries of the state and to safeguard the health of Alabama citizens.

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Shannon Weaver, NRCS

The 2012 Alabama Poultry & Egg Association’s annual Grower Educational Seminars were held on Oct. 9 and 11. The Tuesday, Oct. 9, seminars were held at 11:30 a.m., in Cullman at the Cullman Civic Center, and, that evening, at the Snead State Community College cafeteria in Boaz. On Thursday, Oct. 11, they were held at the Tom Harbin Ag Center in Luverne and later at the Coffee County Farm Center in New Brockton.

Shannon Weaver with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) gave the lead presentation on The TSP Process. The presentation covered all aspects of working with technical service providers in developing energy audits and comprehensive nutrient management plans (CNMP).

Alabama Cooperative Extension Systems’ Kent Stanford discussed proper AFO/CAFO Recordkeeping. He likened the record keeping process to a carrot and stick scenario. If you keep proper records, you get the carrot. If you don’t, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) will hit you with the stick. He also urged the audience to make every effort to keep up with their CEU credits.

Alabama’s new AI response plan was also discussed. In north Alabama, the discussion was led by Dr. Terry Slaten, director of the Hanceville testing lab and associate state veterinarian with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries; and in south Alabama, State Veterinarian Dr. Tony Frazier spoke. Both emphasized the need for the plan. One reason is because of the USDA requirement for such a plan for a state to qualify for indemnity money. The second reason is the public health aspect of the ever mutating H1N1 flu virus.

In each location, a meal was served before the seminars and door prizes were awarded. A number of vendors were available to meet with those in attendance. Two hours CAFO credits were awarded for the seminars.

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Kent Stanford, ACES

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VIP Member Profile

Clint Lauderdale – Alabama Poultry’s

IRON MAN By the time most of us got out of bed this morning, Jones-Hamilton Company Southern Regional Manager Clint Lauderdale had either run, swum or pedaled for miles. At 4:45 a.m. he was up and going for a trip to the gym if he’s at home in Cullman or, if he’s on the road, to pound some pavement in a subdivision he scouted out the night before. In the evening he also trains; swimming and spin classes, if he’s home and more running when he’s away.

Now some might find the 47-year-old Lauderdale’s behavior to be slightly “obsessive.” Some, like his daughter, Maghen, have jokingly called it a “mid-life crisis.” Now, after completing a marathon and an Ironman 70.3 Triathlon, Clint is unfazed and undaunted.

He wasn’t always a fitness freak. He did play high school football in Douglas, near Boaz, where he was raised. He also played some intramural softball as a student at Auburn. But, three and a half years ago, after having done nothing but work and come home and eat for 25 years, he was pushing 290 pounds. With his new career as a territory manager with Jones Hamilton, manufacturer of PLT, he decided to get more physically active and get in shape.

He first joined a gym in Cullman and enrolled in a spin class. In a spin class, you ride a stationery bicycle to music. Sometimes the music is fast so you pedal faster, when the music slows you gear down to increase resistance and pedal more slowly. He liked it; in fact, he got his wife, Melanie, to start. The problem was, when Clint would finish the 5:00 p.m. class, he would stay on for the 6:00 p.m. class.

After a few months of spin classes, he bought an inexpensive Wal-Mart bike to ride on the streets. It was then that he heard about something called a “century ride,” where participants ride 100 miles in a day. He also heard about a railroad line running from Anniston to Smyrna, Ga., that had been converted to a walking/biking trail. It was 96 miles long. Clint was intrigued.

For his first trip, he decided to pick up the trail in Piedmont and visit a customer in Cedartown, Ga. The round trip was approximately 50 miles. He enjoyed the experience, but realized that he needed a better bike.

He bought a great used bike from a guy he found on Craigslist and was ready to ride. His first opportunity came when he and Jeff Sims of Animal Health International were scheduled to meet with a mutual customer in Smyrna, Ga. Clint met Jeff in Anniston, where he left his truck, putting his bike in the back of Jeff’s truck. After their meeting, Clint changed clothes and started out. As he says, he had no “Plan B,” because Jeff dropped him off and left. Jeff must have been a little apprehensive of the enterprise, because, after Clint had gone about five miles, Jeff called, “to see if he had wrecked yet.”

It was a hot day and Clint left the trail several times to find refreshment. Finally arriving in Anniston, he checked his odometer to see that he had covered 96 miles. Looping back, he made up the remaining four miles to complete his first century ride. Since then, he has completed nine more century rides and several shorter metric century rides.

One Saturday in September of 2011 after spin class, his instructor invited him to run with her and another student. Clint hadn’t done any running since high school football, and then it had only been wind sprints, but his cardio sys-

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Maghen, Clint and Melanie enjoy some non-training relaxation time with the family pets in the backyard of their home in Cullman.

tem had so developed from the spin class and bike riding that he was able to hold his own for three and a half miles. Soon after, he was competing in 5 kilometer, 10 kilometer and 15 kilometer and half marathon races.

In April of 2012, less than a year after starting to run, he completed his first marathon, the Country Music Marathon in Nashville. He was one of 32,000 participants. He finished in just under five hours.

At the gym one day, he heard several people talking about a triathlon and was again intrigued. The triathlon requires a competitor to swim, bike and run at varying distances depending on the event. Clint signed up for his first triathlon, a “sprint� triathlon at Lake Guntersville. There, he swam 600 yards, biked 15 miles and ran for three miles. He next participated in an Olympic Distance Triathlon at Lake Guntersville, where he swam for .93 miles, biked for 25 miles and ran for 6.2 miles. His greatest athletic achievement, so far, has been the completion of an Ironman 70.3 Triathlon, called a half-ironman, in Augusta

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Down from 290 lbs. to a svelte 222, Clint participated with Maghen in a recent “MIdnight Run” in downtown Cullman.

Clint with his medal for finishing the Music City Marathon and other momentos of his first marathon

Clint has also participated in a number of half marathons. Here he is crossing a bridge in Chattanooga.

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this September. In it he swam 1.2 miles, biked 56 miles and ran for 13.1 miles.

He finished in just over six hours.

At his first triathlon, Melanie, his wife of 22 years, was taken aback when she was asked if she would like to serve as a “stripper?” She found out that as the competitors come out of the water many are wearing wet suits and require help to quickly strip off the tight suits before mounting their bikes. Now she serves as Clint’s official “stripper.”

They met on Clint’s second day of work as broiler flock supervisor for Wayne Farms of Decatur in December of 1987. Just a few months after Clint had graduated from Auburn with a degree in poultry science, broiler manager Bob Gentry took him around to the various departments. At the hatchery, he was introduced to, as he calls her, “the cute little secretary.” It took him six months to work up the courage to ask her out.

Their first date was to the AP&EA convention in Birmingham. He had a great time but was afraid she hadn’t had a good time, so it took him six weeks to call her again. In fact, she was hoping that he would call, but, like a good Southern girl, she wasn’t about to call him. That just wasn’t good manners.

Both had come from strong Christian homes. The morning before Clint proposed, he went first to her father and then to her mother to ask their permission. Alabama Gov. Guy Hunt married Clint and Melanie in 1990 at her Primitive Baptist Church home in Decatur.

Two months after they were married, Clint was promoted to live haul manager. It was not unusual for something to happen in the middle of the night to cause him to have to leave his new bride at home alone, so when the opportunity to become hatchery manager at Wayne Farms’ Albertville facility presented itself, he took it gladly.

Shortly after the move to Albertville, they discovered that Melanie was pregnant with daughter, Maghen.

They stayed in Albertville with Wayne Farms for the next few years, with Clint promoted to the position of processing maintenance manager in 1992.

In 1994, Clint was recruited by Gerald Bailey to come to Cullman as a field service technician for Gold Kist Inc. Clint was happy with Gold Kist and by 2003 had risen from broiler manager to live operations manager, however with the closing of the Cullman/Trussville Gold Kist Division, his job was relocated to Russellville as broiler manager.

Clint and Melanie continued to live in Cullman. She was substitute teaching and Maghen was in school. Clint was working 10-hour days and commuting over an hour each way to work. He would arrive at home exhausted. Going to work with Koch Foods in Gadsden as live operations manager got him a little closer to home, but the grind was the same, and that’s when he found himself putting on all the weight.

In 2008, he took a job with, Ohio based, Jones-Hamilton Co., a leading chemical distribution company, specializing in products for the poultry industry such as PLT litter treatment and PWT water treatment. As Jones Hamilton territory manager, Clint was able to continue living in Cullman, and, although the job required some overnight travel, at least he didn’t have the long commute to work. A year later, he joined the gym in Cullman and started the spin class.

Today, as Jones-Hamilton’s southern regional manager, Clint is as driven to expand his company’s market penetration as he is to train. He goes after both zealously. But, it is his natural friendliness and perpetual smile that have opened many doors as he pushes on to be the best that he can be.

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Recipes

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ccomplish Your Holiday Baking & Gift Giving with The Incredible Edible Egg

For many families, the holiday season is about spending time together in the kitchen preparing new and treasured recipes. This year, why not make your homemade favorites into your holiday gifts starring The Incredible Edible Egg™?

While they seem like an ordinary go-to ingredient this time of year, eggs play an extraordinary role our favorite holiday recipes. The perfect holiday package, eggs are an affordable, all-natural ingredient that come in a neat premeasured yolk and white bundle, all of which gives eggs the leading role in holiday desserts.

Cranberry Orange Pound Cake Prep Time: 15 minutes Bake Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Makes: 16 servings

WHAT YOU NEED CAKE: 1 cup butter, softened 2-1/4 cups granulated sugar 6 eggs 1 teaspoon orange extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup orange juice GLAZE: 2 cups powdered sugar 3 tablespoons orange juice 1/2 cup dried chopped cranberries 1/4 cup toasted chopped walnuts HERE’S HOW PREHEAT oven to 325°F. GREASE and flour a 12 cup fluted tube pan; set aside.

For Cake, BEAT butter and sugar in large bowl of electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.

ADD eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. STIR in extract.

ADD flour alternately with orange juice, beginning and ending with flour, mixing until blended after each addition.

POUR batter into prepared pan. BAKE 1 hour 10 to 1 hour 15 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

COOL cake in pan 15 minutes. REMOVE from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

For Glaze, WHISK powdered sugar and orange juice until blended. STIR in cranberries and walnuts. DRIZZLE glaze evenly over top of cooled cake. Let stand until glaze is firm before cutting to serve.

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Mint Chocolate Cheesecake Prep Time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 55 minutes Makes: 12 servings Chill Time: 8 hours

WHAT YOU NEED 18 1/4 3 1-1/4 6 1/2 28

chocolate sandwich cookies cup butter, melted packages (8 ounces each) reduced fat cream cheese, softened cups sugar eggs teaspoon peppermint extract rectangular chocolate candy with green mint filling

HERE’S HOW PREHEAT oven to 350°F. PROCESS cookies in food processor until finely ground. ADD melted butter and process until crumbs are evenly coated.

SPRAY a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. PRESS crumb mixture onto bottom and 1-inch up sides of prepared pan. BAKE 8 minutes. COOL on wire rack while preparing filling. REDUCE oven temperature to 325°F. BEAT cream cheese and sugar in mixing bowl of electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. ADD eggs, two at a time, beating after each addition just until blended.

ADD extract to chocolate candies in microwave-safe bowl. MICROWAVE on HIGH 1 to 2 minutes; stir to melt.

POUR half of cream cheese mixture over crust. DRIZZLE half of melted chocolate over cream cheese; repeat layers. Using tip of a knife, SWIRL chocolate through layers.

BAKE cheesecake 50 to 55 minutes or just until edges are set and center still shakes slightly. REMOVE from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Carefully RUN thin metal spatula around edges to loosen. COOL on wire rack, then refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

When ready to serve, LOOSEN edges again with a metal spatula. PLACE springform pan on serving plate. Carefully REMOVE sides of pan.

Kris Kringle Krinkles Prep Time: 10 minutes Chill Time: 2 to 3 hours Bake Time: 10 minutes Makes: 4 dozen cookies

WHAT YOU NEED 2 cups self-rising flour 2-1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided 1 cup unsweetened cocoa 4 eggs 1/2 cup canola oil 1 tablespoon vanilla extract HERE’S HOW COMBINE flour, 1-3/4 cups of the sugar and cocoa in large bowl of electric mixer.

COMBINE eggs, oil and vanilla in separate bowl. ADD liquid to dry ingredients. BEAT on medium speed until smooth.

REFRIGERATE, covered, 2 to 3 hours or until dough is firm. PREHEAT oven to 375°F. SHAPE dough into 1-inch balls. ROLL in remaining 1/2 cup sugar. PLACE 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. BAKE 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are firm to the touch.

LET stand on cookie sheet 2 minutes. REMOVE and cool completely on wire racks.

STORE in tightly covered container at room temperature.

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Member News

McMillian Continues Poultry Tour ELKMONT – Oct. 2, 2012 – In a continuation of the tour begun in January, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan, Alabama Cooperative Extension Systems Director Dr. Gary Lemme and Dr. Bill Batchelor, dean of Auburn University College of Agriculture toured Aviagen’s state-of-the-art veterinary diagnostic and research laboratory.

The tour, which was led by lab director, Dr. Eric Jensen, featured all areas of laboratory work, including bacteriology, serology, molecular diagnostics, genomic research and pathological exams. The lab serves the needs of all Aviagen breeding production facilities in the U.S.

That afternoon the tour continued to Aviagen’s energy-smart poultry feed mill complex in Athens. The facility provides biosecure crumbled and pelletized feed for Aviagen’s pedigree operation in Tennessee and to 115 Aviagen poultry breeder farms in Alabama.

The next day featured a tour of the American Proteins’ plant and waste-water treatment facility in Hanceville. That afternoon, they met with Davis Lee at the Lee Energy Solutions pellet plant in Crossville, and then toured the plant.

The “gee whiz factor” is evident as Dr. Batchelor, Dr. Lemme and Commissioner McMillan visit the serology lab.

Lee Energy Holds Open House CROSSVILLE – Lee Energy Solutions held an open house at their state-of-the-art pellet mill on Sept.

27-29, showcasing the plant and their BIO-500F wood pellet-burning furnace.

The plant’s four massive pellet mills are capable of producing 16 tons of pellets per hour, or more than 110,000 tons per year in total production.

The open house drew visitors from all of the major poultry intergrators as well as government agencies and poultry growers.

Lee Energy Solutions distributes heating products for poultry houses, green houses and residential properties in 16 states.

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Aviagen’s Dr. Greg Rosales Elected to Serve on NPIP General Conference Committee

HUNTSVILLE – Aviagen, Inc., has announced that Dr. Greg Rosales, vice president of Veterinary Services at Aviagen, has been elected to serve as the representative for the South Central Region on the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), an Official USDA Advisory Commit-

tee, for 2012-2016 at the biennial conference in New Orleans this year. Dr. Rosales was previously elected and served on the General Conference Committee from 2000 – 2004.

As a member of the NPIP’s General Conference Committee, Dr. Rosales will help maintain and ensure industry involvement in Federal administration of matters pertaining to poultry health. Dr. Rosales is one of seven NPIP Committee members, with each member representing one of six geographic areas and another serving as a member-at-large. He was elected by members of the poultry industry.

Dr. Rosales has also been recognized by the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) with a Special Service Award for his out-

standing contributions and unselfish dedication and service to avian medicine. These contributions are demonstrated through his scientific work, organizational involvement, and service to fellow colleagues. The AAAP promotes scientific knowledge to enhance the health, well-being, and productivity of poultry to provide safe and abundant food for the world.

“We are fortunate to have someone with Greg’s experience, commitment, and wealth of knowledge in the poultry industry as part of our executive team at Aviagen. He is a major asset to our company and our customers,” said president of Aviagen Ben Thompson. “I’d like to congratulate Greg on these most recent industry achievements.”

Davis Lee Honored by MCEDC GUNTERSVILLE – Davis Lee, owner of Alatrade in Albertville, was recently honored with the firstever Marshall County Industrialist Award at the Marshall County Economic Development Council’s annual meeting at Guntersville Town Hall.

The award was an effort by the MCEDC to “recognize people who have built their business and, on top of that, given back to the community,” said Matt Arnold, president and CEO of the MCEDC. In spite of being a great business man, “He’s not all about business,” Nancy Stewart, MDEDC board member said.

“Davis’ heart is reflected in his giving back to the community.”

Alabama Poultry Hall of Fame member, Lee credited his success in business with allowing him to help others.

“You can’t do good things unless you make money,” he said. “You’ve got to have enough money to do good things and help people.”

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USPOULTRY Awards Recruiting Grant to Auburn Poultry Science Department AUBURN UNIVERSITY – The USPOULTRY Foundation recently presented a student recruiting grant to Auburn University’s poultry science department. Mark Hickman, president and CEO of Peco Foods and USPOULTRY board member, presented the check to Dr. Don Connor, head of the poultry science department at Auburn University.

“The Auburn poultry science department is extremely grateful for the support provided by the USPOULTRY Foundation. These funds will help us to promote the outstanding education and career opportunities that poultry science majors experience at Auburn. Our graduates are well prepared for and easily placed in a wide range of rewarding careers in the poultry industry,” remarked Dr.

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Connor.

"On behalf of the USPOULTRY Foundation, I am pleased to present the poultry science department at Auburn University with this grant in the amount of $13,632. We are proud to support the poultry science department. We thank you and your entire faculty for your dedication and continuous efforts to recruit, train, and educate talented young women and men for the advancement of the poultry industry. It is our belief that education is the key to the future success of our industry! Thank you!" commented Hickman.

The USPOULTRY Foundation board has approved student recruiting grants totaling more than $160,000 to the six U.S. universities with poultry science departments

Dr. Don Connor receives a check from Mark Hickman from the USPOULTRY Foundation for student recruitment.

and 15 other institutions with industry related programs. The Foundation provides annual recruiting funds to colleges and universities to attract students to their poultry science programs.

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Practical Applications

Rendered Animal Products Our nation is increasingly interested in ”green” issues, including reducing waste and recycling. The poultry industry and other animal production industries have been recycling important portions of their operating waste for thousands of years. More recently, the wastes from animal slaughter have been rendered to produce products used for human food, pet food and commercial agricultural feed production. In the United States, the rendering industry got its start producing tallow for soaps and candles, as well as producing leather from animal hides. More recently, meat meals and fats produced by this industry have been used extensively in poultry feeds as concentrated and economical sources of nutrients. We tend to forget that the rendering industry also recycles the unused portions of our meat production, saving us from trying to figure out what to do with large amounts of products people don’t want to eat. We as a poultry industry should be proud that we are able to recycle a large portion of our processing wastes into products that are useful to society (us included).

Livestock and poultry production (plus restaurants and grocery stores) in the United States produce around 54 billion pounds (27 million tons) of recyclable processing wastes each year. These are rendered into fats and animal protein meals (and leather, etc.). Consumers in the United States produce approximately 207 million tons of waste each year, around 45 million tons of which is recycled. The poultry and livestock industries, then, are recycling processing wastes equal to 13 percent of our total consumer waste. When compared to the amount of consumer waste recycled, rendering takes in and uses waste equaling 60 percent of the recycling industry in the United States. We were doing

that long before recycling was considered an important tool to protect the environment. As you can imagine, processing wastes (offal, DAF skimmings, etc.) are not the most desirable products, even for a public landfill operator. For this reason, the rendering industry, whether it be independent or integrator-sponsored, does a huge service to the poultry industry and municipalities alike.

Processing waste represents a reasonable portion of each bird, steer or pig processed. A 1,000 pound steer produces approximately 400 pounds of processing waste (600 pounds of deboned beef ). First processing of broilers leaves slightly less that 30 percent waste while deboning would leave significantly more than that.

When one figures that Alabama produces approximately 20 million broilers at an average of around 5.5 pounds per bird, the weekly waste production figure (based on WOG yield) would be 16,500 tons of processing waste (not including wastewater cleanup). Storing, handling, moving and rendering this much material is a major job. Fortunately, the poultry, livestock and pet food industries have found the products of rendering useful, allowing this system to keep our industry from being snowed under with unwanted animal parts.

In addition, this industry takes in 3.8 billion pounds (2 million tons) of waste cooking fats from restaurants each year.

The rendering industry produces approximately 8.4 billion lbs (4 million tons) of cleaned–up fats and oils each year. Some of this is rendered for human consumption (lard), although the bulk goes into animal feeds, biodiesel or replaces natural gas as a fuel source for boilers. Animal feed use of rendered fats is around one-third of the total. Six billion pounds (3 million tons) of meat meals (meat and bone meal, poultry

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byproduct meal, feather meal, blood meal, etc.) are produced in the United States, with 90 percent going into feed for meat producing animals or pet foods. Once these meat products are transformed in the rendering process, they represent a concentrated source of nutrients that are attractive to nutritionists in formulating feeds to meet the nutritional needs of poultry. Protein, important amino acids, energy and minerals are all abundant in meat meals and help to economically meet birds’ needs for many of the more expensive nutrients.

Significant changes have occurred over the decades in the mix of products coming to renderers and where those products go. Recently, the increased interest in the processing of paws for export to the Asian market has allowed companies to sell feet for a good price rather that divert them towards rendering. Of much more impact on the products produced by renderers, and consequently on those available to the commercial feed industry, is the emergence of petfood grade meat meals. Today, a significant portion of rendered animal products are produced to the exacting standards required for pets (and feeds for the aquaculture industry as well). It is not by accident that chickens are fed “feed” and dogs and cats are fed “food”. People view household pets as family members and are willing to pay handsomely for quality in the foods fed to Fido and Fluffy. As more and more rendered meat product has been diverted to pet food, less product has been available for agricultural use. In addition, less meat and more bone has gone into the remaining products. Poultry nutritionists only include ingredients based on an exhaustive analysis of the nutrient worth of each product, so compa

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

By: Jess Campbell, Dennis Brothers, Gene Simpson & Jim Donald National Poultry Technology Center, Auburn University College of Agriculture

Bare Ceilings = Excessive Heat Loss = Increased Fuel Bills

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Picture 1: Do you know what the insulation in the ceiling of your poultry house looks like? Has it shifted or settled like in Picture 1? Does condensation form on the underside of the ceiling during winter growouts? If you have not checked your ceiling insulation this year or you remember seeing condensation forming last winter, now is the time to fix your problem. Rearing cold weather flocks with shifted or deteriorated ceiling insulation can cost you big bucks even with moderate fuel prices.

Picture 2: This picture was taken from the attic of a poultry house with a thermal imaging camera during the brooding phase of a growout. This allows us to actually see the difference in heat transfer between the insulated and non-insulated ceiling.

R-value of 1) would cost you about 120,000 BTUs of heat each hour. Eight (8) hours of preheating or brooding would cost about 960,000 BTUs and $14.61 at $1.40-gallon propane. If we assumed the other 18,000 sq. ft. of insulated ceiling in the house had an R-value of 10 the heat loss through the remaining ceiling area would be 108,000 BTUs per hour. Eight (8) hours of preheating or brooding would cost about 864,000 BTUs and $13.15. The point is 10 percent of the ceiling is causing more than 50 percent of the thermal heat loss through the ceiling in cold weather.

Picture 4: This is a picture of what a well-insulated blown fiberglass ceiling looks like from the attic. The two things we are looking for here are consistency and coverage.

Picture 3: For Example: As illustrated above a 4-foot strip of shifted ceiling insulation in a 40 x 500-foot house is Bottom Line: An effective way to cut down on excessive equivalent to 2,000 sq. ft. If you are preheating or brood- fuel bills during winter flocks is to install and maintain ing to 90F on a 30F day (90F – 30F = 60F temperature dif- approximately 6-inches of insulation consistently across ference) this 2,000 sq. ft. of bare ceiling (estimated the entire ceiling.

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VIP Company Profile

Jones-Hamilton Co. Jones-Hamilton Co. has been a leader in producing, packaging, and distributing chemicals and compounds for a variety of customers and end users since 1951. Since inception, their employees have been dedicated to providing high quality chemicals with the best service available.

Founders and co-chairmen J. Kern Hamilton and James H. Black built the employee-owned company.

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nies have made good use of the nutrients in today’s meat products.

Phosphorus, a major ingredient in bone, is a very expensive nutrient and the highly-digestible phosphorus in meat meals, when combined with the use of phytase in poultry feeds, has reduced the amount of inorganic phosphorus that must be added to feeds.

The poultry industry has a number of partners that function in

Their dedication to build a strong company is reflected in long-term customer relationships, employee ownership, teamwork, and optimistic problem solving.

They take great pride in their long-term customer relationships.

These relationships are built upon a thorough knowledge of customer business needs and excellent service.

They use their knowledge to match their capabilities with customer needs. Following this, their cus-

tomers know that they can rely on Jones-Hamilton Co. to deliver high quality chemicals efficiently and on time.

The company's products are sold to manufacturing, processing, and agricultural end users. All of their products are sold in the United States and are also available internationally.

concert with those directly growing birds for meat or egg production.

These allied industries provide all manner of necessary services to Alabama’s massive poultry industry.

One group that makes a living providing a most important service are the renderers that create something useful out of products that would otherwise be considered liabilities.

Along these lines, one of the largest renderers of poultry products in the nation has included poultry farm mortalities in its in-

coming product stream. Using onfarm freezers to safely store farm mortalities, and following biosecurity protocols for entering and leaving farms, insures safe usage of this input. From a “green” standpoint, reducing the need to dispose of farm mortalities through burial or incineration keeps mortalities from becoming a waste management issue and recycles nutrients for useful purposes.

Agricultural Products: • PLT® – Poultry Litter Treatment • PWT® – ph Water Treatment • LS-PWT – ph Water Treatment

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! from your AP&EA staff CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ADVERTISING INDEX Alabama Ag / Alabama Farm Credit American Proteins Aviagen Bobcat of Oxford Ecodrum First South Farm Credit Goldin Metals Jones-Hamilton PLT Lee Energy Solutions Lipatech Northwest Envirofan Randy Jones Ins. Agency Thompson Tractor

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AP&EA Executive Committee Meeting December 6, 12:00 p.m. AP&EA Office

AP&EA Christmas Open House December 6, 5:00-7:00 p.m. AP&EA Office

AP&EA Board of Directors Meeting December 7, 8:00 a.m. AP&EA Office

International Poultry Expo January 29-31, 2013, Atlanta, Ga.

County Association Meetings

Central Alabama Poultry & Egg Association Thursday, January 24, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

Beeland Park, Greenville

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