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WTO adopts ruling favoring U.S. in China trade dispute WASHINGTON — The Sept. 25 announcement by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman that the World Trade Organization has formally adopted the recent dispute settlement panel’s report in China’s anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases against imports of U.S. chicken products is welcome news for the U.S. poultry industry. “The most important thing for both sides is to put this unfortunate situation behind us as quickly as possible,” said Jim Sumner, president of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC). “We’re also hopeful that China will remove antidumping duties on U.S. chicken imports quickly.” During the last year, Sumner made several trips to China for discussions
with the Chinese poultry industry and with government officials, including a meeting last November with the deputy director of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. “We basically both agreed in principle at that time to accept the WTO panel’s ruling and to move forward,” he said. “It has not been in either of our best interests.” Sumner said that he met with Chinese poultry industry organizations several times to emphasize the positive relationship that the U.S. and Chinese industries have developed over the years, and to solicit support for continued joint industry-to-industry activities, such as an international poultry symposium scheduled for November in China. “We realize that the Chinese indus-
try is going through some difficult times, but USAPEEC has pledged to work with Chinese producers to expand poultry consumption in China,” he said. “We’re thankful that they recognize the benefit of working together for the benefit of both industries.” Sumner also praised former USTR Ron Kirk and Chief U.S. Agricultural Negotiator Dr. Islam Siddiqui for pursuing the case through the WTO process. “Today’s announcement is welcome news to U.S. chicken producers, who look forward to once again competing in this viable export market without unjustified trade restrictions,” said National Chicken Council President Mike Brown in a statement. “We’re hopeful that mutu-
ally beneficial trade in poultry products between China and the United States can now be restored as soon as possible. Today’s news sends a clear message to other countries that have similarly brought unjustified antidumping duties on U.S. chicken products.” Froman announced that the WTO adopted an Aug. 2, 2013, dispute settlement panel report in favor of the U.S. in a major trade dispute with China, proving that China’s imposition of duties on U.S. chicken “broiler” products violates international trade rules. With the report now formally adopted by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body, China must bring itself into compliance with its WTO obligations. In 2009 — the year before China
imposed the duties — the U.S. exported more than 613,000 metric tons of broiler meat to China. Exports fell almost 90 percent after the imposition of the duties, according to a USTR press release. “This decision represents a significant victory for American farmers and chicken producers and proves that the United States will not stand by while our trade partners unfairly hurt U.S. exports and U.S. jobs,” Froman noted. “Given the wide-ranging violations found by the WTO, I hope that China’s acceptance of the WTO’s decision without appeal signals a recognition by China that it needs to take a serious look at its trade remedies regime and bring its rules, procedures and practices into line with its WTO obligations.”
Randall Ennis elected AP&EA president Special to Poultry Times
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Poultry & Egg Association, at its recent annual meeting in Sandestin, Fla., elected Randall Ennis, CEO of Aviagen Group, as the association president. Ennis, who has been in the poultry industry since before his graduation from Auburn University with a degree in poultry science in 1983, has been described as “driven.” It is a description that he acknowledges with pride, the association noted. After having worked for Gold Kist and ConAgra, moving from promotion to promotion, he was offered a position working with Ian Panton at Ross Breeders in Huntsville, Ala. Accepting the position with the revelation that he knew nothing about primary breeders, he was told by Panton, “Trust me and
trust yourself that you can learn.” Shortly afterwards, Ross was bought out by a company and then merged with Arbor Acres to form Aviagen. When the CEO retired, Ian Panton moved into that position and Ennis was named president of Aviagen North America. When Panton retired several years later, Ennis assumed the role of CEO of the Aviagen Group. Ennis sees the role of the primary breeder as one that directly benefits the grower. By developing a robust bird with a faster growth rate, it allows the grower to produce more flocks per year, he noted, adding that, with the advances in health, nutrition and management, growers are producing healthier birds, which increases their margins. Ennis says that his career has been quite a journey and he wouldn’t change one thing along the way. The
only draw back to his responsibilities is the daunting travel schedule with which he sometimes has to contend. In late August he spent time in Germany, then a trip to China, then to Hungary, then Italy, then Indonesia and finally Brazil. Those are all before Thanksgiving and do not include his domestic travel. But to him, the negatives are offset by far more positives. “I get to experience different cultures and have the opportunity to meet with some of the sharpest minds in this industry,” he said. “The innovation of this industry is astounding and is a tribute to the successes it has seen globally for the past 40 years.” Ennis credits his wife Cindy’s support with enabling him to be on the road as frequently as he is. Cindy credits her dog, Mackey, with keeping her company.
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AP&EA president: Randall Ennis, and his wife, Cindy, enjoy spending time in their yard in Tanner, Ala. Ennis, CEO of Aviagen Group, was recently elected president of the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association
She is active in the community and with family. She also stays busy with their church, First Baptist of Tanner, where she is involved in a food ministry. She says that she has used many of the recipes from the AP&EA’s Alabama Poultry magazine.
Randall and Cindy Ennis have three kids. Heather, 28; Nicole 27; and Mike 26. (Mike is a singer/ songwriter living in Nashville. He performs under the name, Anderson East, and has just released a new CD, “Flowers of the Broken Hearted.”
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Improving energy efficiency in winter for broiler farms By Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo Special to Poultry Times
RALEIGH, N.C. — Winter is coming and it is time to prepare the houses for higher gas consumption. Propane gas prices and electricity costs will continue to increase. It is more important than ever before to make the houses and the farm more energy efficient. The work and investments done now will definitely pay back in the next months. To evaluate the benefits of your investments and changes in management, you need to record propane gas and electricity consumption every month or use bills as a reference. Comparing monthly data will reflect the success of your energy conservation program. These are some energy saving ideas for broiler farms: Plan strategic brooding management. Most of the gas in broiler
houses is used for brooding. Make a plan to optimize propane use, and maintain or even improve broiler performance. Do a good preheating of the house to have a uniform average litter temperature around 92 degrees F in the whole brooding area at placement of chicks. Maintain this temperature only for two or maximum three days, and start gradually reducing brooder temperature settings daily. Do not forget to maintain minimum ventilation. Radiant heaters are more efficient to warm the litter surface than pancake heaters. Sidewall heaters will help you better to warm the air, but not the litter. If your chickens have a good start during the first three days, they will eat and start growing fast, producing enough metabolic heat that you will have to give them lower house temperatures to keep them comfortable, and consequently burning less
gas. If chickens don’t have a good reception, they normally require more heat during the rest of the brooding phase. In this case, reducing temperature and/or ventilation is detrimental for flock performance. In conclusion, good house and litter preheating will save you gas in the long term. Make daily and small gradual reductions (1 degree to 3 degrees F) in brooder and heater settings to guarantee optimum comfort for the flock and save gas. Implement a good brooder maintenance program. Keep the burner orifices clean. Sooty brooders indicate improperly burning of fuel and production of more carbon monoxide which is toxic for birds and humans. Use the proper size reaming needle to avoid altering the orifice size and wasting fuel. Adjust the pilot lights in the heaters to manufacturer’s specifications. Shut off one-half the brooder pilot lights when they are not needed. In cold weather, the lit brooders provide heat until unlit brooders can be reignited. Check gas regulator on the gas tank, gas line pressure and gas leaks. Inadequate pressure of gas can cause inefficiencies in the heaters. For safety do not, under any circumstance, make adjustments to the regulator on the gas tanks — contact the gas company provider, and never test gas leaks with an open flame. Maintain house controllers, sensors and thermostats. Most broiler houses are controlled by electronic devices. Timers, sensors and thermostats loose accuracy with time, dust and humidity. Clean, test and recalibrate this equipment to make sure the house maintains the conditions that you will program in the controller during the whole day. Keep heat in the house and avoid uncontrolled air entries. Most of the energy efficiency is lost during winter time when uncontrolled cold air enters the house due to wall cracks or curtain holes. Caulk sill plates and seal cracks with expanding polyurethane foam, repair all curtain holes and eliminate cracks between curtain and house. To fit curtains close to the wall and cover the entire sidewall opening, you can install pocket flaps over the tops and ends of curtains. Make sure to insulate the tunnel inlets with
curtains or insulated doors. Cover and seal all unused fan openings with plastic sheeting or curtain material. Clean shutters that allow unwanted air entry. Engineers say that a 1/8-inch crack along both sides of a 500-foot house is equivalent to more than 10 square feet of open wall or leaving uncovered a 2-foot section of sidewall. Adequate insulation for your weather conditions. Broiler houses with solid sidewalls are more energy efficient than houses open sided with curtains. However, you can insulate open sided houses at least on the brooding chamber. Several new materials are available in the market. Independently of the type of house you have, repair or replace insulation in the ceiling and walls damaged or destroyed by rodents and insects. The insulation efficiency or minimum thermal resistance (R-value) of most insulation materials decreases drastically when moistened. Install vapor barriers inside of the brooding chamber to avoid build-up of humidity. Avoid water leaks to save energy. Excess litter moisture in the house requires heat for moisture evaporation and removal. Reduce litter moisture by properly ventilating when adequate according to age of flock and weather. Do not delay the increments in ventilation rates, otherwise litter moisture will raise and it will be more energy expensive to get rid of extra humidity in the houses. Increasing ventilation rate should only be done during the warmest periods of the day. Avoid temperature stratification by using mixing fans. Warmer air tends to go to the ceiling and cooler air near the floor where it is not needed. Mixing fans help to circulate air and maintain a more uniform temperature at all levels to guarantee chick comfort. This will reduce the amount of gas needed to guarantee optimum temperatures. Replace incandescent bulbs with energy efficient alternatives. Light emitting diode (LED) lights and cold cathode lights use less energy than incandescent lights, last longer and are dimmable. One 5 watt cold cathode bulb will produce the same light as a 40 watt incandescent bulb. New dimmable fluorescent lights hooked to a timer and photocell combination allow for the
proper amount of light to be maintained in the houses while reducing energy usage. The photo cells measure light levels in several locations in the house and the individual lights are controlled to provide just the required amount of light and no more. Light reflectors on fixtures can double the amount of light that reaches the birds and reduce lighting costs by one-half. Updating houses. Several equipment companies are promoting different types of ceiling vents to utilize solar heat trapped in the attic of the houses. These attic vents could help to reduce the gas consumption by more than 15 percent, have more recirculation of air, maintain better litter quality and reduce CO2 concentration in the brooding chambers. When replacing poultry house fans, select the most efficient fans suited for your needs. If you need to change brooders, evaluate using tube radiant brooders. Producing energy. It is time to start thinking about solar panels to generate electricity. These systems are already under evaluation in commercial broiler houses not only to generate and save energy in batteries for the farm, but also to sell power back to the grid. Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo, Diplomat, American College of Poultry Veterinarians, is an Extension specialist in the Department of Poultry Science at North Carolina State University.
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Howell inducted into GEC Egg Hall of Fame ATLANTA — The Georgia Egg Commission has honored retiring GEC president Robert N. Howell for his 38 years of service to the industry with induction into the Egg Hall of Fame. Howell has served as the commission’s president for the last four years and as its executive director for some 34 years. He also directed the activities of the state’s egg trade group, the Georgia Egg Association. He has served as a state representative for the nation’s egg promotional agencies on the American Egg Board and as president of the Georgia 4-H Advisory Council and the Metro Atlanta AG Communicators’ Club. He was twice named as a Friend of Extension by the University of Georgia’s Cooperative Extension Service and was made an honorary member of FFA, FHA, and AGHON (the University of Georgia’s Agricultural Honor
Society). In addition, he was the recipient of the Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Association’s Appreciation Award and the Georgia Egg Commission’s Golden Egg Award. Hall of Fame members have been chosen every three years; but, with the recent termination of the commission’s program, Howell will be the last honoree. Howell joins 11 other industry leaders who have been selected to the Hall since its formation in 1981. They are: Roy Martin Durr, Paul J. Davis Sr., George Seaton, William G. (Bill) Owens Jr, Edward L. Houston, James E. Sutherland Sr., Emerson Gay, Loyd Strickland, Vince Booker, Jerry Faulkner and Albert Pope. Commission chairman Dennis Hughes made the announcement during the group’s recent last meeting in Atlanta and presented Howell’s family with a portrait in his honor and a Waterford crystal
egg to commemorate the event. Portraits of the Hall of Fame members are displayed as a part of the Georgia Egg Commission’s exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village in Tifton, Ga. Golden Egg Award Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black was presented with the Georgia Egg Commission’s Golden Egg Award. Members of the commission’s board of directors made the decision to honor Black last spring; but this was the first opportunity for a presentation.. Black also presented the Georgia Egg Commission staff each with a proclamation naming them as “Ambassadors to Georgia Agriculture!” In addition to Howell, proclamations were given to Executive Director Jewell Hutto and Holly Hidell, RD, LD, vice president of media and nutrition.
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Hall of Fame: Robert N. Howell, center, was inducted into the Georgia Egg Commission’s Egg Hall of Fame during the commission’s last official meeting. Howell, who served the commisison for 38 years, was presented with a portrait that will be displayed at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton, Ga. Joining in the presentation were Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black, left, and GEC Chairman Dennis Hughes.
What is the optimal static pressure when using inlets in cold weather? By Michael Czarick & Dr. Brian Fairchild Special to Poultry Times
ATHENS, Ga. — One of the most common questions producers have about ventilating poultry houses during cold weather is “What is the optimal static pressure?” The short answer to this important question is between 0.05 Michael Czarick is an Extension engineer and Dr. Brian Fairchild is an Extension poultry scientist, both with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Athens, Ga. More information can be obtained at www.poultryventilation.com.
and 0.12. The range of acceptable static pressures is quite wide because of the fact that there is no single correct static pressure that can be used in all houses, under all circumstances that will produce optimal environmental conditions with a minimum of fuel usage. The optimal static pressure depends on a variety of factors which include, inlet design and placement, inlet opening size, inside/outside temperature difference and house width, to name a few. Static pressure in a house using inlets is basically an indirect measure of inlet air speed. The greater the pressure difference between inside and outside a house, the faster the air will enter the house.
Likewise the converse is true, the smaller the pressure difference, the slower the air will enter the house. For instance, at a static pressure of 0.10 air will enter the house through an inlet at a velocity of approximately 1,200 feet/minute. Decrease the pressure difference to 0.02, and the velocity decreases to roughly 600 ft/min. The reason we need the air to enter a house with a relatively high velocity during cold weather is so that we can control where it goes once it enters. Cold outside air is significantly heavier than the warmer air inside a house and as a result will have a tendency to
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Proclamations: Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black, left, recently presented members of the Georgia Egg Commission staff with proclamations designating them as “Ambassadors to Georgia Agriculture.” Holding their proclamations are, left to right, Holly Hidell, vice president of media and nutrition; President Robert N. Howell; and Executive Director Jewell Hutto. GEC Chairman Dennis Hughes, right, joined in the presentation.
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Viewpoint Compiled by Barbara Olejnik, Associate Editor 770-718-3440 bolejnik@poultrytimes.net
Renewable Fuel Standard threatens jobs, food safety By Bob Ford Special to Poultry Times RALEIGH, N.C. — Recently, a turkey plant in Hoke County, N.C., shut its doors, taking nearly 1,000 jobs along with it. The reason for its closure? Soaring feed prices brought on by the mass conversion of U.S. corn into fuel in an effort to Ford meet federal ethanol mandates. It’s clear that the harmful effects of our nation’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) no longer linger at
North Carolina’s doorstep as our $12.8 billion dollar poultry industry suffocates, hundreds of thousands jobs hang in the balance, food prices swell and our wallets lighten — all for fuels that threaten consumer safety. As conceived in 2005, the RFS was intended to lessen gasoline demand, decrease our reliance on foreign oil and reduce our environmental impact. But factors such as improving fuel efficiency technologies, slow economic recovery and a domestic energy revolution have since remedied much of these concerns. Even so, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to raise biofuel blending targets year after year, no matter the cries from a variety of industry and consumer advocates that are all suffering from
the mandate’s unintended consequences. This year, the EPA has set biofuel blending targets ever higher, with more than 80 percent of the 2013 target to be met with corn-based ethanol. The problem? Forty-five percent of our nation’s corn crop is now used to produce fuel — not food — putting the two in competition with one another. The drastic turnover of the American corn crop in favor of fuel has forced the price of a bushel of corn up by nearly 40 percent since 2005 to the detriment of food producers across the nation. The rising price of corn directly affects feed prices, as the commodity accounts for up to 70 percent of the grains fed to animals. The growing number of bankruptcies, closures and overall financial difficulties that continue to confront North Carolina food producers — whose single largest input cost is feed — are directly linked to the price of corn. In 2012 alone, feed costs increased by 32 percent, and poultry producers spent an additional $1.4 million per day on corn for feed. It’s no wonder the Hoke County plant and others like it are forced shut down. And for what? Bob Ford is the executive director of the North Carolina Poultry Federation with offices in Raleigh, N.C.
riculture and other producers. “Agriculture is very trade dependent. Last year alone, more than $141 billion worth of U.S. agriculture products were exported around the globe,” said Steve Baccus, president of Kansas Farm Bureau and chairman of the American Farm Bureau Federation Trade Advisory Committee. “The Pacific Northwest is a crucial gateway for agricultural exports, and these export facilities will help our members meet the increased demand for their goods in burgeoning Asian markets.” Trade is responsible for 40 percent of all jobs in Washington which is the most trade-dependent state in
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Higher corn and feed prices have also triggered higher price points for key food items. For example, beef, pork, egg and fish prices have increased a collective 79 percent since the RFS was enacted. In addition, the average U.S. family of four has struggled with a $2,000 increase in food costs last year due to higher
the United States. Agriculture products are Washington’s third-largest export. In Oregon, one in five jobs is dependent on international trade with agricultural products and services accounting for 10 percent of Oregon’s gross domestic product. “We are glad to have the American Farm Bureau Federation as an important voice of support for these projects,” said, Lauri Hennessey, spokeswoman for the Alliance for Northwest Jobs & Exports. “The American Farm Bureau Federation joins many of our local and statewide Farm Bureaus in supporting
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corn prices brought on largely by the RFS. All of this hardship is being endured to advance fuels most Americans can’t even use. Most vehicles, boats, motorcycles, small engines and retail infrastructure are incapa-
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quickly fall to the floor upon entering the house. If the air enters with a significant amount of speed, it can be directed away from the floor toward the ceiling where the warmest air in a house tends to collect. The objective during cold weather is for the air entering through sidewall inlets to travel along the ceiling until it just makes it to the center of the house where it then gently moves down toward the floor. We want to maximize the travel distance along the ceiling so the cool incoming air can be heated and “dried” by the warm air collecting at the ceiling that has been put off by the heating system as well as the birds. In addition, air velocity helps to create an air circulation pattern. The cool incoming air emanating from the inlets moves up toward the peak of the ceiling, then down toward the floor and finally back along the floor to the sidewall pulling moisture out of the litter as it travels. The velocity required to obtain a proper air circulation pattern depends, to some extent, on the temperature difference between inside and outside the house. In general, the greater the temperature difference, the greater the difference in air density, the higher the velocity required to keep the cold incoming air moving along the ceiling. So, when there is only a 20 degrees F temperature difference (i.e., 80 degrees F inside, 60 degrees F outside) an air speed of only 800 ft/min may keep the incoming air moving along a ceiling for 20 feet, if the temperature differential increases to 60 degrees F (i.e., 90 degrees F inside, 30 degrees F outside) an air speed of 1,400 ft/min may be required to keep the now substantially heavier air moving along the ceiling the same distance. Furthermore the colder the incoming air the more important it is to keep it moving along the ceiling as long as possible so as to maxi-
mize the heating of the air before it moves down to floor level. It is important to realize that static pressure is not the sole factor determining the creation of a proper air inlet circulation pattern. The direction of the incoming air is equally important. Ideally, during cold weather air should enter through an inlet moving roughly parallel to the ceiling which will maximize the distance the air will travel. The problem with many sidewall inlets is that when they are opened a small amount the air enters parallel to the sidewall and not the ceiling. As a result the incoming air has to turn 90 degrees before it can move along the ceiling. The 90 degree turn reduces the momentum of the incoming air which in turn substantially reduces how far the air will move along the ceiling. The performance of many sidewall inlets can be improved by increasing the amount they are opened. This is because as the inlet opening increases, the direction of the incoming air tends to change from moving parallel to the sidewall to moving parallel to the ceiling. But, herein lies a common challenge. During cold weather inlets do not tend to open much because only a minimal amount of fan capacity is required to control air quality and/ or air temperature. Furthermore, higher static pressures are typically required to keep the cold air aloft which also tends to reduce the amount of sidewall opening required even more. The combination of just a few exhaust fans operating and desire for fairly high static pressures often results in very small inlet openings which direct the incoming air along the sidewall and not along the ceiling. If we increase the amount of inlet opening to obtain an air flow more parallel to the ceiling, the pressure decreases which reduces the throw of the incoming air. As a result, producers are forced to make a compromise. A larger than ideal opening (often 2-inches to 3-inches) which improves the di-
rection of the incoming air, but at a lower pressure/velocity (i.e., 0.06 to 0.08) which will tend to reduce the throw of the incoming air. Another factor that affects how far the air will travel along a ceiling is the size of an inlet opening. Smaller openings produce “thinner” jets of air which will not travel across the ceiling as far as “thicker” air jets produced by larger inlet openings. This is because a thin jet tends to have very little mass so it is difficult to get the cold incoming air to travel very far into a house, regardless of the static pressure. To get the incoming air to throw an appreciable amount generally requires an inlet opening of between one and three inches. Very small inlet openings are a common problem in houses with continuous sidewall inlets. During minimum ventilation because the inlets run the length of a house they don’t need to open much to fulfill the needs of two or three small minimum ventilation fans. The small air jets produced by a continuous inlet, less than half an inch in height, simply do not have the mass to travel more than a few feet before falling to the floor. House width can also be a determining factor on the optimal level of negative pressure. Wider houses generally require a higher operating static pressure than a narrow house because of the simple fact that we need to get the air to travel further to make it to the center of a house. In addition having an inlet that directs the incoming air parallel to the ceiling becomes increasingly important to create the proper air flow pattern in wider houses. As you might suspect wider houses also tend to benefit from larger inlet openings which produce thicker air jets which have sufficient mass to make it to the center of a house. One management practice that many producers have found beneficial is to simply close every other inlet which will tend to improve the performance of the inlets that remain open. For instance, instead of having all the inlets in a house
Static pressure versus inlet air speed opening 1 inch, you can shut half the inlets and the remaining inlets will open twice as much or 2 inches. The pressure will remain the same because the total amount of opening is the same but you will end up with larger air jets and possibly air jets that are entering more parallel to the ceiling both of which will improve the throw and therefore better conditioning of the incoming air. So as you can see there is no single optimal operating static pressure that can be used in all houses. The optimal static pressure depends on a wide variety of factors which can vary from house to house and flock to flock. It can be difficult to determine the optimal pressure because many of the factors interact. Raise the pressure, air velocity increases which improves the throw of the air, but the size of the air jet will decrease and the direction of the air may not be optimal which will tend to reduce the throw of the air. Lower the pressure, air velocity decreases but the incoming air jet becomes larger and air direction may improve. At times it is a fine balancing act and can take a fair amount of experimentation to find the optimal combination. One of the best ways to visualize the air flow pattern from your inlets is to hang small pieces of old VCR or flagging tape from the ceiling, every 5 feet or so from the sidewall to the ceiling peak. What you are looking for is the first few tapes should
move fairly violently with the lasts ones near the peak of the ceiling barely moving. Another way to determine if you have your inlets set properly is that the house temperature should not decrease for at least the first 30 seconds or so the minimum ventilation fans operate. In fact, with larger birds it is fairly common to see the house temperature increase a degree or more during the first minute the fans are operating in a tight house with properly set sidewall inlets. Though there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to what level of negative pressure should be maintained when using air inlets during cold weather there are a few general concepts to keep in mind: yy The objective with any air inlet system during cold weather is to keep the air next to the ceiling until it makes it to the center of the house. yy Inlets that direct incoming air parallel to the ceiling (i.e., “European style” and ceiling mounted inlets), require smaller openings than those that direct the incoming air parallel to the sidewall. yy Wider houses require higher static pressures and larger inlet openings than do narrower houses. yy Colder weather tends to require higher static pressures than warmer weather. yy Obtaining proper air mixing and conditioning is difficult to obtain with any inlet system when inlets are opened less than an inch.
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Business Compiled by David B. Strickland, Editor 770-718-3442 dstrickland@poultrytimes.net
Cargill inaugurates integrated China project ANHUI, China — Cargill held the inauguration ceremony of its integrated poultry operation in Lai’an Anhui on Sept. 23. Gary Locke, ambassador of the United States of America to China; Chris Langholz, president of Cargill Animal Protein China; Stan Ryan, corporate vice president of Cargill, and representatives from Chinese government agencies participated in the ceremony. The fully-integrated project covers each stage of the poultry supply chain, including chicken breeding, raising, feed production, hatching, slaughtering and processing. Cargill incorporated its stateof-the-art technologies and innovations in food safety, poultry breeding, animal nutrition, disease prevention, environmental protection and energy saving into the project, the company said. The facility has the capacity to process approximately 65 million chickens per year, as well as 176,000 metric tons of poultry products per year. Total investment for the project is approximately $250 million. The project, initiated in 2009, is a part of Cargill’s continuous effort to support the modernization of agriculture and food safety in China. In this project, Cargill utilized its global expertise to build an integrated supply chain and food safety management system. Based on the Codex Alimentarius and ISO 22,000 principles, food safety systems include well written and implemented Hazard Analy-
sis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) programs supported by strong foundational programs such as sanitation for processing equipment, proper personal hygiene, pest control, maintenance, product labeling, traceability and other key programs implemented across the business. Cargill also will apply environmental and energy efficiency management systems that meet all applicable environment regulations in waste water treatment, waste disposal and emission control, the company added. “Cargill’s investment here in Anhui Province is a shining example of how U.S.–China agricultural cooperation can help China ensure that its people have a safe and reliable source of poultry, while simultaneously strengthening our bilateral economic and agricultural ties,” Locke said. “I firmly believe that when our two countries are able to deepen our commercial partnerships, we can bring positive, long-term benefits to the consumers of both our countries.” “We are committed to being a valuable partner with the local poultry industry. We will utilize our global safety standards in food, employee safety and environmental management in China at the same levels we operate our business anywhere else in the world,” Langholz said. “We believe that applying our global expertise to local circumstances will help the
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Other Business News Tyson partnership fighting hunger SPRINGDALE, Ark.— Tyson Foods Inc. and World Vision have announced a new partnership to bring vital assistance to small family farmers in northern Tanzania through a new initiative called the Tyson Foods Fellows program. The collaboration will integrate Tyson Foods’ technical knowledge about chicken production with World Vision’s Secure the Future Tanzania initiative to help smallholder farmers build more resilient livelihoods. As part of their participation in the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Tyson Foods and World Vision outlined their plans to educate thousands of farmers in the Babati region of the country about best agricultural practices. According to the latest World Food Programme research, more than 40 percent of the Tanzanian population lives with chronic food deficits and many are children. “I’ve been to Tanzania and know it’s a beautiful country with hardworking people, but I’ve also seen the devastating hunger there and need for agricultural improvements,” said Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods. “Our initiative isn’t about just giving the people of Tanzania money or food, it’s about sharing our knowledge and helping them create for themselves a sustainable source of food so they can lift themselves out of the cycle of poverty. We believe it’s the best way to help give them a hungerfree world and to provide well for their children.” Tyson Foods will send selected employees to Tanzania to teach local farmers how to raise chickens sustainably for food and income. Teachings will include such basics as best breed selection, keeping water clean, best feed choices, housing and disease management as well as processing, transportation and marketing.
World Vision estimates that the project will help educate 2,700 farmers about sustainable chicken production and directly benefit the lives of more than 10,000 Tanzanians. By continuing to share best practices with other Secure the Future participants, World Vision will extend this education to 6,000 additional households, indirectly impacting more than 24,000 individuals. “Nearly 40 percent of the people in Tanzania don’t have enough to eat and face food shortages and malnutrition. Yet, the country is full of hardworking small-holder farmers who simply need information and expertise to turn their fields into a rich harvest,” said Richard Stearns, president of World Vision US. “That’s why we are excited to partner with Tyson. By sharing the knowledge of one of the great food producers in the world, farmers in Tanzania will be able to build the foundation for a sustainable source of food. That’s what makes the Secure the Future initiative more than a handout. It is about developing the capacity of local farmers to feed their country and grow their economy.” This is not Tyson Foods’ first relief project in Africa. More than four years ago, the company provided technical support to people in northern Rwanda to build and operate an egg farm. The farm began operations in 2010 and is producing eggs for local markets as well as providing a protein source for school children. “This new project with World Vision will expand our hunger-relief efforts in Africa and empower people living with limited resources, as well as engaging Tyson Team Members to give back in this very meaningful way” said Dave Juenger of Tyson Foods’ subsidiary, CobbVantress Inc., and adviser for the Tyson Foods Fellows initiative. “And that’s what it’s all about — making a real difference around the world.” More information about World
Vision can be obtained at www. worldvision.org.
Sanderson renews PGA Tour sponsorship LAUREL, Miss. — Sanderson Farms has expanded its commitment with the PGA Tour through a three-year renewal with the Sanderson Farms Championship. In addition to the extension, tournament officials and PGA Tour announced on Sept. 3, that the Sanderson Farms Championship, held at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Miss., is moving from July to late October. The date change will allow the tournament to compete at the front end of the 2014-2015 official schedule, the same week as the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in China. By doing so, it will not be contested during the 2013-2014 season. The tournament has been held the same week as The Open Championship the last three years. Officials also said the purse is increasing by $1 million to $4 million for the 2014 event. Joe Sanderson, Sanderson Farms’ CEO and chairman of the board, spoke of the importance of the tournament’s charitable impact and economic benefit to the State of Mississippi, and an increased focus on elevating that presence during the next three years. “When we agreed to sponsor the 2013 Sanderson Farms Championship, we felt it aligned with our company’s goals and mission to support our local communities and charities. We had a very positive experience this year and saw the potential to magnify the impact the tournament has,” Sanderson said. “Since it was first held in 1968, this tournament has been very important to our state and the metro Jackson area in terms of the exposure, charitable giving and economic impact it has provided. That is why we made (Continued on next page)
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the decision to extend our sponsorship.” “We are very pleased to announce this extension with Sanderson Farms as well as the date change, which should benefit the strength and growth of the Sanderson Farms Championship,” said Andy Pazder, PGA Tour chief of operations. “We are excited about Sanderson Farms’ commitment to upgrade the event and make an even bigger impact to charity.” “By moving to the front of the schedule, we anticipate a number of players will use this as an opportunity to get out of the gates fast and strengthen their early standing in the FedEx Cup,” he added. “The overall tournament experience also should be enhanced by less volatile weather and more moderate temperatures. Plus, the players undoubtedly will enjoy playing the Champion Bermuda greens that time of the year.” The sponsorship extension will solidify and increase the Sanderson Farms Championship’s support for Friends of Children’s Hospital, which became its primary beneficiary in 2008. Sanderson Farms, one of the nation’s leading food corporations, also plans to increase activities around the tournament, building upon this year’s distinct theme relating to its business and hospitality through entertainment, signage, and even chicken tee markers, handpainted by patients at Blair E. Bat-
son Hospital for Children. “We had a wonderful experience working with Sanderson Farms to create a distinctive atmosphere this year and had fun incorporating its core business into the tournament thematic,” said John Lang, president of Century Club Charities, the tournament’s host organization. “Sanderson Farms has been a wonderful corporate citizen over the years and shares a great vision for what our tournament can do for the area and entire state of Mississippi through its involvement. We are very excited to work with the Sanderson Farms team to expand upon our unique identity and the impact we have for Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children.” Regarding the Sanderson Farms Championship’s economic importance to the state, a study commissioned by the Mississippi Development Authority and conducted by Mississippi State University determined that in 2010 the tournament had a $22 million impact. In the weeks to come, Sanderson Farms executives will continue to evaluate the 2013 tournament’s success as the tournament officials continue gathering data. The Sanderson Farms Championship plans to announce the total amount raised for Friends of Children’s Hospital, as well as the amount raised through the Birdies for Charity program, at an event later this fall.
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industry and provide more confidence for Chinese consumers. We wish to thrive together with China and help ensure the sustainable growth of China’s poultry industry.” The project will provide employment to around 4,000 people in the coming few years, which will boost the farmer incomes, Cargill noted.
During the past two years, Cargill has already donated two Cargill Cares Libraries and a water purification system to local Anhui schools. Cargill also has established Cargill classes to train local citizens in modern farming and agricultural management systems in three universities in Anhui province. More information can be obtained at www.cargill.com. More information about Cargill China can be obtained at www.cargill.com.cn.
Gainco & Weltech form mkting. accord GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Gainco Inc., a manufacturer of weighing systems, yield management, packing and distribution equipment for meat and poultry processors, has announced a joint marketing, sales and service agreement with Weltech International Ltd. Under the terms of this agreement, Gainco will market and service Weltech weighing systems to the poultry industry in the U.S. The agreement became effective in June. A United Kingdom-based company, established in 1977, Weltech has become a leading manufacturer of environmental monitoring equipment for the poultry industry. The company has also developed a line of manual and automated live poultry weighing systems. As a result of this agreement, Gainco is now authorized to service and repair Weltech manual and automated poultry weighing systems using its own factory-trained service specialists. “We’re pleased to establish this new relationship with Weltech International,” Joe Cowman, Gainco president, said. “The Weltech brand is well-respected among poultry growers. Its product line for live bird weighing is a fine fit with our own equipment and gives us the ability to offer more complete solutions to vertically integrated poultry enterprises.” More information about Gainco can be obtained at www.gainco. com. More information about Weltech can be obtained at www. weltech.co.uk.
Mich. boosts Taiwan grain exports The Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan has struck a deal to boost exports of its corn and soybeans to Taiwan as part of the state’s broader efforts to expand its international trade. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development re-
Business cently hosted an Agriculture Trade Goodwill Mission from Taiwan in Lansing. The delegation’s visit was part of an effort to learn more about Michigan soybean and corn production. “This provides a great opportunity for our Michigan corn and soybean growers and processors to forge new relationships and expand their export opportunities in the Taiwan market, Jamie Clover Adams, the department’s director, said in a statement. The agreement signed during the visit involves the Michigan Corn Marketing Program and the Taiwan Feed Industry Association, as well as the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee and the Taiwan Vegetable Oil Manufacturers Association, officials said. According to officials, the Taiwan Feed Industry Association expects the purchase of $1.8 billion of corn and related products from the U.S. during the next two years and the Taiwan Vegetable Oil Manufacturers Association anticipates the purchase of nearly $1.7 billion of U.S. soybeans in 2014 and 2015. The delegation also visited a farm in Livingston County and toured a Michigan State University’s farm. “I believe that only good can come of an agricultural partnership between our great state and Taiwan,” said Republican state Sen. Joe Hune of Livingston County’s Hamburg Township. “By promoting Michigan agricultural commodities, we could possibly see an economic boom in agri-business.” The agreement comes as Michigan works to boost agriculture exports and encourage job-creation in the food industry. Earlier this month, Clover Adams traveled with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on a trade trip in China and Japan. Part of the effort included promoting Michigan agriculture.
ConAgra launches game day meals OMAHA, Neb. — ConAgra Foods Inc. notes that it is feeding football fandom with the launch of Hungry For Football, bringing game day meals and prizes to America’s tailgates and living rooms nationwide. Actress, mom and self-proclaimed “crazy football momma,” Holly Robinson Peete is teaming up with ConAgra Foods to launch the website HungryForFootball. com, giving fans access to everything they need to transform game day get-togethers from ordinary into legendary, the company said. ConAgra and its brands are offering up a lineup of more than 50 recipes. HungryForFootball.com fans can also get in on the gridiron action with daily giveaways of slow cookers and mini grills, as well as the chance to win one of two grand prizes — the ultimate tailgate experience or home football party package, the company said. “We are a football family, so I’m excited to team up with ConAgra Foods to get football fans everywhere pumped up for the season,” Peete said. “We love to tailgate with friends and family, and our favorite recipes are a huge part of our game day traditions.” Hungry For Football is taking the tailgate party on the road to 13 of the biggest college football showdowns. From Texas to Ohio and everywhere in between, mobile tour events will rally fans at campus stadiums and treat them to recipes, games, football swag and more, ConAgra said. “These fan favorite brands are perfect for football gatherings — whether tailgating at the stadium or cheering on the game at home,” said Chris Sinta, director, sponsorships/partnerships and licensing for ConAgra Foods. “Our goal is to provide easy recipes that will take the game day experience up a notch.”
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Calendar Compiled by Barbara Olejnik, Associate Editor 770-718-3440 bolejnik@poultrytimes.net OCT 7-9 — NATIONAL MTNG. ON POULTRY HEALTH, PROCESSING & LIVE PRODUCTION, Ocean City, Md. Contact: Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., 16686 County Seat Hwy., Georgetown, Del. 19947-4881; dpi@ dpichicken.com; www.dpichicken.com OCT 8-11 — UEP BOARD MTNG. & EXECUTIVE CONF., Inn on Biltmore Estates, Asheville, N.C. Contact: United Egg Producers, 1720 Windward Concourse, Suite 230, Alpharetta, Ga. 30005. Ph: 770360-9220; www.unitedegg.com. OCT 17-23 — USAHA and AAVLD JOINT MTNG., San Diego, Calif. Contact: United States Animal Health Assocition, www.usaha.org; or American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, www.aavid.org. OCT 15-17 — SUNBELT AG EXPO., Moultrie, Ga. Contact: Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition, 290-G Harper Blvd., Moultrie, Ga. 31788. Ph: 229-9851968, ext. 28; www.sunbeltexpo.com. 17-23 — USAHA ANNUAL OCT MTNG., San Diego, Calif. Contact: U.S. Animal Health Association, 4221 Mitchell Ave., St. Joseph, Mo. 64507. Ph: 816-671-1144; usaha@usaha.org; www.usaha.org. OCT 21-23 — SOY & GRAIN TRADE SUMMIT, Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Minn. Contact: HighQuest Partners, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 30, Danvers, Mass. 01923. Ph: 978-8878800; info@highquestpartners.com. 24 — QUALITY ASSURANCE OCT SMNR., Stanislaus County, Calif., Ag Center. Contact: California Poultry Federation, 4640 Spyres Way, Suite 4, Modesto, Calif. 95356. Ph: 209-576-6355; www.cpif.org. NOV 3-6
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INTERNATIONAL DAIRY SHOW, McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill. Contact: Food Processing Suppliers Association, www.myprocessexpo. com; or International Daiary Foods Association, www.dairyshow.com.
JAN 12-14 — FMI MIDWINTER EXECUTIVE CONF., The Phoenician, Scottsdale, Ariz. Contact: Food Marketing Institute, 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 800, Arlington, Va. 22202-4813. Ph: 202-4528444; fmi@fmi.org; www.fmi.org.
NOV 6 — IOWA EGG INDUSTRY SYMPM, Scheman Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Contact: Registration Services, 117 Printing and Publications Building, Ames, Iowa 50011-3171. Ph: 515-2946222; www.cpm.iastate.edu/event.
JAN 12-15 — AFBF ANNUAL MTNG., San Antonio, Texas. Contact: John Hawkins, American Farm Bureau Federation, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 1000 W, Washington, D.C. 20024. Ph: 202-4063677; jhawkins@fb.org; www.fb.org.
6-8 — AEB BOARD MTNG., NOV Savannah, Ga. Contact: American Egg Board, 1460 Renaissance Drive, Park Ridge, Ill. 60068. Ph: 847-2967043; aeb@aeb.org; www.aeb.org.
JAN 27-28 — UEP BOARD MTNG., Omni Hotel & CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: United Egg Producers, 1720 Windward Concourse, Suite 230, Alpharetta, Ga. 30005. Ph: 770360-9220; www.unitedegg.com.
10-13 — ABA AGRICULTURAL NOV BANKERS CONF., Minneapolis, Minn. Contact: American Bankers Association, 1-800-BANKERS, w w w. a b a . c o m / A g C o n f e r e n c e . 12 — DPI ANNUAL MEMBER NOV MTNG., Contact: Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., 16686 County Seat Hwy., Georgetown, Del. 19947-4881; dpi@ dpichicken.com; www.dpichicken.com 13-14 — COMMUNICATIONS NOV STRATEGIES WKSHP., Embassy Suites Atlanta Centennial Olymjpic Park, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.uspoultry.org/edu_index.cfm 13-14 — PAACO NOV AUDITOR COURSE, Denison, Iowa. Contact: Mike Simpson, Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization, P.O. Box 31, Redfield, Iowa 50233. Ph: 402403-0104; mike@animalauditor.org. DEC 3-5 — ITF WINTER MTNG., West Des Moines Marriott, West Des
JAN 28 — NCC TECHNICAL & REGULATORY COMMITTEE, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: National Chicken Council, 1152 15th St., N.S., Suite 430, Washington, D.C. 20005. Ph: 202-296-2622; ncc@ chickenusa.org; www.nationalchickencouncil.org; www.eatchicken.com. JAN — INTERNATIONAL 28-30 PRODUCTION & PROCESSING EXPO, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga . 300847303, Ph: 770-493-9401; American Feed Industry Association, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 916, Arlington, Va. 22201, 703-524-1921; American Meat Institute, 1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., 12th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036, 202-587-4200; www.ippexpo.org. JAN 30 — NATIONAL EGG QUALITY SCHOOL STAKEHOLDERS MTNG., Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Denna Baldwin, program manager, Maryland Department of
Agriculture, Food Quality Assurance Program, 50 Harry S. Truman Pkwy., Annapolis, Md. 21401. Ph: 410-8415769; denna.baldwin@maryland.gov. JAN 30 — NCC BOARD MTNG., Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: National Chicken Council, 1152 15th St., N.S., Suite 430, Washington, D.C. 20005. Ph: 202-296-2622; ncc@ chickenusa.org; www.nationalchickencouncil.org; www.eatchicken.com. FEB 7-10 — YF&R LEADERSHIP CONF., Virginia Beach, Va. Contact: Marty Tatman, American Farm Bureau Federation, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 1000 W, Washington, D.C. 20024. Ph: 202406-3682; martyt@fb.org; www.fb.org. FEB 9-12 — NGA SHOW, Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: National Grocers Association, 1005 N. Glebe Road, Suite 250, Arlington, Va. 22201-5758. Ph: 703516-0700; amamone@nationalgrocers.org; www.nationalgrocers.org FEB 10 — ISPA BANQUET, Indianapolis, Ind. Contact: Indiana State Poultry Association, Purdue University, Animal Sciences, 915 W. State St., West Lafayette, Ind. 479072054. Ph: 765-494-8517; ispa@ purdue.edu; www.inpoultry.org. FEB 16-18 - AMI ANNUAL MEAT CONF., Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: American Meat Institute, 1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., 12th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036. Ph: 202-587-4242; www.meatami.com. FEB 19-20 — NPI CONV., Norfolk Lodge & Suites, Divots Conference Center, Norfolk, Neb. Contact: Nebraska Poultry Industries Inc., University of Nebraska, 102 Mussehl Hall, P.O. Box 830721, Lincoln, Neb. 68583-0721; 402-472-2051; eggturkey@uni.edu; www.nepoultry.org. FEB 20-21 — USDA AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK FORUM, Arlington, Va. Contact: www.usda.gov/oce/forum. FEB 27-March 1 — COMMODITY CLASSIC, San Antonio, Texas. Contact: American Soybean Association 12125 Woodcrest Executive Drive, Suite 100, St. Louis, Mo. 63141. Ph: 800-688-7692; membership@
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MAR 3-5 — FMI ANNUAL BUSINESS CONF., Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas. Contact: Food Marketing Institute, 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 800, Arlington, Va. 22202-4813. Ph: 202452-8444; fmi@fmi.org; www.fmi.org. 4-23 — HOUSTON LIVESTOCK MAR SHOW & RODEO, Houston, Texas. Contact: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, P.O. Box 20070, Houston, Texas 77225-0070. Ph: 832-667-1000; questions@rodeohouston.com; www.hlrs.com. MAR 10-12 — ASA BOARD MTNG., Hyatt Regency, Washington, D.C. Contact: American Soybean Association 12125 Woodcrest Executive Drive, Suite 100, St. Louis, Mo. 63141. Ph: 800-688-7692; membership@ soy.org; http://soygrowers.com. MAR 10-14 — AFIA SPRING COMMITTEE MTNGS./PURCHASING & INGREDIENT SUPPLIERS CONF., Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: American Feed Industry Association, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 916. Arlington, Va. 22201. Ph: 703524-0810; afia@afia.org; www.afia.org. MAR 11-12 — NCC DAY IN WASHINGTON, Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact: National Chicken Council, 1152 15th St., N.S., Suite 430, Washington, D.C. 20005. Ph: 202-296-2622; ncc@ chickenusa.org; www.nationalchickencouncil.org; www.eatchicken.com. MAR 11-14 — LPF POULTRY SMNR., DiamondJacks, Bossier City, La. Contact: Louisiana Poultry Federation, Poultry Science, 120 Ingram Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803. Ph: 225-578-2473; tlavergne@ agcenter.lsu.edu; www.lapoultry.org. MAR 12-13 — AEB MTNG., Hilton Hotel, Rosemont, Ill. Contact: American Egg Board, 1460 Renaissance Drive, Park Ridge, Ill. 60068. Ph: 847-2967043; aeb@aeb.org; www.aeb.org. 18-20 — MPF ANNUAL CONV., MAR Saint Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minn. Contact: Midwest Poultry Federation, 108 Marty Drive, Buffalo, Minn. 55313. Ph: 763-682-2171; info@midwestpoultry.com; www.midwestpoultry.com.
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Sidewall insulation affects fuel usage By Jess Campbell, Dennis Brothers, Jim Donald & Gene Simpson
Special to Poultry Times
AUBURN, Ala. — Every winter when the weather gets cold we get lots of calls about sidewall insulation for poultry houses. Having to turn the heat on (and up!) definitely brings to mind the potential benefits of insulation. Whether you are considering installing wall insulation as a retrofit upgrade or improving new house construction insulation methods, it has to be done the right the first time. There are three sidewall insulation scenarios that we most frequently see: fiberglass batts, blown cellulose and spray foam. This article presents the facts about these three technologies as we have seen them in many working poultry farms, especially with the aid of thermal-imaging cameras. How important can sidewall insulation be? Wall insulation directly affects fuel usage. If you get it wrong to begin with, it will affect the cost of operating the house for as long as the next 30 years. There are about 8,000 square feet of wall area in a 40-foot x 500-foot poultry house; which is a lot of area to lose heat through. The goal is to choose a wall insulation system that will insure tightness, have good
R value to keep heat in the building, be reasonably priced and deliver good value over a long enough expected lifetime. What insulation technology is best will vary from farm to farm, depending on the particular situation, including whether we are considering new construction or retrofit installations. What is best for a new house might not be ideal, or even feasible for a retrofit. Fiberglass batt insulation. For new poultry house construction it is hard to beat a 3.5-inch R-11 or 5.5-inch R-19 batt (depending on wall cavity thickness), properly secured in place so that it won’t move over time. Batts plus a good 6-mil poly vapor barrier installed over the posts or studs on the inside of the building and then covered with OSB or plywood forms a very durable and well insulated wall. Our investigations have shown that these walls hold up very well over time. A drawback with fiberglass is that while it works well in new applications it can be difficult and costly to use in some retrofit applications. For best results, the wall cavity must be totally filled with insulation. Never install a 3.5-inch batt in a 5.5inch wall. Empty air space will allow the batt to shift and settle and provides little or no R-value. Installing a 6-mil or equivalent vapor barrier on the interior side of the insulation is imperative. Installing an exterior
vapor barrier is not recommended because it will trap moisture in the wall cavity. Blown cellulose wall insulation. Blown cellulose was designed mainly for overhead applications such as the attics of dropped ceiling houses. In vertical applications such as a wall panel, it has a tendency to settle over time, which leads to a loss of insulating value. For this reason, wall applications are typically not intended or recommended by manufacturers. Prevention of settling has been attempted in many ways. Adding a glue binder with sufficient water to the mix and placing runs of horizontal blocking in the wall are two common practices. Significant settling may occur over time even when blocking is used. Settling creates a serious heat loss issue and one that cannot be easily repaired. We would be very cautious to recommend the use of blown cellulose in vertical wall panels until we have sufficient data to be sure that the settling problem has been solved. If blown cellulose is used in a sidewall, a 6-mil vapor barrier must be installed before OSB or plywood is applied to the posts. Spray foam insulation. Closedcell polyurethane spray foam, with an insulating value of about R-7 per inch, has been used in the poultry industry for about eight years in new or in retrofit applications where the use
of fiberglass batts would be almost impossible due to high costs of carpentry or structural modifications to prepare the house for the batt installation. An older poultry house can be spray-foam transformed into a wellinsulated and tight building within a matter of hours. We have done extensive field research on spray foam and its value in retrofit applications. The life expectancy of a typical spray foam application is seven-10 years, depending on a wide range of variables. The major possible drawback to spray foam is that it is susceptible to mechanical damage and damage by darkling beetles. In most applications, a higher density (six-10 pounds) spray foam must be used in the lower 24 inches of the wall to keep the birds and beetles from damaging the foam. An alternative is to use lumber scrape boarding at the bottom of the wall. Considering all factors, spray foam is excellent in most wall retrofit applications if coupled with a good beetle control program. In new housing we have seen this product being sprayed directly into wall cavities against the exterior metal, with no other insulation being used and no other vapor barrier installed, and then OSB or plywood being placed over the empty wall cav-
ity. This is not equivalent to an R-19 fiberglass batt wall; and reports are that this system costs more to install than fiberglass. In addition, this kind of application could be subject over time to moisture accumulation and beetle damage which is difficult to monitor and remedy.
The bottom line There are many pro’s and con’s associated with different wall insulation technologies for new poultry housing and for retrofits. Getting the right sidewall insulation for your farm requires careful consideration of all the variables. But the benefits are clear. By getting it right and properly walling up we can improve the uniformity of the bird environment, save a significant amount on our fuel bill and improve the structural integrity and longevity of our houses — all of which lead to long-term improvements in overall profitability. Jess Campbell is a program manager and Dennis Brothers is a poultry housing specialist, both with the National Poultry Technology Center, Jim Donald is an Extension engineer and Gene Simpson is an Extension economist, all with Auburn University in Auburn. Ala. More information can be obtained at www.poultryhouse.com.
Refrofit options to reduce house energy losses By Gene Simpson, Jess Campbell, Jim Donald & Kenneth Macklin
Special to Poultry Times
AUBURN, Ala. — When the weather gets cold we get a lot of calls on keeping heating costs down. This article will focus on results of work we have done in the past looking at low cost options for reducing energy
transfer through the sidewalls of existing poultry houses. Although this article will focus on retrofit options for sidewalls, we must point out that the largest heat or energy loss potential in a poultry structure is the ceiling. Ceilings can be re-blown or insulation added. If you have high ceiling houses, they can be repaired but it is not as easy as adding R-value to a dropped ceiling house. Ceiling insulation should
be checked yearly. If you have ceiling insulation problems then by all means they should be corrected first. The second place to look for energy savings is side and end walls. There can be 6,000 to 8,000 square feet of side and end wall area in a typical commercial poultry house. Each square foot of uninsulated wall has the potential to transfer a large amount of heat energy to the cold outside.
How fast heat is lost through a wall depends on the insulation Rvalue of the wall and on how big a temperature difference there is between inside and outside. The bigger the temperature difference (we call it “delta-T”) and the lower the R-value of the wall, the faster heat is lost. That delta-T is what pushes the heat through the wall and makes the brooders run. If the delta-T is zero — same temperature outside
that we want it to be in the house — there is no heat loss. But try keeping it 88 degrees F inside when it is 28 degrees F outside — a 60-degree delta-T — and you will need a high R-value to slow down the heat loss. Curtains are poor insulators, with an R-value of R-1. Foam board insulation can be R-5 to R-6, 3 1/2-inch batts (fiberglass or cotton) can be
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R-11. So getting a wall with an Rvalue of several points will help. The heat loss from a poultry house in Btus (British thermal units) per house is what can empty the propane tank fast if the weather is very cold and the house lacks good insulation. Heat loss from side and end walls can be calculated by a simple formula. Heat Loss (Btu’s/hr) = Area of walls x delta-T (inside temp - outside temp) R-value of walls Without getting complicated we can see that if the R-value of a wall increases form R-1 to R-2 the heat loss will be cut in half. Going from R-1 to R-3 cuts the heat loss by onethird, to R-4 cuts it to one-fourth of
what it was, and so on. The important point to realize is that in adding insulation you get the biggest bang for the buck for the first few units of R-value that are added. That is why if you have a good solid wall house with say R-8 insulation value,you will not get much payback by increasing to R-13. But if you have a lot of curtain area and you create a solid wall and change your R-value from R-1 to R-5, you will get an 80 percent reduction in heat lost through the wall. The first units of insulation are the most cost effective. If you already have an R-11 wall, upping the R-value from R-11 to R-12 yields very little reduction in heat loss. But going form an R-1 to say, an R-11 will yield very dramatic reductions in heat loss and can be easily cost justified. We have looked at two main scenarios to reduce sidewall energy
losses in existing buildings: yy Spraying closed cell polyurethane foam on lumber and curtain walls. yy Filling post house walls with batting and then covering the batts with plywood or tri-ply on the inside and tin on the outside. Various combinations have also been studied. Many factors must be considered in choosing the option that will work best on your farm. The foaming option might be easier from a modification standpoint and might be slightly cheaper, but there are possible problems with bird pecking and darkling beetles that must be addressed. The batt technique is most like a permanent, long-term solution. Here is a brief description of what we have studied and some of the fuel usage reductions we have seen so far. In several dropped ceiling post houses, we spray foamed all
side and end walls approximately 1 inch thick from the ceiling line down to the dirt pad. In all houses, the curtains were cinched up tight and a 1x4 strip was nailed down the center. Some houses were sprayed with a more dense, harder foam, and others with a lower density foam. In every spray foam treated house, static pressure readings more than doubled. Fuel consumption in these houses ranged from 30 percent to 35 percent less. Bird pecking damage to the bottom of foam treated walls occurred, but more so in the lower density foam houses. If foam is to be used, a protective covering, either lumber of a bird-proof material, should be added along the bottom portion of the walls. In several open ceiling houses, we use fiberglass or cotton batting to fill the cavities between posts and applied tri-ply material with bands over the batts. In all batted houses,
spray foam was applied around the ceiling line, along the ridge cap and in sidewall areas inside from the control room where conduit and equipment were mounted to obtain the best seal possible. Additionally, a 24-inch OSB band was installed around the wall bottoms to prevent damage from birds and equipment. Static pressure readings also more than doubled in these houses, and fuel consumption was reduced by at least 20 percent. Since high ceiling houses have a much larger volume of inside air, fuel savings will not be as great as in dropped ceiling houses after retrofitting. With the higher static pressure readings, all retrofitted houses were able to maintain optimal brooding conditions with fewer fans running and slightly less run time. And because of the improved smoothness
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Meat and livestock organizations file appeal in COOL lawsuit WASHINGTON — Nine U.S., Canadian and Mexican meat and livestock organizations have filed their initial brief as part of an appeal of a Sept. 11 decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denying a motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit to block implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s May 2013 final rule on country-of-origin labeling (COOL). Appellants include the American Association of Meat Processors, American Meat Institute, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Canadian Pork Council, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Producers Council, North American Meat Association, Southwest Meat Association and Mexico’s National Confederation of Livestock Organizations. The brief argues that the trial court incorrectly accepted the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS)
argument, which was inconsistent with rationale offered by AMS in the final rule, that the new final rule “is to correct misleading speech and prevent consumer deception” that purportedly occurred because of requirements AMS imposed in its 2009 version of the rule. “Even putting aside the absurdity of a government agency referring to itself as an agent of ‘deception,’ the District Court should have rejected AMS’s belated declaration because it was a plainly impermissible post hoc rationalization. Yet the District Court accepted it anyway,” the brief notes. The appellants also contend that when the trial court accepted AMS’ rationalization, it applied the wrong legal standard regarding the First Amendment and compelled speech because the mandated labels at issue are not voluntary deceptive advertising. “There is no such voluntary mis-
leading advertisement here; AMS is the source of the alleged ‘deception’,” the brief says. “No court has ever before applied lesser scrutiny for compelled speech in such circumstances.” Because of these factors and the irreparable harm being done to the industry right now, the appellants argue the final rule should be enjoined. The lawsuit to block implementation of the COOL rule was originally filed July 8, 2013, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. A motion for preliminary injunction was filed July 26, 2013. In their complaint, the plaintiffs explained that the final rule violates the United States Constitution by compelling speech in the form of costly and detailed labels on meat products that do not directly advance a substantial government interest. They also explained that the
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these projects which will lead to the expansion of trade for all kinds of exports including wheat, grain, soybeans and corn.” Exports from these projects will travel by freight trains, the most fuel efficient means of ground transportation. In Washington alone, there are more than 3,200 miles of track that move goods to, through and from the state, including coal, timber, agriculture products and consumer goods. The increased investment associ-
2013 regulation exceeds the scope of the statutory mandate, because the statute does not permit the kind of detailed and onerous labeling requirements the final rule puts in place, and that the rule is arbitrary and capricious, because it imposes vast burdens on the industry with little to no countervailing benefit. The May 2013 rule at issue in the litigation was published by AMS in response to a World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement
Panel Ruling, which found that the 2009 mandatory-country of origin labeling for meat products rule violated the United States’ WTO obligations. Mandatory country of origin labeling is currently in effect for many meat products. AMS argued that the new May 2013 rule, which is more cumbersome and burdensome than the 2009 version, will somehow satisfy the nations that originally complained to the WTO prompting the ruling.
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ble of handling fuel containing more than 10 percent ethanol. Condensation created by fuel containing 15 percent ethanol (E15) can damage engines and result in corrosion, rust, clogging and deterioration of fuel system components. Automakers like General Motors, Ford and Chrysler have all stated their warranties won’t cover E15 use in vehicles — even those the EPA has
deemed compatible with the fuel. Thankfully, momentum to reform the RFS is steadily increasing in Washington. A number of diverse organizations, including poultry, dairy, livestock and farmers; engine and auto manufacturers; car enthusiasts; and environmental groups are concerned with the high costs and dangerous impacts of the RFS. It is critical we support their efforts and demand a stop to the RFS to prevent further harm to North Carolinians and vital state industries.
•Energy ated with coal and agricultural exports will keep the trade doors open for decades to come by strengthening the rail presence in U.S. port cities, according to the Washington Research Council. AFBF’s Trade Advisory Committee has been touring the Pacific Northwest looking at ports and waterways infrastructure. Members visited the Port of Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and Oakland. The group of farm leaders is urging Congress to pass the Waterways Resources Reform and Development Act to bring U.S. ports up to par with that of the Port of Vancouver and other international ports.
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of the walls and tighter houses, improvements in tunnel wind speed were observed in hot weather flocks.
The bottom line Delta-T is a moving target and both weather and the cost of propane vary. However, consider this scenario. We have a 40 x 500 house with 7,000 square feet of side and end wall; propane is at $1.40/gallon and contains 90,000 Btu/gal; and delta-T is 50 (say, outside temp is 25 degrees F and we want inside temp to be 75 degrees F). Here’s how many gallons and
dollars of propane will flow through that wall area every hour at different insulation values. R-1 — 3.89 gallons, $5.45/hour R-3 — 1.30 gallons, $1.82/hour R-8 — 0.49 gallons, 69 cents/ hour R-12 — 0.32 gallons, 45 cents/ hour Obviously, insulation considerably slows that negative case flow through the walls (and the first Rvalue increase saves the most). The cost of our insulation retrofits ranged from about $6,500 to $10,000. In addition to energy savings, improvements in flock performance have also been observed in every retrofitted house we have
tested. But even considering energy savings only, by conservative estimates the payback period to cover the investment cost in each case is expected to be only two to three years. Gene Simpson is an Extension economist, Jess Campbell is program manager with the National Poultry Technology Center, Jim Donald is an Extension engineer and Kenneth Macklin is an Extension poultry scientist, all with Auburn University’s Cooperative Extension System in Auburn, Ala. More information can be obtained at www.poultryhouse. com.
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American Meat Institute elects 2013-14 leaders CHICAGO — The American Meat Institute (AMI) has elected the six officers who will guide the organization through the next year. Elected to the chairmanship for 2013-2014 is Greg Benedict, president and COO of American Foods Group LLC. Benedict began his career in 1980 with Rosen’s Diversified Inc. In 2005, Rosen’s Diversified Inc. merged its meat processing companies with American Foods Group Inc.
to create American Foods Group, LLC. David McDonald, president of OSI Group LLC, has been elected to serve as the vice-chairman. McDonald has had a variety roles at OSI Group, starting there as an intern 25 years ago. Gary Jacobson, COO of Indiana Packers Corp., will serve as treasurer. Jacobson joined Indiana Packers Corp. in 1993 as plant manager and has served as vice
president of operations and executive vice president. Previously, he held positions with Dubuque Packing Co./FDL Foods and Armour & Co. Mike Townsley, president of Bob Evans Farms Food Products Division, will serve as secretary. Townsley joined Bob Evans Farms Inc. as president and COO of Owens Foods, then Owens Country Sausage in 2003, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bob Evans Farms
Inc. since 1987. J. Patrick Boyle was re-elected by the AMI membership to serve as the institute’s president and CEO through January 2014; and current AMI Executive Vice President James Hodges was elected to serve as interim president and CEO starting Feb. 1, 2014. Four new directors were elected to the AMI board of directors to serve a three-year term. They are Sara Lilygren, executive vice
president, corporate affairs, Tyson Foods Inc.; Andre Nogueira, CEO, JBS USA; John Richardson, president, Sugar Creek Packing; and Sam Rovit, executive vice president, Kraft Foods Group/ Oscar Mayer. Lilygren, Nogueira and Rovit will also join AMI’s Executive Committee along with Einar Einarsson, Marel Inc.; Bill Morgan, Johnsonville Sausage LLC; and Ed Sanchez, Lopez Foods Inc.
Bird flu kills 11th person in Cambodia this year The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A 2-year-old girl has become the 11th person to die of avian influenza in Cambodia this year, the country’s health ministry said on Sept. 20.
The girl from the southern province of Kampot died from the H5N1 bird flu virus on Sept. 17, after suffering from fever, breathing difficulties, diarrhea and other symptoms, the ministry said. It said the girl and other villagers
had shared a meal of chickens that had died. A 5-year-old girl from the southern Takeo province was also diagnosed with bird flu but is recovering. The H5N1 virus normally spreads between poultry but can sometimes
spread from poultry to humans. The number of deaths from bird flu in Cambodia this year is the highest since the disease surfaced in 2003. Of the 41 bird flu cases confirmed so far in the country, 30 have been children under age 14.
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BALTIMORE, Md. — The United States and Japan have announced that beginning Jan. 1, 2014, organic products certified in Japan or in the United States may be sold as organic in either country. This partnership between two significant organic markets will streamline U.S. farmers’ and processors’ access to the growing Japanese organic market, benefiting the rapidly growing organic in-
organic industry,” added United States Trade Representative Michael Froman. “This represents another key step in strengthening our economic relationship with Japan by boosting agriculture trade between Japan and the United States, leading to more jobs and economic benefits for American farmers and businesses in this important sector.” The organics sector in the
Union, this trade partnership with Japan eliminates significant barriers, especially for small and medium-sized organic producers. Leading up to the announcement, U.S. and Japanese technical experts conducted thorough on-site audits to ensure that their programs’ regulations, quality control measures, certification requirements and labeling practices were compatible.
“This partnership reflects the strength of the USDA organic standards, allowing American organic farmers, ranchers and businesses to access Asia’s largest organic market.” dustry and supporting job creation and business growth on a global scale. “This partnership reflects the strength of the USDA organic standards, allowing American organic farmers, ranchers and businesses to access Asia’s largest organic market,” said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “It is a win for the American economy and sets the foundation for additional organic agricultural trade agreements in Asia. This partnership provides economic opportunities for farmers and small businesses, resulting in good jobs for Americans across the organic supply chain.” “Today’s agreement will streamline access to the growing Japanese organic market for U.S. farmers and processors and eliminate significant barriers for small and medium organic producers, benefiting America’s thriving
United States and Japan is valued at more than $36 billion combined, and rising every year. Formal letters creating this partnership were completed on Sept. 26, 2013, in Baltimore, Md. Signatures to the partnership are Anne L. Alonzo, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service administrator; Ambassador Islam Siddiqui, U.S. Trade Representative chief agricultural negotiator; and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, director general, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau. Without an equivalency arrangement in place, organic farmers and businesses wanting to sell products in either country had to obtain separate certifications to meet each country’s organic standards. This typically has meant two sets of fees, inspections and paperwork. Similar to previous U.S. equivalency arrangements with Canada and the European
The U.S. and Japan organic standards cover the lifecycle of the product, including allowed and prohibited substances and natural resources conservation requirements. Both parties individually determined that their programs were “equivalent” with no restrictions for organic plant and plant products. This means that — for the first time — certified organic farmers and businesses in the U.S. don’t have to prove that they didn’t use a specific substance or production method to gain access to the Japanese organic market. This partnership streamlines the export certificate process, which also reduces the paperwork burden for farmers and businesses. Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the USDA’s National Organic Program — which oversee organic products in their respective countries — will both take on key oversight roles.
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tions entering the week. Prices were steady to weak for breast cuts, leg quarters and drums; steady for the balance of items. Offerings of breast cuts were moderate to heavy and slow to clear; tenders were light to moderate and clearing well. Wings increased and are at least sufficient. Market activity for parts was slow to moderate. In production areas, live supplies were moderate at mixed but mostly desirable weights.
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Nat’l. Broiler Market: (Sept. 30): Whole broiler/fryer prices were trending steady to weak overall. Offerings were light to available and slow to clear for cur-
rent trade needs. Retail and foodservice demand was light to moderate Floor stocks were generally balanced. Market activity was slow to moderate. In the parts structure, movement was mostly light as dealers assessed market condi-
F owl: Sept. 27: Live spent heavy fowl
Final prices at Farm Buyer Loading (per pound): range 10-21¢
P arts: Georgia:
The f.o.b. dock quot-
ed prices on ice-pack parts based on truckload and pool truckload lots for the week of Sept. 30: line run tenders $2.07; skinless/boneless breasts $1.96; whole breasts $1.15; boneless/skinless thigh meat $1.51½; thighs 75¢; drumsticks 76¢; leg quarters 53½¢; wings $1.44½.
N ational Slaughter: Broiler: Estimated slaugh-
ter for week ending Sept. 28 is 156,349,000. Actual slaughter for the week ending Sept. 21 was 158,190,000. Heavy-type hen: Estimated slaughter for the week ending Sept. 28 is 1,719,000. Actual slaughter for the week ending Sept. 21 was 1,726,000. Light-type hen: Estimated slaugh-
USDA Shell Eggs AMS weekly combined region shell egg prices Average prices on sales to volume buyers, Grade A or better, White eggs in cartons, delivered warehouse, cents per dozen.
Company Annual High Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Cal-Maine 52.43 48.69 48.37 Campbell Soup 48.83 41.50 41.21 37.28 30.71 30.51 ConAgra Hormel 44.22 43.14 42.41 Pilgrim’s Pride 19.23 17.02 16.82 Sanderson Farms 75.53 67.22 65.05 Seaboard 2948.24 2753.03 2799.86 Tyson 32.40 29.37 28.50 (Courtesy: A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc.)
Sept. 27
Extra Large Regions: Northeast 110.00 Southeast 112.50 Midwest 101.50 South Central 116.50 Combined 110.42
Large
Medium
109.00 110.50 99.50 111.50 107.77
89.00 85.00 80.50 86.50 85.26
Computed from simple weekly averages weighted by regional area populations
Grain Prices OHIO COUNTRY ELEV. Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 No. 2 Yellow Corn/bu. $4.56 $4.23 $4.12 Soybeans/bu. $13.03 $12.63 $12.43 (Courtesy: Prospect Farmers Exchange, Prospect, Ohio)
Broiler Eggs Set/Chicks Placed in 19 States
EGGS SET (Thousands)
CHICKS PLACED (Thousands)
Aug. 31
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Aug. 31
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Del Fla Ga Ky La Md Miss Mo. N.C. Okla Pa S.C. Tex Va Other states
27,721 21,252 10,854 3,584 1,222 33,151 8,104 3,803 7,749 16,631 8,425 20,347 7,028 4,160 5,048 14,787 6,442 7,479
27,229 21,202 9,992 3,692 1,221 32,512 8,001 3,652 7,574 15,801 8,421 19,927 6,582 4,100 4,712 14,420 6,406 7,496
27,605 20,007 10,430 3,507 1,192 33,508 7,936 3,561 7,522 16,770 8,424 18,340 7,015 4,046 5,221 12,700 6,204 7,569
27,302 19,448 9,721 3,599 911 32,003 7,371 3,682 7,765 16,028 7,791 19,301 6,718 4,051 5,004 13,843 6,145 7,429
21,201 21,131 10,325 4,657 1,387 26,116 6,334 3,340 6,320 14,804 4,726 16,136 4,395 3,187 5,364 12,053 4,713 5,690
22,143 19,395 10,088 4,702 1,140 26,571 6,439 3,191 5,831 14,251 6,124 15,889 4,333 3,048 4,937 11,843 5,200 5,940
21,116 19,184 10,559 4,426 1,155 26,411 6,596 3,295 6,440 14,176 5,966 15,584 5,430 3,066 5,066 12,473 5,071 6,144
20,314 19,820 10,331 4,544 1,346 26,983 6,456 3,365 6,397 14,141 5,618 15,792 4,916 3,089 4,650 12,199 5,045 5,918
19 States Total
200,308
195,444
193,988
190,683
166,189
165,125
166,014
165,006
% Prev. yr.
105
105
105
101
104
103
103
103
Ala Ark
Ca,Tn,Wv
1/Current week as percent of same week last year.
Estimates: The estimated number of broiler/ fryers available for slaughter the week ending Sept. 28 were 155.4 million head, compared to 157.5 million head slaughtered the same week last year. The estimated U.S. slaughter the week of Sept. 28 was 156.7 million, or 1.3 million more than estimated available. For the week of Oct. 5, the estimated available is 156.9 million head, notes USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
Broiler/Fryer Report
Industry Stock Report The following chart provides an annual high and a comparison of recent activity of major poultry company stocks.
ter for the week ending Sept. 28 is 1,456,000. Actual slaughter for the week ending Sept. 21 was 1,602,000. Total: Week of Sept. 28: 159,524,000. Week of Sept. 21: 161,518,000.
USDA National Composite Weighted Average For week of: Sept. 27 For week of: Sept. 20
92.60¢ 93.30¢
Majority (whole body) Sept. 27 Eastern Region: 89¢--96¢ New York: 88¢--94¢ Central Region: 83¢--90¢ Chicago: 82¢--90¢ Western Region: 93¢--96¢ Los Angeles: 91¢--95¢ Negotiated prices in trucklot and less-than-trucklot quantities of ready-to-cook whole body broiler/fryers delivered to first receivers; prices in cents per pound.
Turkey Markets Weighted avg. prices for frozen whole young turkeys Weighted average (cents/lb.) F.O.B. shipper dock National Week ending Sept. 27 Last year Hens (8-16 lbs.) 102.88 110.86 103.28 112.56 Toms (16-24 lbs.) Week ending Sept. 20 Hens (8-16 lbs.) Toms (16-24 lbs.)
99.18 100.59
Sept. avg. 101.22 101.79
Egg Markets USDA quotations New York cartoned del. store-door: Sept. 24 Extra large, up 2¢ $1.20--$1.24 Large, up 2¢ $1.18--$1.22 Medium, up 4¢ 98¢--$1.02 Southeast Regional del. warehouse: Sept. 24 Extra large, up 5½¢ $1.09½--$1.29 Large, up 3¢ $1.08--$1.25 Medium, up 2½¢ 82½¢--$1.00
Sept. 30 $1.22--$1.26 $1.20--$1.24 $1.02--$1.06 Sept. 30 $1.15--$1.34 $1.11--$1.29 85¢--$1.03
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AMERICAN EGG BOARD HOTLINE AEB Hotline appears regularly in Poultry Times and provides an update on programs and services provided for egg producers by the American Egg Board. Details on any item mentioned may be obtained by contacting AEB at 1460 Renaissance Dr., Park Ridge, Ill. 60068. Phone: 847-296-7043. yy Every year, the Egg Nutrition Center funds more than $1 million of nutrition-related research. Once published, this research serves as the foundation for AEB/ENC’s marketing and public relation efforts. ENC’s funding of research also helps build its credibility with health professionals, its target demographic. Congratulations to the 2013 Egg Nutrition Center Research Grant and Dissertation Fellowship Recipients: Dr. Wayne Campbell, Purdue University, “Effects of egg consumption on carotenoid absorption from co-consumed, non-egg foods” Dr. Marie Caudill, RD, Cornell University, “Improving choline, DHA and amino acid supply to the infant during lactation” Dr. Victor Fulgoni, Nutrition Impact LLC, “Differing effects of statistical approaches to assess the relationship between egg consumption patterns and adiposity using data from 20012008 NHANES” Dr. David Katz, MPH, FACPM, FACP, Yale University, “Egg ingestion in adults with type 2 diabetes: Effects on glycemic control, anthropometry, diet quality and cardiometabolic
status” Dr. Dingbo Lin, Oklahoma State University, “Egg lutein prevents inflammation through activating AMP-activated protein kinase in hepatic mitochondria” Dr. Ouliana Ziouzenkova, The Ohio State University, “Identification of anti-inflammatory properties of eggs in adipose tissue” Dr. Kerri Boutelle, University of California, San Diego, “A pilot study examining the impact of eggs for breakfast on weight loss and hunger in obese children” Dr. Wayne Campbell, Purdue University, “Effects of dietary protein patterning on weight loss and resistance training-induced changes in body composition, skeletal muscle, and indices of metabolic syndrome” The Dissertation Fellowship was awarded to: Sze Ting (Cecilia) Kwan, Cornell University, “Choline as a modulator of placental function for improving fetal development.” yy Foodservice research experts from The NPD Group, an AEB research supplier, provide valuable information through its CREST® data (Consumer Reports on Eating Share Trends). Egg servings continue to grow at QSR (Quick Serve Restaurant) breakfast. Through May, there are 4.4 billion egg servings in this segment, a 1 percent increase over the same time period in 2012. Additionally, there are 612 million more egg servings since 2006. Across the total industry, egg servings held steady.
Coalition issues principles for TPP agreement WASHINGTON — An ad hoc coalition of agricultural and food organizations has communicated to U.S. trade negotiators its “core” principles for a final, successful Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. The regional trade talks include the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the coalition of 37 agricultural and food organizations presented a set of principles to ensure that the TPP negotiations “fulfill the promise of a high-quality agreement that can serve as a standard for future trade agreements.” The group said a final TPP agreement must: yy Cover all elements of trade
and investment, including agriculture, goods, services, digital trade, competition policy and intellectual property. yy Not include product or sector exclusions, including in agriculture. Exclusions would limit opportunities in each of the member countries to reach new markets, grow businesses and generate economic growth and jobs. yy Phase out all tariffs and other market access barriers by the end of the negotiated transition period. Transition periods must have commercially meaningful timeframes, which should be short and not backloaded. yy Include robust outcomes on sanitary-phytosanitary (SPS) issues. SPS measures also must be supported by risk-based scientific decision making, regulatory convergence and equivalence.
yy Include a “Rapid Response Mechanism” to resolve issues with perishable and time-sensitive shipments of agricultural products held up as result of SPS and technical barriers to trade. yy Include an enforcement mechanism for trade obligations that go beyond those in the World Trade Organization. Failure to include such a mechanism would render new TPP disciplines valueless. yy Be a single undertaking. All elements of the negotiation, including tariff and nontariff SPS measures, must be part of an indivisible package and cannot be agreed upon separately. Poultry and egg industry members of the coalition included JBS USA, National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and USA Poultry & Egg Export Council.
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Colorado flooding triggers oil spills, shutdowns The Associated Press
DENVER — Colorado’s flooding shut down hundreds of natural gas and oil wells in the state’s main petroleum-producing region and triggered at least two spills, temporarily suspending a multibilliondollar drilling frenzy and sending inspectors into the field to gauge the extent of pollution. Besides the possible environmental impact, flood damage to roads, railroads and other infrastructure will affect the region’s energy production for months to come. And analysts warn that images of flooded wellheads from the booming Wattenberg Field will increase public pressure to impose restrictions on drilling techniques such as fracking. “There’s been massive amounts of growth in the last two years, and it’s certainly expected to continue,” Caitlyn McCrimmon, a senior research associate for Calgary-based energy consultant ITG Investment Research, said of Colorado oil and gas drilling. “The only real impediment to growth in this area would be if this gives enough ammunition to environmentalists to rally support for fracking bans, which they had started working on before this.” Two spills were reported by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. — 323 barrels (13,500 gallons) along the St. Vrain River near Platteville, and 125 barrels (5,250 gallons) into the South Platte River near Milliken, federal and state regulators said. The St. Vrain feeds into the South Platte, which flows across Colorado’s plains and into Nebraska. In both cases, the oil apparently was swept away by floodwaters. Both releases involved condensate, a mixture of oil and water, Environmental Protection Agency spokesman Matthew Allen said. The environmental damage still was being assessed, but officials in Weld County, where the spills took place, said the oil was among
a host of contaminants caught up in floodwaters washing through communities along the Rocky Mountain foothills. County spokeswoman Jennifer Finch said the major concern there is raw sewage. Gov. John Hickenlooper said that there is a lot of water to dilute pollutants, including oil, in the South Platte. “When you look at the amount of water flowing through that river, it will process these pollutants very, very rapidly,” he said. Anadarko workers tried to contain the South Platte spill by putting absorbent booms in the water, but state officials said only residual oil was collected. The company was attempting to reach other well sites rendered inaccessible by the flooding, spokesman John Christiansen said. A 4-inch Anadarko natural gas pipeline began leaking in midSeptember after the ground washed away around it. Christiansen said the pipeline was shut down and the leak was contained. More reports of problems in Colorado’s oil patch could emerge once flood waters recede and inspectors can access more sites, Allen said. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates the industry, also found some tanks that shifted or moved off pads but said most tanks and well pads were intact. The state’s northern plains, home to the Denver-Julesburg Basin, took the brunt of the flooding after record rains pounded the foothills to the west. Nearly 1,900 wells were initially shut down by the deluge, out of more than 51,000 statewide, but around 300 have since been brought back online. No major well spills have been reported, according to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, an industry group. It says there was
AP Photo/John Wark
Flood damage: In this Sept. 17 photo, a crude oil storage tank lies on its side in flood water along the South Platte River, in Weld County, Colo. Hundreds of natural gas and oil wells along with pipelines are shut down by flooding, as state and federal inspectors gauge the damage and look for potential contamination from inundated oil fields.
no hydraulic fracturing going on at the time of the flooding, so no fracking fluids have been released. Some activists and environmentalists are calling for more regulation of drilling near the river as a result of the spills. COGA president Tisha Schuller said the industry would learn from problems during the disaster, but she declined to comment on the need for more regulation. Schuller said she and other industry workers have been displaced by the flooding and want to make sure the state recuperates. “We will be here joining with our neighbors over the days, months and years ahead as we recover,” she said. The basin’s largest producer, Houston-based Noble Energy, said two wells that were releasing natural gas have been shut down and a third
would be shut down once it was safe to access. The company estimates it has shut down between 5 percent and 10 percent of its wells because of flooding, and has been monitoring them from the air and ground. The Colorado boom has been welcomed by many — and opposed by many concerned about the possible environmental effects of fracking, a process that breaks apart deep rock to recover more gas. If flood damage is minimal, the industry could quickly resume a frenzied pace of drilling in an area where companies were on track to sink $4 billion into new projects this year, McCrimmon said. McCrimmon said she expected the consequences will be negligible on broader oil and gas markets. Despite its growth, the area’s Wat-
tenberg Field ranks far behind other active oil plays in the U.S. Colorado produced 135,000 barrels of oil a day in 2012, the highest level in at least three decades but still only about 2 percent of total U.S. production. Colorado’s natural gas production topped 1.6 trillion cubic feet in 2011, according to the Energy Information Administration. That’s about 6 percent of the nation’s total. Denver-based PDC Energy, Texas-based Anadarko and Canadabased Encana Corp. also shut down wells but planned to reopen some of them. Encana said it resumed operations on more than 150 wells after shutting down almost 400 due to high water and poor access.
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