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Roenigk receives NPFDA lifetime achievement award ATLANTA — In 1991, the National Poultry & Food Distributors Association (NPFDA) began awarding the NPFDA Poultry Industry Lifetime Achievement Award each year to a poultry industry leader that has played a major role in the growth of the poultry industry.

This year, NPFDA presented William P. Roenigk, senior vice president of the National Chicken Council, with this much-deserved award. The award was given during the NPFDA Awards Reception on Jan. 30.

NCC represents companies that produce, process and market more than 95 percent of the young meat chickens (broilers) in the United States. Roenigk joined the NCC (then National Broiler Council) in 1974. His responsibilities at the council have included conducting economic and market analyses and presentation of broiler industry issues and concerns, both domestic

and international to a variety of government bodies and non-government organizations.

Additionally, he oversees projects that involve industry and consumer market surveys. Information from these surveys provides important insights and understandings in addressing marketing, regulatory, and legislative issues. Shortly after Roenigk joined NCC, the USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative’s office initiated the Agricultural Trade Advisory Committees for the various agricultural commodities.

Roenigk has been appointed to the advisory committee for animals/ animal products since the committee’s inception.

As a member of the committee, he holds a confidential security clear-

ance from the federal government.

Prior to his present position of senior vice president, he was director of Economic Research and Membership Services.

Before joining the council, Roenigk was agricultural economist with the federal government’s Office of Food/Cost-of-Living Council; agricultural economist with the USDA Foreign Regional Analysis Division/Economic Research Service; and agricultural economist with the USDA Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division/Foreign Agricultural Service.

His degrees include bachelor of science from Pennsylvania State University and master of science from the University of Delaware.

Both degrees are in agricultural economics. He has completed the course work in agricultural economics for a doctorate degree in agricultural economics at the University of

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Lifetime achievement: William Roenigk, right, senior vice president of the National Chicken Council, is this year’s recipient of the National Poultry & Food Distributor’s Association’s Poultry Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. Presenting Roenigk with the award is NPFDA President Marc Miro, president/CEO of Global Food Innovations.

Ted Rueger named ERS projecting slight poultry increases NPFDA Member of the Year By David B. Strickland billion dozen, the department noted. number of birds slaughtered, but ATLANTA — Ted Rueger, president of Eastern Poultry and Food Distributors of Ponte Vedra, Fla., has been named the 2013 Member of the Year by the National Poultry & Food Distributors Association.

The award was an- Rueger nounced during the NPFDA recent annual convention held in Atlanta.

Rueger is the third generation to work for Eastern Poultry, a company

founded by his grandfather in 1954, and led today by his father. Rueger joined the company in 2003 and was named president in 2012.

He is an active member of the poultry community, serving as NPFDA vice president and as a member of the NPFDA board for the past five years.

Rueger graduated from Duke University with a degree in economics. He and his wife, Lauren, live in Atlantic Beach, Fla. They have two sons.

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WASHINGTON — Slight increases are being projected for broiler meat production the first three quarters of the 2013, and then “rising production” for the fourth quarter, with totals at approximately 37.3 billion pounds for the year, the USDA’s Economic Research Service reports in its latest “Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook.”

This outlook is an increase from the 2012 broiler total of 37 billion pounds.

Production of table eggs is forecast to be 6.78 billion dozen for 2013, which is up from 2012’s 6.7

Turkey meat for the year is being projected at 6 billion pounds, an increase of 1 percent from last year.

Broilers The broiler outlook for the year is showing a “relatively small increase,” ERS said.

“While there is still uncertainty about the course of feed prices in the coming year, prices for a number of broiler products have been strengthening and the forecast for exports is again strong,” ERS noted in the report. “In 2013, most of the increase in broiler meat production is expected to come from a larger

some added production will come from higher bird weights at slaughter, especially during the first half of the year.”

“Broiler product demand is expected to be influenced by a gradually improving domestic economy and strength in export demand,” the report added.

Last December, broiler meat production was 2.9 billion pounds, which was slightly lower than the year before, ERS says. Also, the number of birds slaughtered in December decreased 2.4 percent from the 2011.

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From academic to industry: trust and integrity are key ATLANTA — “Who we are is a lot more important than what we do. Integrity, innovation, interpersonal skills, resilience and servant leadership are some of the important things that are necessary to be a good leader and are integral to success in business,” said Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods.

Smith was keynote speaker at the 2013 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) College Student Career Program. He provided personal insight to more than 400 students from 25 universities about “Transitioning from Academics to Industry.”

The annual program, held in conjunction with the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s International Poultry Expo, is sponsored by the USPOULTRY Foundation.

An alumnus of the College Student Career Program more than 25 years ago, Smith is well versed in providing advice to students interviewing for jobs.

He instructed them to, “Enjoy the process. Even if you don’t get your first job through this program, enjoy the process. Don’t worry about making mistakes along the way.

Don’t agonize.”

“CEO’s are not born with silver spoons in their mouth. I went to the University of Tennessee as a pre-vet major; however, that field was not for me. That’s okay. A lot of things I’ve learned in leading this company, I learned through my work career. It is important to build relationships within your company and through clients,” Smith said. “Tyson currently has 115,000 team members; therefore trust and integrity in

leadership is important.”

He also provided some astounding statistics about the booming global population and the impending need for innovative agri-business professionals.

“By the year 2050, the world’s population will increase by 2 to 3 billion,” he added. “In the next 40 years, we will have to produce as much food as has been produced in the last 8,000 years with limited resources. Feeding the ever-growing world is a daunting task. Your generation is going to have to be the people that help grow twice as much food in that short amount of time. It is important to note the significant difference agriculture makes in the world and the difference that each of you can make in agriculture.”

The College Student Career Program provides undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities across the nation and internationally, in multiple disciplines, with the opportunity to interview for jobs and internships with industry and allied companies.

These students can also visit the exhibit floor to complement their studies, by seeing the latest technology and newest innovations in today’s poultry and egg production and processing operations.

Special

Student winner: Alan Duncan, left, chief financial officer of Mountaire Corp., and chairman of the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s College Student Career Program Advisory Committee, presented Ann Margaret Dietrich, North Carolina State University, with this year’s Frank Perdue Scholarship Student of the Year award. They are joined by Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods, who was the program’s keynote speaker.

Awards The program also includes student competitions for College Student Career Program Frank Perdue Scholarship Student of the Year, Club of the Year, and Scrapbook of the Year.

Smith presented the annual Frank Perdue Scholarship Student of the Year Award to Ann Margaret Diet-

Importance of safety, sustainability & traceability ATLANTA — In his presentation on “The Customer’s View of the Poultry & Egg Industry,” Barry Barnett, senior vice president of global supply chain and purchasing with Church’s Chicken, provided insight into the essenBarnett

tial components Church’s Chicken considers in its relationships with primary suppliers.

From a national customer’s perspective — food safety, sustainability, traceability — is a must nowadays, he noted.

Barnett’s presentation was part of the Poultry Market Intelligence Forum, held at the 2013 International Production & Processing Expo.

Barnett described the “three big

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rich, North Carolina State University. The scholarship is named for Frank Perdue, noted for his dedication to aspiring young people studying for careers in the poultry industry. Auburn University took home Club of the Year, and Scrapbook of the Year was awarded to Pennsylvania State University.

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Zacky Trust keeps turkey company in family McClatchy Newspapers

FRESNO, Calif. — Zacky Farms, the Fresno County turkey producer that filed for bankruptcy last fall, will remain in family hands after all.

The Robert and Lillian Zacky Trust successfully won a bid to purchase the company, according to court documents filed Feb. 20 in the U.S. District Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento.

The trust, which had backed out of negotiations to buy the company several weeks ago, offered about $38.8 million in credit, cash and notes in its winning bid.

The sale is for “substantially all of the” Zacky Farms assets, including turkey processing plants in Fresno and Stockton, corporate offices in Fresno, two Fresno warehouses, a turkey hatchery in Kerman and 16 company-owned ranches in Fresno

and Kings counties, court records show.

Although court documents related to the sale say that while Zacky Farms employees would be fired when the sale closes, the Zacky Trust will make offers for most to keep their jobs with the same wages and benefits they have now.

The Zacky Trust beat out an earlier offer of $32.1 million from Pitman Family Farms, the Sangerbased growers of organic and freerange poultry sold under the Mary’s Free Range brand.

The Pitmans also tried to buy nine breeder ranches from the Zackys but were unsuccessful.

“We have learned some valuable lessons and have mixed emotions about this,” said David Pitman of Pitman Family Farms. “But we wish the Zacky family the best and we know they will work hard to turn

this around. We know they can do it.”

The new Zacky Trust bid was submitted Feb. 6 and marks a second reversal of course by that branch of the Zacky family.

At the Jan. 15 bankruptcy auction in San Francisco, the Robert and Lillian Zacky Trust — which put up millions of dollars to keep the company operating during the bankruptcy — was declared the initial winner with a $31.6 million bid that also would allow nearly all of Zacky Farms’ 1,000 or more employees to keep their jobs.

But before negotiations on a sale agreement could be concluded, the Zacky Trust backed out.

Pitman Family Farms had submitted a $22 million bid at the January auction and was dubbed a backup bidder.

After the auction, Pitman offered

to boost its bid to $32.1 million, oneupping the Zacky Trust bid. After the Zacky Trust pulled out of the sale, Zacky Farms began talks with Pitman Family Farms.

Those talks, however, were not smooth. In court records, Pitman Family Farms co-owner David Pitman accused Zacky Farms of selling off some of its frozen-turkey inventory to retailers and other customers at prices well below market value, after he had signed a purchase agreement. Pitman said that inventory should rightfully be included in his company’s purchase.

“Our bid for purchase of the business was based upon having profit margins on a sufficient amount of inventory to help offset those losses that will be incurred after the approved sale,” Pitman said in a Feb. 4 court declaration. “Despite being very eager to close the purchase of

the business . . . I am concerned with the recent Zacky actions.”

Zacky Farms was founded by Samuel Zacky in 1928. It not only sells whole turkeys and turkey parts, but also processes and sells ground turkey and cooked turkey deli products.

The company reported gross sales of about $142 million in 2010 and $146 million in 2011, the most recent annual sales reports available before the bankruptcy.

When it filed its Chapter 11 petition last fall, the company estimated its debts at between $50 million and $100 million, and poultry feed suppliers were among its largest creditors.

The company estimated that it spent about $1.8 million a week to feed about 2.5 million turkeys and chickens as the 2012 holiday season approached.

would not be in the public interest.”

Because federal establishments may not produce meat, poultry or egg products without federal inspection, furloughing inspectors would effectively shutter meat, poultry and egg products plants for more than two weeks, imposing significant hardship on thousands of inspected establishments and hundreds of thousands of people directly employed by these industries, not to mention the affected government employees, the coalition noted.

The letter detailed not only the negative effects that furloughing meat and poultry inspectors would have economically, but it also pointed out the negative effects on meat and poultry exports and imports, on schools and other public institutions that rely on contractedfor meat and poultry products, on the welfare of livestock and poultry and on American consumers.

The groups also noted that even when the federal government has shut down due to lack of appropriations, Food Safety & Inspection

Service inspectors were among the “essential” federal employees who stayed on the job. FSIS’s plans for a potential shutdown in April 2011, for example, declared FSIS inspectors “necessary to protect life and health” and “essential to the nation’s food safety operations.”

“We fail to see how employees performing such a critical function as to be exempted from a full government shutdown should be furloughed to make up a budget shortfall,” the letter continued.

Further, furloughing FSIS inspectors would be inconsistent with the mandates of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Egg Products Inspection Act, which prohibit the production, processing, or interstate distribution of meat, poultry and egg products without federal inspection.

The group also pointed out that USDA itself has acknowledged in the past that these laws require USDA to provide inspection at government expense.

The letter concluded, “We rec-

ognize that sequestration presents significant challenges that require USDA and all other federal government agencies to make difficult decisions to prioritize resources. But cutting an essential, legally mandated program such as food safety inspection is not the way to address the government’s budget deficit. We urge USDA to examine all options available to meet its obligations under sequestration while upholding its commitment to ensuring that American consumers have access to the safe, wholesome and nutritious protein sources they have come to expect from the nation’s meat, poultry and egg products industries.”

The letter was signed by the following: Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference, Alabama Poultry & Egg Association, California Poultry Federation, Chicken and Egg Association of Minnesota, Delmarva Poultry Industry,Inc., Florida Poultry Federation, Food Marketing Institute, Georgia Poultry Federation, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Indiana State Poultry Asso-

ciation, International Foodservice Distributors Association Kentucky Poultry Federation, Louisiana Poultry Federation, Meat Import Council of America Inc., Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, Mississippi Poultry Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Chicken Council, National Grocers Association.

National Poultry & Food Distributors Association, National Pork Producers Council, National Restaurant Association, National Turkey Federation, North American Meat Association, North Carolina Poultry Federation, Pet Food Institute, South Carolina Poultry Federation, Southwest Meat Association, Snack Food Association, Tennessee Poultry Association, Texas Poultry Federation, The Poultry Federation, USA Poultry and Egg Export Council, United Egg Association, United Egg Producers, U.S. Meat Export Federation, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association and Virginia Poultry Federation.

Coalition urges USDA keep commitment to food safety inspection WASHINGTON — Thirty-eight organizations representing various aspects of animal agriculture, livestock and poultry producers, food processing and manufacturing, retail, international trade and transportation, have expressed strong concerns with the possibility the nation’s federal meat, poultry and egg products inspectors could be furloughed under sequestration.

In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the group stated, “We understand USDA is considering implementing a sequestration plan that would result in furloughing all the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) meat, poultry and egg products inspectors for 15 days. Because of the importance of federal inspection to the production of meat, poultry and egg products, we do not believe furloughing FSIS inspectors to be an appropriate response to sequestration within the framework of the federal meat, poultry and egg products inspection laws. It certainly

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Viewpoint Compiled by Barbara Olejnik, Associate Editor 770-718-3440 bolejnik@poultrytimes.net

A conspiracy . . . to feed the world

By Stewart Truelsen Special to Poultry Times

WASHINGTON — The success of American agriculture is so mindboggling that critics and conspiracy theorists alike can’t resist finding something evil, secretive or just plain awful about it.

One blogger writes that seed vaults exist so the wealthy ultimately can survive as “their sin-

ister practices of corporate food production and destruction of the environment unfold to lessen the population.” In other words, the upper-classes would push the world toward doomsday, saving only themselves to start civilization over with seeds from these vaults.

If this storyline sounds like something out of a Clive Cussler novel, you are right. It is quite similar to one of his adventure thrillers.

A conspiracy theory is built around a real-world occurrence, and indeed there are seed banks or vaults. One of the best known is the global seed vault located in the permafrost in the far northern mountains of Norway. The vault preserves the biodiversity of the world’s food crops for future generations.

Bloggers are easily dismissed.

Anyone with a little knowledge of WordPress can start one or hop on one of the forums already out there in cyberspace. What’s more troubling is when a food writer for the New York Times blames the food industry for half of all deaths in the United States, those caused by heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes.

“We must figure out of a way to un-invent this food system,” wrote Mark Bittman in an opinion piece.

He blames food and agriculture for obesity, poisoning the environment and torturing animals. Bittman wants to see a food movement on the scale of the civil rights movement, but laments “there isn’t even a gen-

The importance of knowing your neighbors

By Ken Gordon

Special to Poultry Times

WASHINGTON — Stroll among the old farm equipment displays at a county or state fair, or at a special antique tractor show and there will be older farmers who can still describe what problems specific pieces of equipment solved on the farm in the early years.

These men and women who plowed fields with horses, or were part of a threshing team, recall stories of hard work and fond friendships made during a time when people labored together to get the seeds in the ground and later harvested the rewards of those efforts.

Farming 160 acres in the 1920s and 1930s was a big job and it took Ken Gordon, a public relations professional in Ohio with a long history in agriculture communications, is an occasional contributor to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Focus on Agriculture series.

the help of neighbors to be successful.

Today 160 acres won’t support a family that grows traditional crops, and while farms have grown over the years, the idea of working together hasn’t changed that much.

In the country, you’ll still find neighbors helping neighbors, and it’s that idea that sets farming apart from most other forms of neighbor interaction. Although the idea of knowing your neighbors may have started on the farm, that tradition carried into the city until technology forced people inside.

Homes located in older neighborhoods have large front porches with detached garages usually located at the side of the home or in the back.

Those homes recall a time when neighbors knew each other and children could play together, freely running and playing in the area.

People used their porches to catch a cool breeze or catch up on the latest happenings in the neighborhood.

Today we don’t see our suburban neighbors too often. And two technologies, air conditioning and architecture, are largely responsible for people not knowing their neighbors in cities and suburbs.

When central air conditioning was introduced to homes across America, the style of home changed as well. Front porches were eliminated in favor of a small door at the front of the home, and the garage moved from being detached at the rear of the house to being part of the home and usually located in the front.

Now people only had to push a button, drive into their garage, close the door and enjoy their sanctuary.

It’s no wonder that people today don’t know their neighbors, and this is compounded by privacy fences.

The idea of engaging with your neighbor is not just for farmers but should be for everyone, whether liv-

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eral acknowledgment of a problem in need of fixing.”

The fact is, America’s food supply is the best in the world. Our food production marries the best of conventional farming with the best of historical and organic practices to give us an infinite variety of safe, high-quality food.

At the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 94th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Dr. Kenneth Quinn was a recipient of the Distinguished Service to Agriculture award. Quinn was U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia and is now president of the World Food Prize pioneered by Dr. Norman Borlaug. Quinn believes that the last 50 or 60 years have been “the single greatest period of food

production and hunger reduction in all human history.”

This is not a food system in need of major fixing. It is a food system that should be honored and celebrated. But, yes, there is a conspiracy; make no mistake about that.

Farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, land grant universities, departments of agriculture, Farm Bureau and commodity organizations have all conspired to produce this marvel.

Stewart Truelsen is a regular contributor to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Focus on Agriculture series and is the author of a book marking the federation’s 90th anniversary, Forward Farm Bureau.

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FDA proposes two new food safety standards WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has proposed two new food safety rules to help prevent foodborne illness.

The proposed rules implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

The rules follow outreach by the FDA to the produce industry, the consumer community, other government agencies and the international community. Since January 2011, FDA staff have toured farms and facilities nationwide and participated in meetings and presentations with global regulatory partners, industry stakeholders, consumer groups, farmers, state and local officials and the research community.

“The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act is a common sense law that shifts the food safety focus from reactive to preventive,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “With the support of industry, consumer

groups and the bipartisan leadership in Congress, we are establishing a science-based, flexible system to better prevent foodborne illness and protect American families.”

The FDA noted that one in six Americans suffer from a foodborne illness every year. Of those, nearly 130,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from their illness.

Preventing foodborne illnesses will improve public health, reduce medical costs, and avoid the costly disruptions of the food system caused by illness outbreaks and large-scale recalls, the administration noted.

These two FSMA rules are part of an integrated reform effort that focuses on prevention and addresses the safety of foods produced domestically and imported, with additional rules to be published shortly.

The first proposed rule would require makers of food to be sold in the U.S., whether produced at a

foreign- or domestic-based facility, to develop a formal plan for preventing their food products from causing foodborne illness. The rule would also require them to have plans for correcting any problems that arise.

The FDA seeks public comment on this proposal. The FDA is proposing that many food manufacturers be in compliance with the new preventive controls rules one year after the final rules are published in the Federal Register but small and very small businesses would be given additional time.

The FDA also seeks public comment on the second proposed rule, which proposes enforceable safety standards for the production and harvesting of produce on farms.

This rule proposes science- and risk-based standards for the safe production and harvesting of fruits and vegetables.

The FDA is proposing that larger farms be in compliance with most

of the produce safety requirements 26 months after the final rule is published in the Federal Register.

Small and very small farms would have additional time to comply, and all farms would have additional time to comply with certain requirements related to water quality.

“The FDA knows that food safety, from farm to fork, requires partnership with industry, consumers, local, state and tribal governments, and our international trading partners,” said FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg. “Our proposed rules reflect the input we have received from these stakeholders and we look forward to working with the public as they review the proposed rules.”

Before issuing the two rules, the FDA conducted extensive outreach that included five federal public meetings and regional, state and local meetings in 14 states across the country as well as making hundreds

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Despite snow, deep drought still grips Minn.

The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota remains in a deep drought, with no end in sight, despite winter snowfall.

The drought has not improved one bit in Minnesota, State Climatologist Greg Spoden said on Feb. 7.

“We’re in a winter slumber,” Spoden told the Associated Press.

“Although the snow makes a visual impression, it does very little to change the drought situation.”

Much of the state has picked up a few inches of snow during recent weeks, including a series of clippers that dumped an inch or two for several days in a row starting in early February.

But updated data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor on Feb. 7, showed 98 percent of Minne-

sota still in a moderate to extreme drought. More than 80 percent of the state falls into the severe or extreme categories. And the map showing the drought’s grip on Minnesota hasn’t changed significantly since late November, though the eastern Corn Belt states have seen improvements.

The “white veneer” of snow now on the ground will help recharge Minnesota’s wetlands, lakes and streams when it melts, Spoden said, but only a little.

In the Twin Cities metro area, the water in the snowpack amounts to less than an inch worth of rain — about a week’s worth of rainfall during an average June — he said, and not much of it will soak into the deeply frozen soil.

“Without abundant winter spring rains, a number of critical drought

issues involving agriculture, forestry, horticulture, tourism and public water supplies will begin to emerge,” he said.

That’s because soil moisture levels in many parts of Minnesota are near all-time lows, he said.

Most farmers had a decent 2012 growing season only because May was one of the wettest ever in much of the state, and that got farmers through the extraordinarily dry months that followed.

Comparing soil moisture to a bank account, he said it’s all been spent.

And it’s difficult to predict when the drought will end, Spoden said, quoting New York Yankees great Yogi Berra: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

of presentations to ensure that the rules would be flexible enough to cover the diverse industries to be affected. The FDA also visited farms and facilities of varying sizes.

“We know one-size-fits-all rules won’t work,” said Michael R. Taylor, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine.

“We’ve worked to develop proposed regulations that can be both effective and practical across today’s diverse food system.”

Additional rules to follow soon include new responsibilities for importers to verify that food products grown or processed overseas are as safe as domestically produced food and accreditation standards to strengthen the quality of third party food safety audits overseas.

The FDA will also propose a preventive controls rule for animal food facilities, similar to the preventive controls rule proposed for human food.

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ing in a city or the country. Making an effort to meet your neighbors can pay big rewards.

People may be a bit surprised at first to be introduced to someone living alongside or across the street from them, but as time passes, the familiarity increases.

Common interests are discovered, relationships develop and the true meaning of neighborhood is realized.

One of the lasting benefits of knowing your neighbors is becoming familiar with the routines of the neighborhood.

It becomes a more secure living environment when neighbors know each other. An unfamiliar car or strange activity will go unnoticed in a group of houses, but it will stand out in a neighborhood.

Knowing your neighbor may be a tradition originating from agrarian roots, but it also has a place in suburbia.

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Business Compiled by David B. Strickland, Editor 770-718-3442 dstrickland@poultrytimes.net

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Big Dutchman celebrates its 75th anniversary

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HOLLAND, Mich. — At the 2013 International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, Ga., Big Dutchman, one of the most well-known and recognized leaders in the poultry business, presented some exceptional attractions to celebrated 75 years of successful business, the company noted.

Besides its new products, the company presented a 3D movie experience of the poultry house, and legendary race car driver Al Unser with his famous race car, which attracted hundreds of visitors to the booth, the company said.

Bernd Meerpohl, Big Dutchman chairman of the board, looked back on Big Dutchman’s 75 year history and achievements.

He then cut an official anniversary cake together with Clovis Rayzel, president of Big Dutchman USA

and Latin America.

For the 3D movie experience in the booth, three separate videos were presented including one video on Big Dutchman’s AVECH colony system, a turkey video about the GLADIATOR feed pan, and a broiler video featuring the FLUXX feed pan and straight line auger system.

“The 3D experience was designed to give the viewer a better perspective of what goes on inside a poultry house,” said Rayzel.

“The viewer is able to see how much room the hens have in the AVECH colony system, and this helps to understand in better detail, how the products work and how the animals use the products.”

To top things off, Big Dutchman had legendary race car driver Al Unser on hand to greet visitors and to sign autographs. Unser brought along his race car “Johnny Lighting,” which he used to win two of his four Indianapolis 500 races.

“Having Al and his car at the booth was a great experience for visitors,” says Terry Pollard, vice president of North American sales for Big Dutchman.

More information can be obtained at www.bigdutchmanusa. com.

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Other Business News Tyson remains optimistic on FY NEW YORK — Tyson Foods Inc. recently told investors at the Goldman Sachs 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference that its second fiscal quarter has been more challenging than anticipated due to margin compression in its Beef and Pork segments; however, the company remains optimistic about its results for the full year.

James Lochner, Tyson’s chief operating officer, said, “Margins have been compressed throughout the past month as the value of beef has fallen more than the price of cattle. Historically, adjustments occur that allow for a spread between the revenue and the cattle cost. We run our plants for margin, not market share.”

Tyson’s Pork business also experienced some margin compression in the current quarter, although there have been signs of improvement recently, Lochner said. “We expect to continue our strong performance in the back half of the year,” he said.

Meanwhile, Tyson’s Chicken segment has continued to do well.

The company has said it expects a strong performance, particularly in the second half of the fiscal year, leading to continued optimism that the company’s full-year results will be better than fiscal 2012.

“Demand is strong, and we’re seeing signs of consumers trading from beef to chicken,” Lochner said. “Even with pricing up substantially year over year, chicken is a good value for consumers, and foodservice continues to promote chicken heavily.”

Lochner announced that Tyson is launching a new line of all natural chicken under the new NatureRaised Farms brand. The product line will include a variety of fresh products produced from cage-free chickens raised without the use of antibiotics or added hormones and fed a 100 percent vegetarian diet.

NatureRaised Farms brand fresh

chicken will be available for sale to retailers in April, and is just one example of how the company is growing offerings in higher margin, value-added products, he added.

Dennis Leatherby, Tyson’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, told investors at the conference there is value in the diversity of Tyson’s multi-protein, multi-channel, multi-national business.

“We’re going to grow sales of domestic value-added chicken and prepared foods,” Leatherby said.

“We’re not a commodity protein company. That’s not our goal, nor our destiny. Value added is currently about a third of our sales, which includes foodservice as well as branded retail products. Looking ahead to 2014 and beyond, we expect total company top-line sales to grow 3 percent to 4 percent annually, and value-added sales should grow 6 percent to 8 percent a year.

We expect sales from international production to grow at an annual rate of 12 percent to 16 percent. International growth is focused on production and further processing in Brazil, China and India, in addition to our long-standing poultry business in Mexico. We’re able to execute this growth strategy because we have a strong capital structure, and that creates opportunities for us.”

Responsibility report Tyson Foods has also received an “A” from the Global Reporting Initiative for its latest corporate social responsibility report, company officials announced.

The new sustainability report is the fourth Tyson Foods has produced since 2005, but the first to receive the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Application Level “A.” This represents a high degree of disclosure and transparency in sustainability reporting, the company noted. GRI is a world-recognized organization that promotes economic, environmental and social

sustainability.

The “2012 Tyson Foods Sustainability Report” documents the company’s progress from 20102012 across four key areas: people, planet, profit and products.

The full report can be found online at http://www.tysonfoods.com/ sustainability.

“For us, sustainability is about trying to do the right thing in everything we do,” said Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods.

“It’s fundamental to our core values, cuts across every aspect of our business, and supports our mission of making great food and making a difference.”

Among the key accomplishments outlined in the report: yy Animal well-being — In 2012 Tyson announced the launch of FarmCheck, a program to audit animal treatment at the independent farms that supply the company. yy Water and fuel conservation — Since 2004, Tyson has cut water consumption by nearly 11 percent.

The company continues to work with the University of Arkansas on ways to make additional reductions.

Through efforts to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, the company has eliminated more than 145 million over-the-road truck miles since 2011. yy Nutrition — In 2012 Tyson launched nine new products that meet updated nutritional standards for school meals. These foods feature lower fat and sodium content and eliminate food allergens. yy Hunger and disaster relief — Since 2010 Tyson donated more than 18 million pounds of food, valued at $23 million, to nonprofit hunger relief agencies across the U.S. In 2012 the company also launched the “Meals that Matter” mobile disaster relief supply unit, which was first used in New Jersey and New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. yy Charitable giving — Tyson (Continued on next page)

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has donated $10 million to support education, health and human services, families and the environment since 2010.

“With the global population surpassing the 7 billion mark, the food industry’s greatest challenge is to help feed the world,” Smith said. “But it’s not enough just to fill mouths. Creating access to a steady, nutritious diet for people across the globe requires partnerships throughout the food chain that are built on sustainable, modern agricultural and ethical business practices.”

Perdue marks record donation SALISBURY, Md. — Perdue Farms’ associates joined Perdue Chairman Jim Perdue in presenting a check for $271,788.17 in support of the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore during a presentation Feb. 15.

The contribution included associates’ pledges of $191,788.17, the single largest employee-generated contribution in the 68-year history of the organization. Perdue’s contribution also included an $80,000 grant funded by the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, bringing the local United Way closer to reaching its $1.55 million campaign goal for 2012.

“We’re are truly blessed to have a partner like Perdue Farms and their compassionate associates who give so freely of themselves each and every year to United Way,” said Kathleen Mommé, executive director of the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore. “Our community would be devastated without their support. Perdue associates help create a safety net that touches the hearts and lives of thousands of residents each year. Their generous contributions this year will help ensure we can continue to meet the needs of Lower Shore residents.”

Perdue is the number one contributor to the 2012 United Way campaign. Perdue associates have

contributed more than $2.4 million to the United Way campaign since 1994.

Even in a challenging economy, Perdue associates reached deep into their pockets in 2012. All the money raised will help support crucial programs and services delivered by 24 local agencies through 53 programs on the Lower Shore.

Jennifer Cannon, Perdue campaign co-chairman, explains that a coordinated network of dedicated associates across Perdue facilities in Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset and Dorchester counties helped spread the word about this year’s campaign.

“We visited many of our facilities, sharing personal stories about agencies supported by the United Way, and answering questions,” she said. “We helped our associates understand that United Way touches people directly in our community and showed how their contributions would be put to work in the local community.”

Cannon said this year’s campaign was bolstered by the grass-roots fund-raising efforts organized by associates that raised more than $1,639 through raffles and luncheons.

“At Perdue, our associates have a long and strong history of generosity,” said Perdue Chairman Jim Perdue. “It never ceases to amaze me how our associates respond to the needs of their community through their commitment to the United Way.” More information about the United Way can be obtained at www.unitedway4us.org.

House of Raeford receives fine ROSE HILL, N.C. — House of Raeford Farms Inc. received an anticipated fine on Feb. 26, in the amount of $150,000 in U.S. District Court in Winston-Salem, N.C., related to its Raeford, N.C., processing plant.

The fine stemmed from 20052006 wastewater pre-treatment violations that were cited by the City of

Raeford and were related to water sent to the city’s treatment facility.

“In 2006, the City of Raeford and House of Raeford reached a resolution dealing with the citations that included paying fines as well as a $1.4 million retrofit of the company’s wastewater treatment system.

The upgraded system installation solved previous problems and helped ensure that water sent back to the city’s wastewater treatment facility for the past seven years remained in compliance with regulatory pre-treatment requirements. At no time was wastewater released directly into the local environment, nor was there any allegation of harm to the environment,” the company noted in a release.

“House of Raeford is committed to maintaining a high level of compliance with all federal, state and local environmental regulations,” House of Raeford said. “A corporate environmental officer oversees a comprehensive Environmental Compliance Plan designed to assure that all company facilities across the U. S. are conforming to regulations.

“Under the Environmental Compliance Plan, all employees receive environmental training on an annual basis. The company has also instituted a “hotline” designed to provide employees and others a confidential channel to report any environmental concerns to a thirdparty provider who documents the reports and tracks the resulting investigation and corrective actions.

Further, the company has retained an independent monitor/auditor whose duties will include review of environmental compliance activities, operation of the ‘hotline,’ and periodic detailed audits of individual facilities to confirm environmental compliance.”

Provisur Tech. acquires MultiTec CHICAGO — On Feb. 28, Provisur® Technologies, Inc. acquired the assets of MultiTec GmbH & Co. KG, based in Lotte, Germany.

Business This acquisition further expands Provisur’s global technology, sales, service and manufacturing base, the company noted.

MultiTec designs and manufactures autoloading systems that link food-slicing and packaging equipment.

“Increased competition for shelf space has created a need for more creative and appealing consumer packaging of sliced food, which in turn requires increasingly sophisticated autoloading equipment, said Mel Cohen, Provisur CEO. “The acquisition of MultiTec is a natural extension to our Cashin® and PowerMax® slicing equipment range, combining Provisur’s superior slice quality and portion control with MultiTec’s advanced slice position-

ing capability.”

The management team of MultiTec, Gerd Stratenwerth and Jurgen Bialy, will join Provisur as business unit manager and engineering manager, respectively, of the company’s newly-formed Autoloading Systems business unit.

“By combining the technologies of MultiTec and Provisur, we can now offer our customers fully integrated systems solutions tailored to meet their specific needs,” Stratenwerth said. “We are excited to join forces with Provisur and are confident that together we can provide greater value to our customers around the world.”

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NPFDA Members A & D Sales and Marketing Inc. Fayetteville, Ark. A & M Cold Storage McAllen, Texas A-1 Transport Edinburg, Texas Adkins and Associates Russellville, Ark. Advanced Commodities Bartlett, Ill. Agro America Atlanta, Ga. AJC International Atlanta, Ga. Alacarte Foods Inc. Albertville, Ala. Albertville Quality Foods Albertville, Ala. Allen Family Foods Inc. Seaford, Del. Ambos Seafoods Savannah, Ga. American Cold Storage Dallas, Texas Americold Pendergrass, Ga. AmeriCold, Atlanta, Ga. Americold LaPorts, Texas Amick Farms Batesburg-Leesville, S.C. Anderson Produce Co Inc. Roseville, Minn.

Aspen Systems Inc. Phoenix, Ariz.

Badger Poultry Plus Inc. Madison, Wis.

Bird In Hand Farms Inc. Lancaster, Pa. Breakpoint Sales Greenbrae, Calif.

Butts Foods Inc. Jackson, Tenn.

C & R International Sales

Stockton, Calif.

Case Farms Morganton, N.C. Cert ID Fairfield, Iowa Certispec Service USA Inc. Texas City, Texas Cherokee Trading Co. Inc. Conyers, Ga. Chicago Food Brokers Deerfield, Ill. Choptank Transport Preston, Md. Claxton Poultry Farms Claxton, Ga. Claxton Poultry Farms Gainesville, Ga. Clippership Ltd. Mansfield, Ohio Cloud Trading Co. Knoxville, Tenn.

Cloverleaf Cold Storage Sanford, N.C. Columbia Meats West Columbia, S.C. Continental Comm. Partners New York, N.Y. Cook Int’l. Trade & Brokerage Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Copper Sales West End, N.C. Crescent Duck Farm Inc. Aquebogue, N.Y. CSB-System International Kitchener,Ontario, CANADA Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Seattle, Wash.

Day-Lee Foods Inc. Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

E & S Marketing Co. Inc. Doylestown, Ohio E & S Marketing Co. Inc. Wilmington, Ohio E.J. Poultry Inc. Puyallup, Wash.

Eastern Poultry Distributors Burbank, Calif.

Eastern Poultry Distributors Ponte Vedra, Fla. Eberly Poultry Inc. Stevens, Pa. Ed Miniat Inc. South Holland, Ill. Eskimo Cold Storage Gainesville, Ga. Everest Meats Los Angeles, Calif.

Export Packers Company Ltd. Brampton, Ontario, CANADA ExporTech Pasedena, Calif.

Express Markets Inc. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Fancy Foods Inc. Bronx, N.Y. Feather Fresh Gainesville, Ga. Fieldale Farms Corp.

Baldwin, Ga. Filet of Chicken Forest Park, Ga. Flint River Services Inc. Albany, Ga. Flint River Services Inc. Unadilla, Ga. Foodlinx Burlingame, Calif.

Freight Brokers Global Services Far Rockaway, N.Y. GariMark Foods Lawrenceville, Ga. Gentry’s Poultry Co. Inc. Ward, S.C. George’s Inc. Springdale, Ark. Georgia Cold Storage Americus, Ga. Global Food Innovations Culver City, Calif.

Global Performance Group

Cabot, Ark. GNP St. Cloud, Minn.

Golbon Boise, Idaho Gold Taste Foods Distrib.

Houston, Texas Goodsource Carlsbad, Calif.

Greenville Meats Inc. Greenville, S.C. GTO 2000 Inc. Gainesville, Ga. H.G. Brokerage Orlando, Fla. Haag Food Service Breese, Ill. Hakan Agro Comm. Trading Ellisville, Miss.

Harvest Meat Co. Inc. National City, Calif.

Jones Poultry Barry, Ill. Joseph Solomon Sales Los Angeles, Calif.

Joyce Foods Winston-Salem, N.C. Kelly’s Foods Winter Garden, Fla. Keystone Foods LLC Huntsville, Ala. Koch Foods of Gainesville Gainesville, Ga. Kristom Canada Montreal, Quebec, CANADA L & S Food Sales Corp Ashland, Mass.

Lad Truck Lines Watkinsville, Ga. Lamex Foods Inc. Wilmington, Minn.

Henley’s Wholesale Meats North Little Rock, Ark.

Landmark Foods Plano, Texas

Henningsen Cold Storage Co. Hillsboro, Ore.

Lanier Cold Storage Gainesville, Ga.

Hi Pro Foods Decorah, Iowa

Lawrence Wholesale/ Apple Valley Farms Gainesville, Ga.

Hinterstocker Poultry Inc. Mequon, Wis. Holly Poultry Baltimore, Md. House of Raeford Farms Raeford, N.C. Imler’s Poultry Duncansville, Pa.

Lee’s Loading Service Mission, Texas Lehar Sales Co. Oakland, Calif.

London Foods Ltd. London, Ontario, CANADA

Int’l. Transp. Mgmnt.

Prescott, Ariz.

Lone Star Cold Storage Richardson, Texas

Interra International Atlanta, Ga.

Louisa Lee Suwanee, Ga.

Interstate Foods Fayetteville, Ark.

M & P Trading Miami, Fla.

Intra Coastal Packing Inc. Lake Worth, Fla.

M.J. Borelli & Co. Emeryville, Calif.

Joe Jurgielewicz & Son Ltd. Shartlesville, Pa.

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Maersk Line Madison, N.J. Maple Leaf Farms Inc. Milford, Ind. Mar-Jac Poultry Inc Gainesville, Ga. Marshall Durbin Cos. Birmingham, Ala. Matthews Sales Corp.

Needham, Mass.

McKenna Brothers Inc. McAllen, Texas McLain Foods Inc St. Petersburg, Fla. Mediterranean Shipping Co. Warren, N.J. Mennella’s Poultry Co. Inc. Paterson, N.J. Michigan Turkey Producers Wyoming, Mich.

Midwest Food & Poultry Inc. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Midwest Refrigerated Services DePere, Wis. Mike’s Loading Edinburg, Texas Mountaire Farms Selbyville, Del. MTC Logistics Baltimore, Md. Mullen Marketing McEwen, Tenn.

Nebraskaland Bronx, N.Y. New England Food Taunton, Mass.

Nital Trading Co. Inc. Medley, Fla. NOCS New Orleans, La. Nordic Cold Storage Atlanta, Ga.

North Caribbean Transport Las Vegas, Nev. North Food Group Dallas, Texas North Fresno Foods Pinedale, Calif.

Northside Meat Co. Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio Northwestern Meat Miami, Fla. Pacific-Agri Products Inc. S. San Francisco, Calif.

Peco Foods Inc. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Perdue Farms Inc. Salisbury, Md. Pet Poultry Products Inc. Bridgeville, Del. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

Atlanta, Ga. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

Cedar Hills, Texas Plymouth Poultry Seattle, Wash.

PMI Foods Salt Lake City, Utah Polin Poultry Co. Inc. Selbyville, Del. Porky Products Inc. Carteret, N.J. Port of Stockton Stockton, Calif.

Poultry Specialties Inc. Russellville, Ark. Preferred Freezer Services Jersey City, N.J. Prestige Farms Inc. Charlotte, N.C. Primus Builders Woodstock, Ga. Pro Pak Foods LLC Lowell, Ark. Process Mgmt. Consulting

Kingston Springs, Tenn.

Protein Alliance Inc. Brooten, Minn.

PS International Chapel Hill, N.C. Quirch Foods Co. Miami, Fla. R & D Marketing LLC Tupelo, Miss.

R.W. Zant Co. Los Angeles, Calif.

Race Street Foods San Jose, Calif.

Red Bird Farms Co. Englewood, Colo.

Reuven International Ltd. Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Richmond Cold Storage Richmond, Calif.

Richmond Wholesale Richmond, Calif.

Rio Grande Pak Food Ltd. McAllen, Texas RMX Global Logistics Evergreen, Colo.

Robinson and Harrison Poultry Salisbury, Md. Rogers Poultry Los Angeles, Calf.

Ronald A. Chisholm Ltd. Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Ross and Yerger Jackson, Miss.

Royal Harvest Foods Springfield, Mass.

Sanderson Farms Inc. Laurel, Miss.

Seaboard Marine Ltd. Kennesaw, Ga.

Triple T Transport Lewis Center, Ohio

Seafax Inc. Zephyrhills, Fla.

Troyer Foods Inc. Goshen, Ind.

SeaFreight Lines Doral, Fla.

Turkey Valley Farms Marshall, Minn.

Seaonus Jacksonville, Fla.

Twin Rivers Foods Fayetteville, Ark.

Sharon Foods Boston, Mass.

U.S. Growers Cold Storage Los Angeles, Calf.

Sherwood Food Distributors Detroit, Mich.

Sherwood Food Distributors Maple Heights, Ohio Shuler Meats Inc. Thomasville, N.C. Spectrum Foods Inc. Landover, Md. Stams Family Foods Huntsville, Ala. Suffolk Cold Storage Suffolk, Va. Summit Solutions Pittsurgh, Pa.

Unified Foodservice Purchasing Cooperative Louisville, Ky. United States Cold Storage Inc. Warsaw, N.C. United States Cold Storage Inc. Union City, Calf.

Urner Barry Publications Toms River, N.J. Victory Foods LLC Gainesville, Ga. Vista Food Exchange Bronx, N.Y. WATT Rockford, Ill.

Supremas South Gate, Calif.

Waybest Foods Inc. South Windsor, Conn.

Supreme Sales and Marketing Braselton, Ga.

Wayne Farms LLC Oakwood, Ga.

Tender Choice Foods Inc. Burlington, Ontario, CANADA

Texas Meat Packers Richardson, Texas

Western Boxed Meats Portland, Ore.

The Law Offices of Jeremy Kilburn, P.C. Monroe, Ga. Timber Lake Foods Inc. Topelo, Miss.

Savage Poultry Inc. Delmar, Md.

Tippmann Group/ Interstate Warehouse Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Schiltz Foods Inc Sisseton, S.D.

Total Quality Logistics Inc. Milford, Ohio

Schulte Poultry Co. Milwaukee, Wis.

Triple A Poultry Inc. Houston, Texas

Western Food Products Inc. Newark, Calif.

Westside Foods Bronx, N.Y. Wholesome Foods Inc. Edingburg, Va. Wolverine Packing Co. Detroit, Mich.

World Group Baltimore, Md.

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Calendar Compiled by Barbara Olejnik, Associate Editor 770-718-3440 bolejnik@poultrytimes.net

MAR 20-21 — FEED MILL MGMNT. SMNR, Doubletree Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

MAR 20-21 — AEB BOARD MTNG., Chicago, Ill. Ga. Contact: American Egg Board, 1460 Renaissance Drive, Park Ridge, Ill. 60068. Ph: 847-2967043; aeb@aeb.org; www.aeb.org.

MAR 20-21 — AMIF WORKER, HUMAN RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT CONF., Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: American Meat Institute Foundation, 1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20036. Ph: 202587-4200; www.meatami.com.

APR 5 — OPA INDUSTRY CELEBRATION BANQUET, Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel, Columbus, Ohio.

Contact: Ohio Poultry Association, 5930 Sharonb Woods Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43229. Ph: 614-882-6111; jchakeres@ ohiopoultry.org; www.ohiopoultry.org.

APR 16-17 — EGG INDUSTRY ISSUES FORUM, Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, St. Louis, Mo. Contact: Egg Industry Center, Iowa State University, 201 Kildee Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011-3150.

Ph: 515-294-8587; answeb@iastate. edu; www.eggindustrycenter.org.

APR 17 — DPI BOOSTER BANQUET, Salisbury, Md. Contact: Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., 16686 County Seat Hwy., Georgetown, Del. 19947-4881; dpi@ dpichicken.com; www.dpichicken.com APR 17 — DEEP SOUTH POULTRY CONF., Tifton Campus Conference Center, Tifton, Ga. Contact: University of Georgia, Poultry Science Dept., 324 Poultry Science Bldg., Athens,Ga. 30602-4356. Ph: 706-542-9151; poultry@uga.edu.

APR 19-21 — GPF ANNUAL SPRING MTNG., Lake Lanier Islands Resort, Buford, Ga. Contact: Georgia Poultry Federation, P.O. Box 763, Gainesville, Ga. 30503. Ph: 770-532-0473; claudette@gapf.org; www.gapf.org.

APR 22-23 — FEDERAL FOOD REGULATORY CONF., Washington, D.C. Contact: Prime Label Consultants, 536 Seventh St., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. Ph: 202546-3333; conference@primelabel.com APR 22-24 — HUMAN RESOURCES SMNR., Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort, Destin, Fla. Mo. Contact: U.S. Poultry

& Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

Contact: Alltech International, 3031 Catnip Hill Pike, Nicholasville, Ky. 40356; www.alltech.com/symposium.

MAY 20-22 — UEP LEGISLATIVE BOARD MTNG., Washington, D.C. Contact: United Egg Producers, 1720 Windward Concourse, Suite 230, Alpharetta, Ga. 30005. Ph: 770360-9220; www.unitedegg.com.

MAY 20-23 — NEQS — Harrisburg, Pa. Contact: National Egg Quality School, Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Pkwy., Annapolis, Md. 21401. Ph: 410-841-5769; Deanna.

Baldwin@maryland.gov; www.neqs.org.

APR 23-24 — TPF SPRING SYMPSM, John Q. Hammons Center, Rogers, Ark. Contact: The Poultry Federation, 321 S. Vixtory St., Little Rock, Ark. 72201. Ph: 501-375-8131

JUN 7-8 — AP&EA GOLF TOURNAMENT and EVENING OF FUN, Birmingham, Ala. Contact: Alabama Poultry & Egg Association, P.O. Box 240, Montgomery, Ala. 36101. Ph: 334265-2732; www.alabamapoultry.org.

APR 23-25 — MEAT & POULTRY HACCP WKSHP., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Contact: Spring Meat & Poultry HACCP Workshop, Extension Food Science Outreach, University of Georgia, 140A Food Science Bldg., Athens, Ga. 30602-2610; EFS@uga.edu.

JUN 10-11 — CPF SUMMER BOARD MTNG., The Cliffs Resort, Shell Beach, Calif. Contact: California Poultry Federation, 4640 Spyres Way, Suite 4, Modesto, Calif. 95356.

PAh: 209-576-6355; www.cpif.org.

MAY 1-2 — STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT, Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, Arlington, Va. Contact: Animal Agriculture Alliance, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 916B, Arlington, Va. 22201. Ph: 703-562-1412; kjohnson@animalagalliance.org; www//animalagalliance.org.

MAY 2-3 — NATIONAL BREEDERS ROUNDTABLE, Airport Marriott Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

MAY 6-7 — TURKEY & BROILER HEALTH MGMNT. SCHOOL, Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, Michigan State University, 219 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, Mich. 488241022. Contact: Dr. Teresa Morishita at tmorishita@westernu.edu or Sophia Alvarez at salvarez@westernu.edu.

MAY 8-9 — LAYER HEALTH MGMNT. SCHOOL, Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, Michigan State University, 219 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, Mich. 48824-1022.

Contact: Dr. Teresa Morishita at tmorishita@westernu.edu or Sophia Alvarez at salvarez@westernu.edu.

MAY 14-15 — AFIA BOARD MTNG., Arlington, Va. Contact: American Feed Industry Association, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 916, Arlington, Va. 22201. Ph: 703524-0810; afia@afia.org, www.afia.org.

MAY 15-16 — POULTRY PROCESSORS WKSHP., Embassy Suites Atlanta Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

MAY 19-22 — ALLTECH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, Lexington, Ky.

JUN 11-13 — ITF SUMMER MTNG., Adventureland Inn, Altoona, Iowa.

Contact: Iowa Turkey Federation, 535 E. Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50010. Ph: 515-22-7492;gretta@ iowaturkey.org; sheila@iowaturkey.org; www.iowaturkey.org.

JUN 14-15 — ANNUAL POULTRY FESTIVAL, Rogers, Ark. Contact: Poultry Federation, P.O. Box 1446, Little Rock, Ark. 72203. Ph: 501-3758131; www.thepoultryfederation.com.

JUN 19-21 — GEA - GEC ANNUAL MTNGS., King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island, Ga. Contact: Jewell Hutto, Georgia Egg Assocation - Georgia Egg Commission, P.O. Box 2929, Suwanee, Ga. 30024.

Ph: 770-932-4622; goodeggs@bellsouth.net; www.georgiaeggs.org.

JUN 19-21 — MTGA SUMMER MTNG., Grand View Lodge, Nisswa, Minn.

Contact: Lara Durben, Minnesota Turkey Growers Association. Ph 763-6822171; ldurben@minnesotaturkey.com.

JUN 20-22 — NCC SUMMER BOARD MTNG., Newport Coast, Calif.

Contact: National Chicken Council, 1052 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. Ph: 202-296-2622; ncc@ chickenusa.org; www.nationalchickencouncil.org; www.eatchicken.com.

JUN 21-22 — DELMARVA CHICKEN FESTIVAL, Snow Hill, Md. Contact: Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., 16686 County Seat Hwy., Georgetown, Del. 19947-4881; dpi@dpichicken.com; www.dpichicken.com JUN 24-26 — FINANCIAL MGMNT. SMNR., Orlando, Fla. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-4939401, seminar@uspoultry.org,

w w w. p o u l t r y e g g i n s t i t u t e . o r g .

JUL 27-30 — TPF ANNUAL CONV., San Antonio, Texas. Contact: Texas Poultry Federation, 595 Round Rock W. Drive, Suite 305, Round Rock, Texas 78581. Ph: 512-248-0600; tpf@ texspoultry.org; www.texaspoultry.org.

JUL 9-10 — HATCHERY BREEDER CLINIC, The Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, Ala. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

JUL 10-11 — AEB BOARD MTNG., Chicago, Ill. Contact: American Egg Board, 1460 Renaissance Drive, Park Ridge, Ill. 60068. Ph: 847-2967043; aeb@aeb.org; www.aeb.org.

JUL 16-17 — INFORMATION SYSTEMS SMNR., Doubletree Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

JUL 18-20 — AAMP CONV., Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston, S.C. Contact: American Association of Meat Processors, 1 Meating Place, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022. Ph: 717-367-1168; aamp@ aamp.com; www.aamp.com.

JUL 21-23 — NCC & NPFDA CHICKEN MARKETING SMNR., Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Contact: National Chicken Council, 1015 15th St., N.W., Suite 930, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-296-2622, www.nationalchickencouncil.com, www.eatchicken.com; or National Poultry & Food Distributors Association, 2014 Osborne Road, St. Marys, Ga. 31558, 770-5359901, kkm@npfda.org, www.npfda.org.

JUL 21-25 — PSA ANNUAL CONV., Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, Calif. Contact: Poultry Science Association, 2441 Village Green Place, Champaign, Ill. 61882. Ph: 217-356-5285; pas@ assochq.org; www.poultryscience.org.

JUL 22-23 — AP&EA ANNUAL MTNG., Destin, Fla. Contact: Alabama Poultry & Egg Association, P.O. Box 240, Montgomery, Ala. 36101. Ph: 334265-2732; www.alabamapoultry.org.

AUG 8-9 — NCPF ANNUAL CONF., Greensboro, N.C. Contact: North Carolina Poultry Federation, 4020 Barrett Drive, Suite 102, Raleigh, N.C. 27609. Ph: 919-783-8218; rlford@ ncpoultry.org; www.ncpoultry.org.

AUG 16-17 — TPA ANNUAL MTNG. / SUMMER GETAWAY, Hilton Downtown, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: Tennessee Poultry Association, P.O. Box 1525, Shelbyville, Tenn. 371621525. Ph: 931-225-1123; dbarnett@ tnpoultry.org; www.tnpoultry.org.

AUG 19-21 — NATIONAL SAFETY CONF. FOR THE POULTRY INDUSTRY, Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Fla. Contact: U.S. Poultry

& Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

AUG 19-29 — UEP AREA MTNGS., TBA. Contact: United Egg Producers, 1720 Windward Concourse, Suite 230, Alpharetta, Ga. 30005. Ph: 770360-9220; www.unitedegg.com.

AUG 22-23 — WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP CONF., Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Fla. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

AUG 24 — GPF NIGHT OF KNIGHTS, Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: Georgia Poultry Federation, P.O. Box 763, Gainesville, Ga. 30503. Ph: 770-532-0473; beverly@gapf.org; www.gapf.org.

AEP 10-11 — POULTRY PROCESSING & SAFETY WKSHP., Athens, Ga. Contact: Poultry Processing & Safety Workshop, Extension Food Science Outreach, University of Georgia, 240A Food Science Bldg., Athens, Ga. 30602-2610. Ph: 706-542-2574; http://EFonline.uga.edu; EFS!uga.edu.

SEP 10-12 — AFIA LIQUID FEED SYMPM., Union Station Marriott, St. Louis, Mo. Contact: American Feed Industry Association, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 916. Arlington, Va. 22201. Ph: 703524-0810; afia@afia.org; www.afia.org.

SEP 17-18 — POULTLRY PRODUCTION & HEALTH SMNR., Marriott Downtown, Memphis, Tenn. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-493-9401, seminar@uspoultry. org, www.poultryegginstitute.org.

SEP 19-20— CPF ANNUAL MTNG. & CONF., Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey, Calif. Contact: California Poultry Federation, 4640 Spyres Way, Suite 4, Modesto, Calif. 95356.

Ph: 209-576-6355; www.cpif.org.

SEP 24-25 — GEORGIA POULTRY CONF., Classic Center, Athens, Ga. Contact: Extension Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 30602, Ph: 706-542-1325; or Georgia Poultry Federation, P.O. Box 763, Gainesville, Ga. 30503. Ph: 770-532-0473.

SEP 30-Oct. 2 — NATIONAL MTNG. POULTRY HEALTH & PROCESSING, Ocean City, Md. Contact: Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., 16686 County Seat Hwy., Georgetown, Del. 199474881; dpi@dpichicken.com; www. dpichicken.com cchichicken. com; www.dpichicken.cken.com OCT 3-4 — PPFC SEMINAR, Doubletree Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: Poultry Protein & Fat Council, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084.

Ph: 770-493-9401; info@uspoultry.org; www.uspoultry.org/ppfc.

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Sanderson Farms to build poultry complex in Texas JACKSON, Miss. — Sanderson Farms has announced plans to build a hatchery, processing plant. waste water facility and feed mill complex near Palestine, Texas.

The company plans to invest approximately $92 million on construction of a hatchery and processing plant in Anderson County and an addition $32 million on the feed mill in Freestone County. Once the hatchery and processing plant is open, the company expects to employ up to 1,000 people.

The new facility would complement the company’s existing operations located in Bryan and Waco, Texas.

Joe F. Sanderson Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Sanderson Farms Inc., said, “The state of Texas has been an outstanding place for Sanderson Farms to do business. We look forward to the new marketing opportunities the new facility will create for us in this important region.”

However, Sanderson said, construction of the new facility remains on hold until the company has a better visibility on future prices and

availability of grain. In addition, the company must also obtain necessary permits, negotiate construction contracts and obtain board approval to move forward with the project.

Wendy Ellis, economic development director for the City of Palestine Economic Development Corp., noted that the project is a longterm capital investment and will be the third complex of this nature built in Texas.

“Sanderson Farms has a reputation for being an outstanding corporate partner wherever they are located,” Ellis said, adding, “The leadership in Waco and McLennan County has enjoyed an outstanding relationship with them and has seen positive impacts in their area from the complex that was built there.

Along with the relationship with Sanderson Farms, we look forward to putting together a collaborative effort with our neighbors in Freestone County to provide what the company needs to build in this area.”

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“However, the sharp decline in the slaughter rate was almost totally offset by a strong increase (up 2.2 percent) in average bird liveweight at slaughter to 5.91 pounds,” the report noted.

For broiler meat in cold storage, in December, the total was 653 million pounds, an increase of 11 percent from 2011 numbers and an increase of 30 million pounds from 2012’s third quarter, ERS said.

“Cold storage holdings rose during fourth quarter 2012, partially due to strong gains in broiler meat production during that period, although the increase was likely moderated by strong exports and strong demand,” the report noted. “With higher levels of broiler meat production forecast throughout 2013, cold storage levels are expected to be higher during first quarter 2013 and to have a small gain in the second quarter. With continued strong exports and improving domestic demand, cold storage levels are expected to fall below year-earlier levels in the second half of 2013.”

It’s uncertain exactly how production and holdings will affect chicken prices, ERS noted.

“With higher broiler meat production expected in the first half of 2013 and 10 percent higher cold storage holdings at the start of 2013, broiler prices in general would be expected to be facing some downward pressure,” the report adds. “This may be countered by relatively high prices for competing meats, a growing economy, and a continued strong market for broiler exports.”

Eggs ERS is projecting slight increases for table eggs for the entire year.

“Production increases are expected to occur in all four quarters, but most of the total increase is expected in the first half of the year,” the report notes. “The production growth is expected to come from

increases in the number of hens in the table egg flock, with relatively little change in the rate of eggs produced per bird.

“Egg production in 2013 will be sensitive to changes in feed costs, but relatively strong prices in 2012 are expected to encourage expanded production. Higher egg production is also expected to be supported by a gradually expanding domestic economy.”

The number of table eggs was higher in 2012, with a 2 percent increase noted in December. “Table egg production totaled 1.73 billion dozen in fourth quarter 2012, an increase of 2.7 percent from the same period in 2011,” the report noted.

Hatching eggs for the year are being forecast at 1.04 billion dozen, which is up 0.9 percent from last year, ERS said.. This increase is the result of broiler increases for 2013 and the need for additional meattype birds.

“The gain in production is expected to come from a small increase in the number of hens in the meat-type egg supply flock,” ERS noted. “The production of hatching eggs is dominated by the production of meat-type eggs to produce broiler chicks for growout. In 2012, these eggs accounted for 93 percent of all hatching egg production.”

In regard to egg prices, the department notes that, “the gains in the table egg production throughout 2012 would normally place downward pressure on prices. However, there was a strong increase in prices in third quarter 2012, due in considerable part to strong export shipments to Mexico. This pushed the wholesale prices for one dozen grade A large eggs in the New York market to $1.17 per dozen in 2012, 1.9 percent higher than the previous year.

“Prices in 2013 are expected to be higher during the first half of the year but to become lower in the second half and average slightly lower for all of 2013.”

Turkey The forecast for turkey meat production for the year, at 6 billion pounds, if this holds true would make 2013 the third consecutive year with a production increase, ERS said.

For the year, the reported noted that, “turkey meat production is expected to be slightly lower in the second quarter compared with the previous year, but this decline is expected to be offset by gains in production in the other three quarters. The increased meat production is expected to arise from a higher average liveweight at slaughter, as the number of birds slaughtered is expected to remain very close to that in 2012.

“Turkey producers, like other livestock producers, will continue to be influenced by the uncertainty in the outlook for feed costs.”

There were 250.2 million turkeys slaughtered in 2012, a 1.4 percent increase from 2011. The average liveweight of birds at time of slaughter last year also increased by 1.4 percent to 29.8 pounds, the report noted. In December, the average liveweight was 30.8 pounds.

Production increases led to an increase in cold storage holdings for both whole birds and turkey parts.

“At the end of December 2012, turkey cold storage holdings totaled 295 million pounds, up 40 percent from a year earlier,” the report noted.

For prices, ERS adds that, “the national price for frozen whole hen turkeys averaged 96.3 cents per pound in January 2013, a decrease of 2 percent from January 2012, a small decline considering the size of the increase in stocks of whole turkeys. With large stocks and slightly higher production expected during 2013, prices for whole turkeys are likely to remain under strong downward price pressure during at least the first half of 2013.”

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things” Church’s Chicken evaluates in a partnership. The first is transparency, with a real partnership and relationship between companies.

Second is effective and timely communication, and this needs to be fluid through the organizations so as to know and understand each other’s business. Third is profitability, as companies have to be profitable to drive sustainability.

“The key takeaway for mutual success from our perspective is to engage, understand, plan, create, execute and then replicate it all again,” he said.

“This year, if we get rain in the Midwest, we can have $4 dollar per bushel corn. If it doesn’t rain, we can have $10 dollar per bushel corn,” said Dr. Paul Aho, economist, Poultry Perspectives.

The question is if the U.S. is going to have a drought this year. The chance of a drought in any given

year is 17 percent, and the U.S. had gone 24 years without a significant drought until last year. Corn stocks have gone from about 20 percent down to 10 percent as a result of the 2012 drought, and Aho’s estimate for corn prices, minus a drought, is around $5 per bushel this year or next year.

Aho noted that the rising cost of beef in 2014 will result in poultry consumption surpassing red meat consumption next year. He also predicted that chicken production shall surpass beef production in 2014.

Mike Donohue, vice president, Agri Stats Inc., discussed performance trends for the poultry and egg industry. He commented that the industry continues to be very effective at producing chickens, turkeys and eggs; and big birds continue to gain ground in production efficiency.

However, the industry is beset by a crisis in availability and expense for feed.

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Maryland.

Past recipients of this award include: 1991: Frank Perdue, Perdue Farms 1992: Lloyd Peterson, Peterson Farms 1993: Don Tyson, Tyson Foods 1994: Henry Saglio, Avian Farms 1995: Joe Hatfield, Fieldale Farms 1996: Lonnie (Bo) Pilgrim, Pilgrim’s Pride 1997: Albin S. Johnson, Columbia Farms 1998: James T. (Red) Hudson, Hudson Foods 1999: Norman Fries, Claxton Poultry 2000: J. Douglas Cagle, Cagle’s Inc. 2001: Abit Massey, Georgia Poultry Federation 2002: George Watts, National Chicken Council 2003: Marshall Durbin Jr, Mar-

shall Durbin Cos. 2004: Thomas Arrendale, Fieldale Farms 2005: S. Truett Cathy, Chick-filA 2006: Colonel Harland Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken 2007: Marvin Johnson, House of Raeford 2008: Doug Carnes, Mar-Jac Poultry 2009: Terry Tucker, Maple Leaf Farms 2010: Eric Joiner, AJC International 2011: Tom Rueger, Eastern Poultry Distributors 2012: Jim Sumner, USA Poultry & Egg Export Council More information about the National Poultry & Food Distributors Association can be obtained from Kristin McWhorter, executive director: Ph: 770-535-9901; www. npfda.org; e-mail: kkm@npfda.org; 2014 Osborne Road, Saint Marys, Ga. 31558.

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Markets Compiled by David B. Strickland, Editor 770-718-3442 dstrickland@poultrytimes.net

Nat’l. Broiler Market: (Mar. 5): Whole broiler/fryer prices were trending steady in the West. steady to firm in the Midwest and firm

to higher in the East. Offerings were in a tight balance and clearing with premiums noted. Demand covered the full range but was noted as mostly moderate to good. Floor stocks were balanced as buyers were cautious in their purchasing.

Market activity for whole birds was moderate to active.

In the parts structure, movement was moderate as dealers braced for inclement weather conditions moving into parts of the Northeast.

Prices were trending firm to higher for leg quarters, steady to firm for breast items and generally steady for the balance of items. Offerings were adequate to balanced for breast cuts.

Leg quarters were no more than adequate to closely cleared. Wings were light to heavy, mostly moderate to heavy and other items were sufficient for current needs.

Market activity for parts was slow to moderate. In production areas, live supplies were moderate at mixed but mostly desirable eights.

F owl: Mar. 1: Live spent heavy fowl

Final prices at Farm Buyer Loading (per pound): range 10-22½¢

P arts: Georgia:

The f.o.b. dock quoted prices on ice-pack parts based on truckload and pool truckload lots for the week of Mar. 4: line run tenders $1.86; skinless/boneless breasts $1.66; whole breasts $1.09½; boneless/skinless thigh meat $1.36½; thighs 74½¢; drumsticks 73¢; leg quarters 54¢; wings $1.79½.

N ational Slaughter: Broiler: Estimated slaughter

for week ending Mar. 2 is 155,694,000.

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 Feb. 26 Mar. 5

Cal-Maine 47.66 39.67 40.66 Campbell Soup 42.16 40.38 41.69 ConAgra 34.95 33.82 34.73 Hormel 38.31 37.00 38.17 Pilgrim’s Pride 9.90 8.62 9.15 Sanderson Farms 55.87 50.42 52.63 Seaboard 2888.00 2727.97 2806.25 Tyson 24.31 22.40 23.21 (Courtesy: A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc.)

Mar. 1

Extra Large Regions: Northeast 104.50 Southeast 106.50 Midwest 97.50 South Central 109.50 Combined 104.71

Large

Medium

102.00 104.50 95.50 105.50 102.01

86.00 82.00 77.50 81.50 81.69

Computed from simple weekly averages weighted by regional area populations

Grain Prices OHIO COUNTRY ELEV. Feb. 21 Feb. 26 Mar. 5 No. 2 Yellow Corn/bu. $7.22 $7.11 $7.28 Soybeans/bu. $14.83 $14.41 $14.68 (Courtesy: Prospect Farmers Exchange, Prospect, Ohio)

Broiler Eggs Set/Chicks Placed in 19 States

EGGS SET (Thousands)

CHICKS PLACED (Thousands)

Feb. 9

Feb. 16

Feb. 23

Mar. 2

Feb. 9

Feb. 16

Feb. 23

Mar. 2

Del Fla Ga Ky La Md Miss Mo. N.C. Okla Pa S.C. Tex Va Other states

27,881 21,867 8,622 3,415 1,223 33,088 7,765 3,273 7,213 17,305 8,154 19,908 7,020 3,780 5,283 14,905 6,392 7,801

28,071 21,859 10,392 3,415 1,221 33,069 7,680 3,288 7,198 17,272 8,216 20,173 6,992 3,806 5,311 14,804 6,217 7,818

28,189 21,840 10,189 3,419 1,223 33,125 7,672 3,349 7,213 17,606 8,105 20,316 6,837 3,828 5,492 15,017 6,188 7,873

27,967 21,816 10,498 3,380 1,221 33,785 7,551 3,364 7,254 17,516 8,110 20,165 6,918 3,719 5,417 15,151 6,396 7,877

21,285 19,729 10,118 3,891 1,276 25,750 5,970 2,951 5,815 14,389 5,653 15,757 4,292 3,193 4,589 12,147 5,386 5,642

21,471 19,327 10,272 4,141 1,588 25,981 5,719 2,930 6,310 14,553 5,699 15,464 4,842 2,778 5,643 12,100 4,592 6,046

21,560 20,166 9,629 4,202 1,194 26,446 5,943 2,964 5,684 14,629 5,630 15,919 4,400 2,885 4,572 12,326 5,454 5,889

21,280 20,311 9,145 4,011 1,089 26,348 5,802 2,967 5,602 14,814 5,172 15,710 4,996 3,127 4,436 12,431 5,105 5,877

19 States Total

197,094

198,984

199,608

200,228

162,191

163,410

163,603

162,346

% Prev. yr.

101

102

102

101

100

101

102

99

Ala Ark

Ca,Tn,Wv

1/Current week as percent of same week last year.

Estimates: The estimated number of broilerfryers available for slaughter the week ending Mar. 2 was 155.4 million head, compared to 153.5 million head slaughtered the same week last year, notes USDA.

Broiler/Fryer Report

Industry Stock Report The following chart provides an annual high and a comparison of recent activity of major poultry company stocks.

Actual slaughter for the week ending Feb. 23 was 156,508,000.

Heavy-type hen: Estimated slaughter for the week ending Mar. 2 is 1,293,000.

Actual slaughter for the week ending Feb. 23 was 1,235,000.

Light-type hen: Estimated slaughter for the week ending Mar. 2 is 1,461,000. Actual slaughter for the week ending Feb. 23 was 1,675,000.

Total: Week of Mar. 2: 158,448,000.

Week of Feb. 23: 159,418,000.

USDA National Composite Weighted Average For week of: Mar. 1 For week of: Feb. 22

104.52¢ 101.66¢

Majority (whole body) Mar. 1 Eastern Region: $1.02--$1.09 New York: $1.04--$1.10 Central Region: 95¢--$.103 Chicago: 9 7¢--$1.03 Western Region: $1.05--$1.10 Los Angeles: $1.06--$1.10 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 Mar. 1 Last year Hens (8-16 lbs.)

94.50 101.52 Toms (16-24 lbs.)

95.91 101.44 Week ending Feb. 22 Hens (8-16 lbs.)

Toms (16-24 lbs.)

92.65 92.75

Feb. avg.

95.00 95.30

Egg Markets USDA quotations New York cartoned del. store-door: Feb. 26 Mar. 5 $1.09--$1.13 $1.16--$1.20 Extra large, up 7¢ Large, up 7¢ $1.07--$1.11 $1.14--$1.18 Medium, up 7¢ 92¢--96¢ 99¢--$1.03 Southeast Regional del. warehouse: Feb. 26 Mar. 5 Extra large, up 1¢ $1.03½--$1.23 $1.04½--$1.23 Large, up 1¢ $1.02--$1.19 $1.03--$1.19 Medium, up 1¢ 79½¢--97¢ 80½¢--97¢

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Easter egg decorating tips to “dye” for PARK RIDGE, Ill — Nearly 200 million eggs are purchased for Easter celebrations in the U.S. every year.

Whether young or young at heart, hard-boiling eggs and then decorating them is a favorite family pastime that brings out the creative side in everyone.

According to a recent American Egg Board survey, nearly two-thirds (61 percent) of respondents say their families decorate one to two dozen eggs each year.

“Eggs are like a blank canvas — the decorating possibilities are endless and you don’t have to stick to a standard store-bought kit,” says Sabrina Soto, HGTV interior designer. “In addition to dyeing eggs in beautiful colors, dress them up with items already sitting in your kitchen or closet like scraps of ribbon, buttons, glitter or even confetti.”

Here are a few more tips from Soto to get your egg decorating creativity hopping: yy Perfect Polka: Use the eraser end of a pencil to paint perfect polka dots on the egg. Just dip the eraser

into acrylic craft paint and dab onto the egg. Make different patterns and use different colors to create perfect designs. yy Tattoo Decor: Kids always have those temporary tattoos lying around their rooms! Why not make egg decorating simple? Apply those same tattoos to eggs for a professional and easy look that kids will love. yy Ribbon Wrap: Tie a beautiful ribbon around a dyed egg. Mix colors and patterns for fun visual interest. Adorn with craft or fabric flowers, even buttons. For a more rustic look, use natural fibers such as hemp or twine with dried flowers in place of the ribbons.

Hard-Boil “After interior design, cooking is my second passion,” says Soto.

“It always surprises me that while many people love to decorate eggs, they don’t know how to hard-boil eggs properly.”

In fact, less than one-quarter

(23 percent) of survey respondents know the correct way to hard-boil eggs.

What many don’t know is the key to hard-boiling eggs is not to boil them.

Eggs that are cooked too long or at too high of a temperature become tough and rubbery, causing them to have unattractive green rings around the yolks.

Follow these steps for bright yellow yolks and tender whites every time: yy Step 1: Put eggs in pan, add water, cover, bring to boil yy Step 2: Turn off heat, let stand for 12 minutes yy Step 3: Run cold water over eggs to cool and get ready to decorate Soto recommends buying eggs a week to 10 days before decorating so they will be easier to peel.

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POULTRY TIMES, March 18, 2013

NCPF inducts two into group’s Hall of Fame RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Poultry Federation has inducted William F. (Bill) Morris Jr. and Ferdinand J. (Sonny) Faison Jr. into the 2012 NCPF Hall of Fame.

The two were selected by the NCPF Executive Board to receive the award which is presented to honor those in the poultry industry who make invaluable, lifelong contributions to industry progress and the community.

Morris was founder and president until his retirement in 2002 of Morris and Associates Inc. of Raleigh, a refrigeration equipment company in operation since 1949. The company manufactures refrigeration products for the poultry industry and a line of

ice makers for commercial markets.

Morris patented the first continuous process chilling systems, still in common use today, and also patented the first high-sided auger chiller. His continual development of new products has earned him 19 patents, and in 1990 he received the Governor’s New Product Award for his thermal storage ice harvesters.

He is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and member of the N.C. Society of Professional Engineers. He is a lifetime member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers.

Morris and his wife Marsha have six children, 10 grandchildren and

five great-grandchildren.

The Hall of Fame award was presented posthumously to Faison and accepted by his wife Dorothy at the awards presentation.

Faison joined Carroll’s Foods in 1974 and became president in 1983, holding that position until he retired in 2000.

In more than 25 years with Carroll’s Foods, he never missed a day of work. He was proud of the success of his company and the growth of the poultry and swine industries in North Carolina.

A graduate of Wake Forest College, Faison enjoyed all types of sporting events. He and his wife had three sons.

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USDA and partners invest in conservation for health of the Mississippi River basin WASHINGTON — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the investment of $59 million this year from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for the health of the Mississippi River basin, making a total of approximately $289 million for the initiative that reduces nutrient and sediment run-off.

“The Mississippi River basin is an example of how voluntary conservation practices in small watersheds can help improve a larger system,” said Vilsack. “This initiative provides an opportunity for farmers and ranchers to voluntarily do their part and get recognized for it, while also continuing to build on the success of our producers, partners and other state and federal agencies whose combined efforts have made significant prog-

ress toward reducing nitrogen and sediment runoff in the Mississippi River Basin.”

More than 640 small watersheds across 13 states are part of the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative, which is in its fourth year.

Through cooperative conservation partnerships, NRCS works with hundreds of local organizations and conservation experts to focus funds to help the greater efforts of water quality improvements in the river.

By using a partnership approach, resources are targeting to the most vulnerable acres in the watershed with the most sediment and nutrient losses.

Producers and landowners work with NRCS to begin voluntary conservation practices to improve

water quality, restore wetlands, enhance wildlife habitat and sustain agricultural profitability in the basin.

Previous conservation on cropland in the upper river basin reduced edge-of-water sediment losses by about 61 percent, nitrogen by 20 percent and phosphorus by 44 percent, according to NRCS’ conservation effects assessment project, showing how effective conservation is for the basin’s health.

In addition to its role in providing drinking water, food, industry and recreation for millions of people, NRCS has identified the basin as a top priority due to water quality concerns, primarily related to the effects of nutrient loading on the health of local water bodies and, eventually, the Gulf of Mexico.

Hall of Fame: Dorothy Faison accepts the plaque honoring her late husband, Ferdinand J. (Sonny) Faison Jr., upon his induction into the North Carolina Poultry Federation Hall of Fame. NCPF President Scott Prestage made the presentation on behalf of the federation.

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Hall of Fame: William F. (Bill) Morris Jr. receives the North Carolina Poultry Federation Hall of Fame award. Standing are, left to right, son Bill Morris III, wife Marsha Foster Morris and long-time friend Black Lovette, who presented the award on behalf of the federation.

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