Service Technicians in the poultry industry were honored at the Spring Symposium for Live Production personnel on April 21st at the Springdale Holiday Inn.

Stephanie Epps of Simmons Foods, Steve Harrington of Wayne Farms, and William May of O.K. Farms were recognized as outstanding service technicians in the Broiler division.  Chance Bryant of Cobb-Vantress Inc. and Rodney Standridge of Keith-Smith Company were recognized as outstanding services technicians in the Breeder division.  Taking top honors were Stephanie Epps (Broiler) and Rodney Standridge (Breeder).

Over 400 live production personnel and vendors attended the educational conference and tradeshow.  Keynote speakers from the industry addressed the attendees in the morning session and breakout sessions for broilers, breeders, turkey, and hatchery were held in the afternoon.  This is an annual event planned by the Poultry Improvement Committee of The Poultry Federation.