The Turkey Committee of The Poultry Federation elected new officers for the 2010-2011 year during the Annual Turkey Meeting held September 10-11 in Branson Missouri at Thousand Hills Resort. Randy Jones of Cargill was elected Chairman and Galen Davis of Butterball was elected Vice-Chairman. Outgoing Chairman Doug Pfleifler of Butterball presided over the annual meeting and was recognized for his service. Also recognized and honored for his work in the turkey industry was Mike Briggs, formerly with Cargill and Willowbrook Foods.
Over 250 people attended the 2-day event which was a record breaking number for the meeting. In addition to the business meeting and educational sessions, attendees and their families enjoyed participating in different sporting events such as golf, skeet shoot, and a horseshoe tournament. Tim Alsup of Cargill served as golf chairman and he too reported a record breaking attendance in the outing. (Sports winners are listed below.) Plans are already underway for next year...so mark your calendar now for Sept. 16-17, 2011 in Branson, MO!
Sponsors for the event included: Ag Forte, Ag Equip, Alltech, Alpharma, Bayer Animal Health, Bimeda, Butterball, BVS, Cargill, CEVA Biomune, ChemGen, CID Lines, CleanMart, Clearview Enterprises, Cumberland, DSM Nutritional Products, Elanco, DSM Nutritional Products, Elanco, ETW Enterprises/WJ Poultry Bedding, Evonik Degussa, Farm Credit Services-Green Forest, First Financial Bank, General Chemical, H.J. Baker & Bro., Hogan Dedicated Services, Hybrid Turkey, Intervet/Schering Plough, Ivesco, Jones-Hamilton Company, Kemin Industries, Latco, Lohmann, Med-Pharmex Animal Health, Nicholas Turkey, Novus International, Pennfield Animal Health, Penske Logistics, Phibro Animal Health, Ralco Nutrition, Reliable Poultry, Thompson Trucking, and Walco International.
Turkey Golf Tournament
1st Place
Carl Jones, Latco
Dean Lee, Cargill
Keith Childress, CEVA Biomune
Tom McCullough, Gladwin A. Read
2nd Place
Jerod Berry, Powell Milling
Jackie Davis, Powell Milling
Troy Loula, Cumberland Equipment
Mark Koechner, Koechner Mfg.
3rd Place
Brad Turner, Butterball
Brad King, Butterball
Jim Luper, RCDC
Carl Sloan, Butterball
Turkey Skeet Shoot
Gerald Duncan, Cargill
Turkey Horseshoes
1st Place
David Kenyon, Nicholas Turkey
2nd Place
James “Bubba” Slaten, CleanMart
3rd Place
Gary Hall, Hybrid Turkey