The Poultry Federation (TPF) is a multi-state trade organization representing the poultry and egg industry in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. TPF promotes and protects the interests of the industry and is a unified voice before the state governments. We rely on membership funding to support its representation of the poultry and egg industry.
Membership with The Poultry Federation includes every segment of the poultry and egg industry, including, but not limited to, feed milling, live production, hatchery, processing, packaging, commercial egg, marketing and all service and support activities. There are currently 22 poultry and egg company members and over 350 allied members represented within TPF.
If you supply services and/or products to poultry and egg companies, we invite you to join us in strengthening our industry by becoming a TPF Allied member. By becoming a member, you also make a valuable investment in your business - one that can reap priceless results. When you invest resources such as involvement in committees, participation in networking functions and the cost of dues, a positive return is definite.
The purpose of The Poultry Federation is to:
The purpose of The Poultry Federation (TPF) is to promote and protect all poultry interests relating to production, distribution, merchandising and consumption of poultry and poultry products; to disseminate information relating to the various phases of the poultry industry in order to improve and expand markets; to increase efficiency in production and marketing; to encourage and support research in production and marketing of poultry; and to encourage and support youth programs in poultry work.
TPF Mission Statement:
To maintain government relations for our members and to carry out the purposes of the organization, which are to promote and protect all poultry interests relating to production, distribution, merchandising and consumption of poultry and poultry products; to disseminate information relating to the various phases of the poultry industry in order to improve and expand markets; to increase efficiency in production and marketing; to encourage and support research in production and marketing of poultry; and to encourage and support youth programs in poultry work.
History of The Poultry Federation
The Arkansas Poultry Federation was established in 1954 Little Rock, Arkansas as a non-profit trade organization to represent the poultry and egg industries in the state. In 1998, the office consolidated with Oklahoma and Missouri and became The Poultry Federation (TPF). TPF headquarters are in Little Rock, Arkansas with satellite offices in Jefferson City, Missouri and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- 1954 - Year founded as Arkansas Poultry Federation
- 1959 - Held First Annual Poultry Festival in Little Rock
- 1976 - Don Allen named Executive Vice President
- 1998 - Consolidated with Missouri & Oklahoma to become The Poultry Federation
- 2000 - Morril Harriman named Executive Vice President
- 2007 - Marvin Childers named Executive Vice President
- 2009 - Celebrated the 50th Annual Poultry Festival in Rogers
