It was an exciting day on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol during Thanksgiving week. The Poultry Federation joined forces with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Arkansas FFA, and Arkansas 4H to be a part of the annual Turkey Proclamation presentation. 

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The National Chicken Council (NCC), National Turkey Federation (NTF) and USA Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) today applauded the announcement that China will lift its ban on imports of U.S. poultry products. The ban was enacted in 2015 after the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. While the U.S. has been free of HPAI since 2017, China had yet to lift the ban. 

A powerhouse, The Poultry Federation is proud to have President, Marvin Childers, along with six key leaders from its poultry company members hold space in the publication titled Arkansas' 250 Most Influential Leaders. 

Washington, D.C.– The incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the poultry sector’s slaughter and processing workforce has fallen by 84 percent over the last 25 years and continues to decline according to the 2018 Injury and Illness Report recently released by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Springdale, Arkansas  – Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) today announced that its board of directors has named independent director Dean Banks, 46, president of the company, effective December 20, 2019.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Clint Rivers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wayne Farms LLC (Oakwood, Georgia) was installed as 2019-2020 Chairman of the National Chicken Council (NCC) during NCC’s 65h Annual Conference held today in Washington, D.C. Rivers succeeds outgoing chairman Mark Kaminsky, Chief Operating Officer at Koch Foods (Park Ridge, Illinois).

Boehringer Ingelheim, a leading provider of animal health products for poultry, pets and livestock, marked the completion of work on October 9 on the expansion of its site in Athens, Georgia.

Novus International Inc. has announced that François Fraudeau plans to retire as president and CEO after 28 successful years with the company.

Zinpro Corporation, the industry leader in performance trace mineral nutrition for livestock, poultry, aquaculture and companion animals, announces that Alia Aljamal, Ph.D., has joined the company as a poultry research assistant.

Marel celebrated 75 years of operations at its location in Gainesville, Georgia. To mark the occasion, the company celebrated with a luncheon where Georgia Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black and Georgia State Senator Butch Miller along with Executive Management from Marel spoke to the audience.