The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of 10 new members to the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) and an additional new member to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).

SPRINGDALE, AR — As part of its commitment to team member safety and continually evolving efforts to protect workers from COVID-19, Tyson Foods Inc. is launching a new, industry-leading monitoring program and expanding its occupational health staff, including a new chief medical officer position.

GREENFIELD, IN — While it is clear that gut health in broilers has an impact on bird performance, it is not always easy to quantify and effectively track this.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Today, Governor Mike Parson will join Missouri 4-H and FFA exhibitors from across the state to celebrate the future of Missouri agriculture.

LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Poultry Federation (TPF) awarded $166,000 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year to 21 graduate and 40 undergraduate students majoring in poultry related studies at Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma universities.

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Global poultry breeding company Aviagen^® has loaned a molecular diagnostic testing machine to a medical facility in Mobile, AL.

SPRINGDALE, AR — On the same day it announced its fiscal third quarter results, Tyson Foods Inc. also said the company is appointing a new chief executive officer.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR - Safe Foods Corporation announced Monday that Blake Broadaway has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. Broadaway has been with Safe Foods since 2018, most recently as the company's Director of Sales, North America.

WALBRIDGE, OH—Jones‐Hamilton Co. announces the promotion of Blake Gibson to the role of Division Manager for the Agricultural Division. Gibson joined the company in 1994 as the Agricultural division’s founding employee, where he worked to introduce to the poultry industry to PLT® ‐ Poultry Litter Treatment one farm at a time.

Peco Foods, the nation’s eighth largest poultry company, has created three new positions after restructuring the sales and marketing department.