As the federal government shutdown continues, so do its impacts on the meat industry’s regulators.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Safe Foods Corporation announced Wednesday Kelly Conley has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Conley has been with Safe Foods for one year as the company’s Director of Finance. Prior to joining Safe Foods, Conley worked closely with the Company as a Senior Financial Analyst with a consulting company.

Grants for installing Renewable Energy Systems and for making Energy Efficiency Improvements are potentially available from USDA-Rural Development. The grant funds may be used to pay 25% of the eligible project costs, with a minimum grant request of $1,500 (total project cost of $6,000)

Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, announced the promotion of Randall (Randy) P. Breaux to president on Dec. 12, 2018.

WASHINGTON – The US Dept. of Interior’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released the latest data on meat and poultry packers and processors for 2017.

Egg producers have welcomed the strong animal health element to the US Farm Bill, which was signed off into law by President Donald Trump this week.

GARNER, N.C. — Jay Jandrain has been named president and CEO of Butterball LLC. He succeeds Kerry Doughty, who is stepping down for health reasons.

Leading poultry firms and stakeholders in the United States are among a group of major stakeholders who have signed up to a framework for antibiotics stewardship in animals.They have agreed that the use of medically important antibiotics in all settings, from human health care to livestock production, must be effectively managed to slow the emergence of resistant bacteria and preserve the effectiveness of drugs.

Referring to 2018 as one of the “most turbulent years in decades” in the global poultry industry, the forecast for the year ahead is expected to improve slightly amidst continued volatility in certain segments, according to Rabobank’s quarterly poultry report.

Between sinking unemployment rates, the challenge of retaining good labor to conduct repetitive tasks and the increasing need to optimize biosecurity, more and more poultry companies are turning to robotics to improve efficiency and production.