FAYETTEVILLE, AR. – Michael T. Kidd, director of the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science and head for the Poultry Science Department at the University of Arkansas,

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Accomplished poultry industry veteran Dr. Greg Rosales has been honored with the Lasher-Bottorff Award by the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP). He was recognized at the AAAP’s annual meeting, held July 13-17 in Denver, Colo.

Based on the proliferation of vegetable-based milk substitutes, organizations representing the dairy industry have petitioned the FDA to establish standards restricting the "milk" designation to products derived from udders. Concern over nomenclature of plant-based foods involves accurate information for consumers.

SPRINGDALE, AR – Ten years after his appointment as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Tyson Foods, and about four months after retiring from his 28-year career with the company, Dennis Leatherby died suddenly Aug. 6, after reportedly suffering from a heart attack. Leatherby was 58.

EAST HARTFORD, CT – BioSafe Systems is pleased to announce the addition of a commercial service center located in Springdale, AR. This facility will be the hub of coordination for service provided to on-the-farm and protein processing plants within the Southern US.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow commercial imports of U.S. poultry meat and products into Morocco for the first time.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Sam M. Walton College of Business Dept. of Information Systems at the Univ. of Arkansas announced on Aug. 2 that it established a Blockchain Center of Excellence.

Chance Bryant has been promoted to director of U.S. technical service. He now leads the U.S. technical team and manages allaspects of customer technical support.

Bryant holds a Bachelor ofScience degree in Agriculture Business from Arkansas Tech University.A 28-year poultry industry veteran, Bryant has been a Cobb team member since 2007. He most recently served as associate technical director for the western U.S. and was previously a technical service advisor.

There are many statistical measures that show how productive the U.S. is. Its economy is the largest in the world and grew at a rate of 4.1 percent last quarter, its fastest pace since 2014.

The National Chicken Council (NCC) is introducing a series of “virtual reality videos” to its Chicken Check In program, a resource that teaches consumers how meat chickens are raised.