The Joint Poultry Industry Safety Award Program is currently accepting applications from poultry industry facilities with outstanding safety programs. The program is open to National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association members with poultry processing plants, further processing facilities, egg processing plants, hatcheries, feed mills and rendering facilities that, through the implementation of innovative and effective programs, have injury and illness rates below the industry average for three consecutive years.
Continue reading »
The 2020 forecast for total red meat and poultry production is raised from last month on higher forecast beef, pork, and broiler production, according to USDA’s latest WASDE report.
Continue reading »
Case Farms achieved another safety milestone on Saturday, January 25th after their Goldsboro processing facility reached two million hours without experiencing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable lost-time accident (LTA). The facility reached one million hours without a recordable LTA in September 2019.
Continue reading »
Associates from Perdue Farms’ operations in Perry, Georgia, recently presented a check for a record $182,514.22 to the United Way of Central Georgia. The contribution, a 20-percent increase from last year, included $166,514.22 in associate contributions and a $16,000 grant provided by the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms. Perdue employs 2,400 associates in Perry.
Continue reading »
Recent Comments