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The poultry industry’s primary existential question may not be about the chicken and the egg after all. Perhaps one should ask, “Which came first: the chicken or the producer? The obvious image that comes to mind when one thinks of …

Photos by Scott Wood The 65th Annual Poultry Festival June 20–21 in Rogers, Arkansas, promises an experience worthy of the king of the jungle. This year’s milestone event, themed “Welcome to the Jungle,” celebrates the strength, resilience and community of …

There are lots of folks who call the Hogs in Arkansas, but perhaps no one is as passionate about pork as Holly Payne and Aaron Baldwin, co-owners of Porch Swing Farms in Bigelow. The couple launched the business in 2021, …

Blake Rollins hit the ground running, but then again, he did not have much of a choice. The newly-minted executive vice president of the Poultry Federation barely had time to move into his new Little Rock office before he headed …

Arkansas produces some eye-opening numbers related to its robust poultry industry, which entails the production of broilers, eggs and turkeys. The state ranks third in the nation in broiler production and value, third in the country for the number of …

Arkansas is the Natural State, but it is undoubtedly also a poultry state. The value of all the broilers, eggs and turkeys produced in Arkansas delivers an annual economic impact of $6.7 billion to the state. Arkansas is No. 3 …

Whether one wants to chat about chicken or talk turkey, the numbers don’t lie. Poultry is coming off a big year. The industry experienced a $77 billion 2022, to be precise, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s up …

For Kendra Waldbusser of Pilgrim’s Pride, the story of poultry should be an easy sell. And it is. More Americans than ever are eating chicken. In 2022, the combined value of production from the poultry industry — broilers, eggs, turkeys …

That old barnyard rogue, Foghorn Leghorn, helped carry Warner Brothers’ cartoon franchises from 1946 through 1964. And through syndication, seemingly will do so into perpetuity. The bombastic rooster with the thick Southern accent surely ranks among the most recognizable and …

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture confirmed a case of avian influenza in a backyard flock in Arkansas County that had shown increased mortality over the course of several days, marking the third confirmed case of avian influenza in Arkansas this …