Food Safety Conference

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 …

In April 2023, researchers at Cargill, a global protein provider based in Minnesota, completed a study in which they evaluated egg-wash sanitizers and reduction of salmonella contamination in turkey eggs. The goal was to reduce any possible contamination in breeder …

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 …

When it comes to meat, there are plenty of reasons to chew the fat. According to the Arkansas Farm Bureau, people consume an average of 70 pounds of beef, about 50 pounds of pork and nearly 16 pounds of turkey …

The Poultry Federation headquarters in downtown Little Rock. (above) According to the National Chicken Council, broiler production got its start in Arkansas, Georgia, New England and the Delmarva Peninsula, on which the state of Delaware sits. Today, the top three …