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…
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Telling the Story: For Kendra Waldbusser, People Are the Industry’s Greatest Asset
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterFor 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…
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Wild Turkey Population Growing, Conservation Areas to be Expanded
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe AGFC found good news for turkeys and hunters alike at its monthly meeting held at the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center, pertaining to the growth of the wild turkey population and the AGFC’s Private Lands…
It’s Thanksgiving week and Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays of the year. I do like the reminder that we as individuals and as a state and nation should pause and give thanks. I grew up in a small country…
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Governor’s Address: The Stradivarius of Turkey Calls
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAn Arkansan you probably don’t know about was responsible for a lot of the turkey that made it to the Thanksgiving table a hundred-twenty years ago. That was long before Arkansas became the Number 3 producer of turkeys in the…