Saddle up and get ready for a galactic “eggspedition” beyond the frontier — the 64th Annual Poultry Festival in beautiful Rogers, Arkansas.
For six decades, the Poultry Federation has hosted the annual event, which celebrates the poultry and egg industry at its finest. We are happy to welcome members and friends of the industry from all across the country. Last year’s event saw 4,500 tickets sold for the festival and impacted the Rogers economy by $4.19 million.
This year’s two-day festival offers a variety of activities that are great for networking, team building and socializing. Activities include a golf tournament, a trap shoot tournament, a bass tournament, a scholarship auction, an industry awards ceremony, an all-member cooking competition and the Arkansas 4-H state cooking competition.
The festival concludes with the always-popular festival concert.
We are particularly excited to feature our entertainment for the 64th Annual Poultry Festival, which is headlined by Chris Lane with special guests Danielle Bradbery and Arkansas’ own Marybeth Byrd. The talented and award-winning performers will take the stage June 22 at the Walmart AMP.
This event celebrates you. Your hard work and dedication to your craft is what has made the poultry industry an economic powerhouse in your hometowns and home states, creating jobs and, most of all, the nutritious, sustainable proteins that feed the nation.
On behalf of the Poultry Federation staff and board of directors, it gives us great pride to welcome each and every one of this year’s attendees to Rogers.
MARVIN CHILDERS
President
HOLLY DUVAL
Director of Marketing and Business Development
SPECIAL EVENTS & ACTIVITIES:
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Friday, June 21
Highlands & Scotsdale Golf Courses, Bella Vista
The annual festival golf tournament is one of the most popular events that takes place during the two-day festival. Participants use the opportunity to pair up with industry members to enjoy a morning of golf and the chance to win one of the many prizes offered.
This year’s sold out festival golf tournament will take place on Friday, June 21 in Bella Vista on two courses: Highlands and Scotsdale. Lunch will be served at each course, followed by an awards ceremony.
• Tee time: 8 a.m.
• Shotgun start
Awards:
• $600 for first-place team (Flight A & B) at each course
• $300 for second-place team (Flight A & B) at each course
• $200 for third-place team (Flight A & B) at each course
• $75 for closest to the pin at each course
• $75 for longest drive at each course
TRAP SHOOT
Friday, June 21
Outlaw Ridge, Pineville, Missouri
Back by popular demand, the trap shoot offers plenty of bang for the cluck. Enjoy a day of friendly competition and networking with friends and colleagues while taking aim at fantastic prizes on the shooting range, plus a special raffle and a selection of door prizes.
A special thank you goes out to Clear View Farm Services and Chore-Time for sponsoring lunch following the competition and to Legacy National Bank for hosting the grand prize raffle at the conclusion of the tournament.
• Check-in: 7:30 a.m.
• Tournament: Starts at 8 a.m.
• Lunch will be served at the conclusion of the tournament, followed by the awards ceremony and door prizes.
Awards
• $500 first-place team
• $300 second-place team
• $200 third-place team
• $500 top gun
• Legacy National Bank Raffle
• Participants will have an opportunity to win $1,000 and $500.
• Registration fee: $100 per individual
BASS TOURNAMENT
Friday, June 21
Prairie Creek Marina at Beaver Lake, Rogers
The annual festival bass tournament is another fan favorite of the festival events. Participants compete in two-person teams to see who can catch the biggest and smallest bass. This event is a great opportunity to pair up with industry members or compete with family and friends.
Lunch will be provided by WaterTech at the conclusion of the tournament, followed by an awards ceremony and the opportunity to win door prizes.
• Check-in: 5 a.m.
• First boat launches at 6 a.m.
Prizes Awarded
• $2,000 first place (total weight)
• $1,000 second place (total weight)
• $500 third place (total weight)
• $500 first place (biggest bass)
• $250 second place (biggest bass)
• $100 third place (biggest bass)
• $250 smallest bass
• Registration Fees: $150 per team (maximum: two people per boat)
SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION
Saturday, June 22
Grand Ballroom, Rogers Convention Center
For more than 20 years, the Poultry Federation has provided scholarships to deserving young people interested in pursuing a career in the poultry and egg industry. For the 2023-2024 academic year, the federation awarded a total of $156,000 in scholarships to 24 undergraduate and 17 graduate students in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Last year’s Allied Industries Scholarship Auction raised a record $135,000, and we are looking to surpass that total in 2024. All proceeds from the auction are applied to The Poultry Federation Scholarship fund to provide scholarships to students in the tri-state region as well as support the 4-H and National FFA Organization chapters in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Thank you to all who have so generously supported this great cause.
COOKING COMPETITIONS
Saturday, June 22
Rogers Convention Center Parking Lot
Who has got what it takes to be called Grande Champion? Every year, we find out through our annual cooking competitions in which talented cooks whip up some delicious creations.
The Arkansas 4-H Barbecue Contest features the best young grillmasters in a head-to-head competition. The competitors have qualified through county competitions to advance to the state level, bringing the best of the best to the annual festival.
The All-Member Cooking Competition allows members of The Poultry Federation the chance to strut their stuff and present their best dishes. Participants will also show their skill in the booth competition, and this year, we anticipate an eggcellent display of the Wild West with a little bit of the terrestrial cosmos.
FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday, June 22
Walmart AMP, Rogers
Bringing the Poultry Festival to a close once again is our star-studded concert, this year featuring three talented musical acts. Join us for an evening of great music and wholesome entertainment at one of the premier concert venues of the mid-South.
Chris Lane
(Photos provided)
CHRIS LANE, Headliner
One of music’s brightest young stars, Chris Lane grew up in North Carolina, where he and his twin brother both played college baseball at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He first gained prominence when he and his brother, Cory, auditioned for the seventh season of American Idol in 2007. Upon being discovered and signed to Big Loud Mountain, he fronted the Chris Lane Band, which charted the album Let’s Ride in 2012.
His debut single as a solo artist, “Broken Windshield View,” was released to country radio in 2014 and sold 11,000 downloads in its first week of release, reaching No. 45 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. His solo debut album, Girl Problems, dropped in August 2016 and included the singles “Fix” and “For Her.” Lane followed that up with the album Laps Around the Sun, which produced the duet “Take Back Home Girl” featuring Tori Kelly, and “I Don’t Know About You.” In 2019, he scored his third No. 1 single with “Big, Big Plans.”
With numerous industry awards and tours with national acts Florida Georgia Line, Brad Paisley, and Dan + Shay under his belt, Lane has firmly established himself as a bona fide musical star. His latest effort, last year’s EP From Where I’m Sippin’, is his first release for Red Street Records/Voyager Records and includes the acclaimed breakup single, “Find Another Bar.
Danielle Bradbery
DANIELLE BRADBERY
Texan Danielle Bradbery became an instant musical force when she won The Voice in 2013. At just 16 years of age, she was at the time the youngest contestant to win the popular televised competition, and she has not slowed down much in the time since.
A month after she won The Voice, Bradbery released her debut single, “The Heart of Dixie,” and later in 2013, she released her first studio album, the self-titled Danielle Bradbery. Also that year, she made her Grand Ole Opry debut at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and was the supporting act for Brad Paisley.
She has since released a string of singles, including “Friend Zone,” “Sway,” “Worth It,” “Goodbye Summer” and “Playing with Fire,” which she recorded with Thomas Rhett. She also released the albums I Don’t Believe We’ve Met (2017) and In Between: The Collection (2022). Her latest single, “Younger and Wiser,” was released in April.
Marybeth Byrd
MARYBETH BYRD
The pride of the Natural State, Marybeth Byrd stunned judges on not one, but two television singing competitions, reaching the semifinals on season 17 of The Voice in 2019 and the top 10 of America Idol’s season 21 in 2023. Byrd’s angelic voice and powerful delivery has thrilled audiences ever since her youth in tiny Armorel. There, she first began channeling her God-given musical talent as a way to overcome stuttering. Today, her sound seamlessly blends shades of country, Christian and pop into a unique mix that is entirely her own.
In addition to regularly performing, Byrd is also passionate about helping others find their voices and teaches vocal lessons in between a busy schedule of performances and developing original music. Her single, “People Pleaser,” is a powerful ode to reclaiming one’s identity and stays true to her core of telling stories with truth and grace through her music.
64TH ANNUAL POULTRY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JUNE 20
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information desk open
Rogers Convention Center Main Entrance
FRIDAY, JUNE 21
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Information desk open
Rogers Convention Center Main Entrance
6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fishing tournament
Lunch at noon Prairie Creek Marina, Beaver Lake
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Trap shoot
Lunch at noon Outlaw Ridge, Pineville, Missouri
7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Golf tournament
Lunch at noon Highlands and Scotsdale golf courses, Bella Vista
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Allied Industries Scholarship Auction
View silent and live items; Ambassador
4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Yarnell’s Ice Cream and photobooth open
Grand Ballroom, Rogers Convention Center
5:30 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktail reception
6:30 p.m. Presentation of industry awards
7 p.m.
Live scholarship auction
Grand Ballroom, Rogers Convention Center
SATURDAY, JUNE 22
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Information desk open
Rogers Convention Center Main Entrance
8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Chief cooks meeting
Ambassador Ballroom A, Rogers Convention Center
8 a.m. to noon
Auction items available for pickup
Information desk
8 a.m. to noon
State 4-H Barbecue Contest
Rogers Convention Center Parking Lot
10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Festival All-Member Cooking Competition
Rogers Convention Center Parking Lot
Noon to 2 p.m.
Festival booth judging
Rogers Convention Center Parking Lot
Noon to 6:30 p.m.
Yarnell’s Ice Cream and photobooth open
North Rotunda, Rogers Convention Center
5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Buffet dinner and cooking competition
Presentation of awards
Grand Ballroom, Rogers Convention Center
Festival concert, Walmart AMP
5:30 p.m. Gates open
6:30 p.m. Marybeth Byrd
7:30 p.m. Danielle Bradbery
8 p.m. Chris Lane
THANK YOU to our SPONSORS
TITLE — $25,000
PRESENTING — $15,000
PREMIER — $10,000
Best Veterinary Solutions
Bunzl
Cobb-Vantress
International Paper
VDG
Zoetis
PRINCIPAL — $5,000
Adisseo
Aviagen
Boehringer Ingelheim
Conveyor Technology
D&F Equipment Sales
Imperial
J.B. Hunt
Kerry
Linde
Malone’s Mechanical
Midland Industrial Services
Pilgrim’s
Waste Management
Wire Belt
PATRON — $3,000
Amcor Flexibles North America
Azomite
Bank OZK
Clear Creek Golf Car + Utility Vehicles
Farm Credit
H.I.S.S. Security
Kemin
Peco Foods
South Ark Electric
Tecno Poultry Equipment
SUPPORTER — $1,500
Arvest Bank
Clear View Farm Services
Donahue-Corry Associates
Intralox
Lubing Systems
Marel
ONCE Innovations
Radiophone of Northwest Arkansas
RefrigiWear
Reliable Poultry
StartKleen Legacy
The Reynolds Co.
TOLM Group
Water Tech
Wesco
SPORTING EVENT SPONSORS
BASS TOURNAMENT
TOTAL WEIGHT SPONSOR — $3,500
System Scale
BIG BASS SPONSOR — $900
H.I.S.S.
SMALLEST BASS SPONSOR — $500
Bank OZK
GOLF TOURNAMENT
LUNCH SPONSOR — $5,000
Bunzl
CORPORATE SPONSOR — $1,000
Amcor Flexibles North America
Bank OZK
Elanco
Environmental Works
Keith Smith Co.
Reliable Poultry
Univar Solutions
HOLE SPONSOR — $150.00
Amcor Flexibles North America
A-tech
Aviagen
Big Dutchman
Boehringer Ingelheim
Bunzl
Butterball
Cargill
H.B. Fuller
H.I.S.S.
Holophane
Intralox
Kemin
Kerry
Lubing Systems
Memco/MandM Poultry
Once by Signify
South Ark Electric
Sunbelt Rentals
StartKleen Legacy
Wesco
Zinpro
Zoetis
TRAP SHOOT
TOP SHOOTER — $1,750.00
Poultry Guard
TOP GUN — $1,000.00
Huvepharma
AMMO SPONSOR — $750
Aviagen
Jones-Hamilton Co.
Phibro Animal Health Corp.
Sunbelt Rentals
Tyson Foods
STATION SPONSOR — $500
AgHeritage Farm Credit Services
Amlan International
Azomite
Cobb-Vantress
Diversified Agriculture
Novus International
Once by Signify
Zoetis
RAFFLE
Legacy National Bank
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS WELCOME
Do you want to show your support for the poultry industry by getting your company or organization out in front of attendees at the Poultry Festival? It is not too late to join the list of businesses helping underwrite the cost of putting on the festival while gaining valuable exposure in the process. The Poultry Federation is still accepting sponsors at various levels, providing a great way to show your support and be seen by a motivated audience.
For information on available sponsorship packages, contact Holly Duval, director of marketing and business development, at holly@thepoultryfederation.com.
GOT PRIZES?
Part of what makes the Poultry Festival such a successful event is the quality of auction items, door prizes and other giveaways. As such, the Poultry Federation is always looking for donated prizes to give away — and it is not too late to supply prizes for the 2024 event.
Donating prizes is a great way to engender goodwill among conference attendees for your company or organization and help add excitement and participation to the festival activities. Donating larger-ticket items to the scholarship auction also helps ensure the program raises the maximum amount of money possible to help students studying poultry science advance the industry.
Learn how to donate an auction item or prize by contacting Holly Duval, director of marketing and business development, at holly@thepoultryfederation.com.
Thank you for your support.
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