Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper yesterday joined state, federal, and agriculture industry leaders in Soperton, Ga., to announce that the preliminary estimate of Hurricane Helene’s economic impact on Georgia’s #1 industry, agriculture, is $6.46 billion, including preliminary direct losses to farm families & forest landowners of almost $3.2 billion.

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NCC’s 69th Annual Conference launches next week

On October 11, 2024, in NCC Programs, by Polina Burko

The National Chicken Council’s 69th Annual Conference is scheduled to be held on October 16-17 in Washington, D.C.

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The HPAI Impact & Insights Forum will bring together the poultry and dairy industries to assess the current domestic and international situation with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), epidemiological trends, biosecurity efforts, producer experiences, communication strategies, and much more. The Forum will provide an overall dialogue to convey lessons learned in an effort to be better prepared to prevent and control HPAI in the future. The Forum will be held Oct. 29-30 in Arlington, Virginia, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. NCC is a collaborating partner of the meeting.

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Each week, NCC will feature in a short spotlight column the official representative from each of our Allied Leader and Allied Member companies. This week’s Allied Member Spotlight is Meredith Sutzko, Food Safety Product Manager at Romer Labs.

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USDA’s October 2024 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report raised the forecast for 2025 for broiler products due to a higher price outlook due to an increase in overall demand.

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) reported that the all items index increased 2.4 percent before season adjustment over the last twelve months. The Federal Reserve’s targeted annual inflation rate is two percent.

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The Producer Price Index (PPI) reported that final demand prices advanced 0.2 percent in August and were unchanged in July. On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand rose 1.8 percent for the 12 months ended in September.

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Chicken exports in August 2024 decreased 12.8 percent in quantity and increased 0.6 percent in value when compared with August 2023, according to USDA.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 12, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,210,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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