Charles Hurt, opinion editor for The Washington Times and a Fox News contributor, is slated to speak on October 26 at the National Chicken Council’s 68th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Long before the days of chicken sandwich wars, wings, and sliced rotisserie, there was a time when few Americans actually ate chicken. Flashback to the early 1900s. Enjoying a young broiler chicken (or chicken raised for meat) was a rarity, as one typically cost around $0.50 per pound, or about $22 per pound today. On the flipside, rural Americans typically only ate chicken once an old hen stopped laying eggs—which generally tasted pretty dry and tough.

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USDA announces billions in new trade promotion funding

On September 22, 2023, in Trade Issues, USDA, by David Elrod

USDA this week announced plans to use up to $2.5 billion in funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) for use in trade promotion marketing and international food aid.

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Pilgrim’s Pride releases 2022 Sustainability Report

On September 22, 2023, in Uncategorized, by David Elrod

Pilgrim’s Pride this week released its 2022 Sustainability Report, which details advancements in critical areas of sustainability in the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and Mexico. Pilgrim’s produces high-quality poultry, pork, retail-ready, and prepared-foods products, and focuses on meeting needs in the local communities where its team members live and work.

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As part of a commitment to alleviate food insecurity in its communities, Perdue Farms announced the donation of 400,000 pounds of no-antibiotics-ever chicken, the equivalent of 333,000 meals, to be shared with 10 Feeding America-affiliated food banks during Hunger Action Month this September. The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the company’s charitable giving arm, also announced $60,000 in grants to support five local hunger relief programs in its communities.

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Mountaire Farms is expanding their Farm to Table Scholarship program to North Carolina to help even more high school seniors who are interested in helping feed the world.

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NCC this week on social media

On September 22, 2023, in Social Media, by Tom

NCC is active on all major social media channels! Follow the NCC and Chicken Check In accounts on NCC Twitter, Chicken Check In TwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTube, Facebook and TikTok!

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 23, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,939,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

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