Brakebush Brothers, Inc. has acquired Lake Foods of Hartwell, Georgia, a portioning facility for raw, sized, marinated and ready-to-cook chicken products. The agreement was finalized on December 31, 2023.
Kentucky Fried Chicken® (KFC) announced recently that it has named Thuthuka Nxumalo Chief Operations Officer for KFC U.S., effective February 5, 2024, according to a company press release. He will report to Tarun Lal, president of KFC U.S.
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The 2024 outlook for the global poultry market is moderately positive, with a forecast of 1.5 percent to two percent growth, according to Rabobank’s Q1 2024 global poultry outlook.
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Five states have reported more highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry, including California where more layer farms were hit by the virus, according to the latest updates from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
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NCC last week submitted a request to the Secretary of Agriculture for a 180-day extension to the implementation of the “Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments” final rule. Earlier this month, a growing chorus of bipartisan members of both the House and Senate made a similar request.
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While we’ll always have a special place in our hearts for classic dishes like fried chicken and chicken noodle soup, it’s also fun to embrace new takes on favorite recipes. So, as we close out 2023 and head into 2024, NCC’s Chicken Check In blog outlines a trending chicken forecast for the New Year.
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