Chicken exports in October 2025 increased 11.4 percent in quantity; increased 8.3 percent in value when compared with October 2024, according to USDA.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 10, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,646,000 broilers, a 13-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released Wednesday, put a key emphasis on prioritizing high-quality, nutrient-dense protein foods, like chicken, as part of a healthy dietary pattern across all stages of life. The Guidelines also specifically recommend consuming a variety of protein foods from animal sources, including poultry.

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Following the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) USDA Regulatory Small Business Roundtable in December 2025, NCC this week provided additional information to the agency regarding several USDA regulations that impact the small businesses we represent. “Although we support the agencies’ missions to promote fair business practices, protect public and animal health, and ensure a safe food supply, each of these rules would or do impose unnecessary, costly, and unlawful regulatory burdens on industry – particularly small businesses,” wrote NCC Senior Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Ashley Peterson, Ph.D.

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Visit the NCC booth at IPPE!

On January 9, 2026, in Industry Events, by Tom Super

NCC will once again have a booth at this year’s International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, January 27 – 29, 2026. Stop by and visit us in the B-Hall, Booth #B35011!