The North Carolina Poultry Federation (NCPF) announced today that Summer Lanier has been named as the new incoming Executive Director (ED), replacing outgoing ED Robert L. Ford upon his retirement later this year.

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The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) this week announced the recipients of the 2025 Clean Water Award: Tyson Foods in Danville, Va. and Perdue Foods in Lewiston, N.C. This annual award honors poultry facilities that demonstrate exceptional performance in wastewater treatment, water reuse and overall sustainability. Winners were selected by a committee of industry engineers and university experts and recognized at USPOULTRY’s annual Environmental Management Seminar.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 13, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,416,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission on Tuesday submitted to President Trump its “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report,” which identifies four potential drivers it says are behind the rise in childhood chronic disease that present the clearest opportunities for progress: Poor diet; Chemical exposure; Lack of physical activity and chronic stress; and Overmedicalization.

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