by APEA Comm. Staff | Oct 17, 2024 | News
OAKWOOD, GA. (October 17, 2024) – Wayne-Sanderson Farms today announced that Clint Rivers will be retiring from his role as President and Chief Executive Officer at the end of the company’s fiscal year on March 31, 2025. He will continue to serve as Executive Chairman...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Sep 13, 2024 | Feature, News
Phenix City, Ala.— AlaTrade, a leading poultry processor with facilities in Albertville, Boaz, and Phenix City, Alabama, is thrilled to announce the launch of its newly engineered Chicken Paw Heat-Treating Project at the Phenix City plant. Official production is set...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Aug 9, 2024 | News
Aug. 8, 2024 – HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Aviagen® proudly celebrates another successful summer internship program in the US, thanks to the enthusiasm and talent of the 15 students from universities in the US and Europe. These students came from institutions with...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Jul 31, 2024 | Feature, News
Guntersville, Ala.— Exciting changes are coming to AlaTrade as Deborah Brown takes on the role of Plant Manager at the Phenix City facility. With a wealth of experience and an unwavering dedication, Brown transitions from her position as the Night Shift Manager in...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Jul 23, 2024 | Feature, News
Crossville, Ala.— D&F Equipment Sales, Inc., a poultry, meat, and prepared food industries equipment manufacturer and engineering supplier with headquarters in Crossville, Alabama, and another location in Springdale, Arkansas, announces new CEO/President Dawn...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Jun 13, 2024 | Feature, News
Maggie Thompson began her role as the poultry veterinarian for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System June 10. Her position is a partnership between Alabama Extension, the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment...
by APEA Comm. Staff | May 16, 2024 | News
APEA Spring Golf Tournament has been postponed till Friday, June 21 because of weather. If you need to adjust your team please reach out to Jennifer at 334-265-2732. We look forward to seeing everyone on June 21, 2024 for golf and lunch provided by K Supply. Thanks to...
by APEA Comm. Staff | May 14, 2024 | Feature, News, Uncategorized
Registration is now open for the 2024 Annual Meeting at the Hilton SanDestin July 14-16. Visit the event registration page to register and find more information about the meeting. For questions please call Jennifer at 334-265-2732 or jennifer@alabamapoultry.org...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Apr 23, 2024 | Feature, News
Alabama Poultry and Egg Association’s allied committee host annual fishing tournament for 2+2 scholarships May 3, 2024. The “Big Bass Open Fishing Tournament” will launch from the Guntersville Municipal Park Boat Launch at first light. The tournament is open to...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Mar 5, 2024 | Feature, News
The Alabama Poultry Trust Foundation awarded over $75,000 in scholarships this past year to 28 students attending Auburn University. Recipients are either majoring in poultry science or graduating with a poultry science minor. Alabama Poultry &...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Feb 19, 2024 | Feature, News
Applications for Alabama Poultry Foundation scholarships and 2+2 scholarships are now available online at alabamapoultry.org. In 2023, APEA awarded over $75,000 in scholarships to Auburn University Students and another $5,000 in 2+2 scholarships. It’s a priority...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Feb 9, 2024 | News
From USDA Agricultural Marketing Services. The Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments Final Rule amending the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act) was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2023. On December...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Aug 26, 2022 | Feature
Ken Hightower got into the poultry business in 2004, fully intent on getting out of the poultry business one day. What he’d do was, build four pullet houses behind his home in Calhoun County’s Rabbittown community, and he and wife Amanda would run those on top of...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Aug 26, 2022 | Recipes
It’s grilling season, so fire up the grill for some delicious chicken dishes. Easy Grilled Chicken Thighs are a flavorful and economical way to serve chicken this summer alongside your favorite Southern sides like pasta salad, sliced tomatoes and fried okra. Or, make...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Jul 7, 2022 | News
In direct response to the need for more maintenance technicians in Alabama’s multi-billion-dollar forestry, poultry and egg industries, the Alabama Community College System, or ACCS, is collaborating with both the Alabama Forestry Association, or AFA, and Alabama...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Feb 8, 2022 | News
Auburn University poultry science students received $57,500 in Alabama Poultry and Egg Association, or APEA, scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year. This is the largest amount ever rewarded on behalf of APEA. A program recognizing the students was held Nov. 1 at...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Sep 24, 2021 | News, Recipes
By Caleb Hicks. Brenda Gantt’s house is filled with fixtures found in the home of a typical Southern lady. There are antique dressers, knick-knacks, hand-made pottery and a dining room table that could seat a small village. A homey kitchen is filled with...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Jul 29, 2021 | News
By Caleb Hicks. When Greenville native Beth Chapman heard her home church was auctioning off an iconic 10-foot-tall fiberglass chicken to benefit its food pantry ministry, she knew she’d win. Chapman, a political and public relations consultant and former Alabama...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Jul 29, 2021 | News
By Caleb Hicks. The poultry industry is nothing new to incoming Alabama Poultry and Egg Association, or APEA, president Casey Jones of Hoover. As a third-generation industry employee, he’s been around the block a time or two. Jones, a longtime APEA board member, said...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Mar 1, 2021 | News
By Caleb Hicks. In January 2018, Noel Welch was eight credit hours away from completing his master’s degree in agronomy from Auburn University. By month’s end, he had decided he’d rather be a full-time farmer. This, from a guy who grew up in a non-farming family from...
by APEA Comm. Staff | Oct 20, 2020 | News
By Caleb Hicks. Thirty-nine years ago, an 18-year-old Ramona Harris got a job hanging chickens on the processing line at what was then Spring Valley Poultry, now Koch Foods, in Gadsden. Today, Harris is still at the facility, but now as manager of the third shift,...
