Turkey’s new products better than beef and pork, but not perfect
How does the turkey industry score in product development and marketing versus the pork and beef industries? Turkey performs well, say managers with experience in all three industries, but there’s room...
View ArticlePoultry profits could be hurt by excess pork supply in second half of 2013
With U.S. pork exports to China and Russia halted due to the use of ractopamine in pigs, rising pork inventories may depress poultry prices in the second half of 2013. The industry also faces a...
View ArticleChicken producers not counting profits yet, despite favorable costs, demand
National Chicken Council chairman Bill Lovette opened the Chicken Marketing Seminar in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, July 22 presenting a positive outlook for prices and profits. But poultry producers are not...
View ArticleUp and downs in chicken consumption data explained by shopping experience
Chicken consumption data shows something unusual is going on with America's most-consumed meat protein, chicken. Consumers in the U.S. are purchasing white meat chicken cuts at a dramatically higher...
View ArticleCorn ethanol's arguments wearing thin, but not its political clout
A political showdown over the Renewable Fuel Standard is at hand, but whatever the program lacks in true merit the corn ethanol lobby makes up for in political support in Congress and at the EPA.
View ArticleMr. Poultry Manager: Are you good enough to get better?
What business are you in? It’s not poultry ... it’s the people business. Success in people determines poultry business success.
View ArticleUS poultry needs increased relevance in China to tap opportunity
U.S. poultry producers need to increase market relevancy in China in order to seize a bigger share of the chicken, turkey and egg business unfolding there now.
View ArticleRankings of US poultry companies debunk media headlines
There is no takeover of the U.S. poultry business by the topchicken companies. Competition in the U.S. broiler industry is thriving.
View ArticlePilgrim's Pride, Hillshire Farms in takeover triangle
Pilgrim’s Pride CEO Bill Lovette made the case on May 27 for a merger with Hillshire Brands, but is his acquisition target listening? One of the most compelling merger attempts involving poultry...
View ArticleTyson’s acquisition of Hillshire Brands would be a ‘game changer’
Tyson Foods today upped the cash bid for acquisition of Hillshire Brands to $50 a share – $5 a share over Tuesday’s bid by Pilgrim’s Pride.With these two meat and poultry powerhouses now in a bidding...
View ArticleSanderson Farms sticks to build-and-grow expansion strategy
As Pilgrim’s Pride and Tyson Foods bid against one another to acquire Hillshire Brands, the CEO of Sanderson Farms exhibited unflappable resolution during a May 29 earnings conference call to build and...
View ArticleDid Tyson Foods agree to pay too high a price for Hillshire?
Was Tyson Foods’ winning bid for Hillshire Brands too high a price to pay? More than one analyst has questioned the price levels reached in the bidding for Hillshire Brands by Tyson and Pilgrim’s...
View ArticlePoultry marketers must mind four Ps of food selling
A revolution in food retailing is disrupting food marketing, including poultry meat. Learn how poultry marketers can master the 4Ps of Product, Place, Promotion and Price.
View ArticleCorn crop has poultry producers seeing Christmas in July
Meat production expansion is muted and beef and pork prices are high.Lower grain prices would add to the prospects for profitability in the poultrysector.
View Article10 big food trends for chicken marketers
Chicken marketers need to adapt to be relevant to consumers, Phil Lempert, the Supermarket Guru, told listeners at the Chicken Marketing Seminar July 21
View ArticleUS poultry industry to track sustainability, tell story
A sustainability task force formed by National ChickenCouncil and U.S. Poultry and Egg Association shows how U.S. poultry industry worksto stay relevant
View ArticleContract broiler grower incomes exceed those of other farm households
Contract broiler growersreport higher annual household incomes than other U.S. households and otherU.S. farm households, according to a USDA study.
View ArticleNPFDA president identifies challenges facing poultry distributors
Rising cost of poultry and meat proteins, escalating trucking costs and consolidation among the largest food distribution companies are top challenges for poultry and food distributors.
View ArticleFive reasons for the poultry industry not to be transparent
What are the top reasons the poultry industry isn’t transparent with thepublic? Todd Simmons, CEO and vice chair, Simmons Foods, named five in a speechat the Arkansas Nutrition Conference, but he said...
View ArticleDon't be a Pollyanna with your poultry sustainability program
With consumers showing growing concern about food sustainability, and non-governmentalorganizations breathing down the necks of food production companies, there’stremendous pressure to mount...
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