U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation are proud to support the future leaders of agriculture as they celebrate National FFA Week, February 20 27. We hope you will support them too: FFA.org/giveFFAday.

February is #AmericanHeartMonth, so it's a great time to start looking out for your health by paying attention to what you eat. Did you know that chicken and turkey are naturally high in protein and low in both fat and calories? Consider adding them to your diet! #eatpoultry

BAC Fighters, get ready to network! Connect with the health community, peers & colleagues nationwide at the Consumer Food Safety Education Conference Virtual Conference, March 9-12. Register now for only $129! fightbac.org/virtual #foodsafety #foodsafety2021 #CFSEVirtual

FREE WEBINAR: Defend the Flock: How Avian Influenza Affects Us All. Learn about the broad impact avian influenza can have on backyard flocks, commercial poultry, consumers, and allied industries on February 25, 2:30 ET. Register now at bit.ly/BirdHealthWebinar

IPPE Marketplace Week brought the animal food, meat and poultry industries together with more than 1,100 exhibitors providing information on a variety of feed and animal protein technologies and services. The IPPE Marketplace had visitor participation from 131 countries, and there were more than 81,000 Personal Guide page views. Read a full overview of the #IPPE Marketplace Week here: https://bit.ly/2YHypbO

USPOULTRY Vice President of Education & Student Programs Barbara Jenkins has joined the National FFA Sponsors Board. This appointment will assist in ensuring that the poultry and egg industry remains in contact with and keeps an avenue to recruiting some of the best and the brightest future leaders. https://www.ffa.org/

USPOULTRY believes that today's youth are tomorrow's leaders. As a result, USPOULTRY sponsors and participates in a number of programs designed to assist students interested in the poultry industry. One such program is the National FFA Convention & Expo, which is being held virtually this week. USPOULTRY can be found in the virtual Form Connections Hall. https://convention.ffa.org/

Even under the current circumstances, training can still be held! USPOULTRY Manager of Food Safety & Production Programs Rafael Rivera recently conducted a virtual Poultry Handling & Transportation training in Spanish with Risser's Poultry.

Keeping with the commitment to offering educational opportunities to the poultry industry despite abnormal circumstances, USPOULTRY recently held its 2020 Poultry Processor Workshop in a shortened, virtual format. Read a summary of the presentations here: https://bit.ly/3jm2vJR

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at Mississippi State University in which researchers investigated broiler response when fed phytase enzymes. A summary of this research is available here: https://bit.ly/37rEcHW

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in which researchers evaluated a novel method to vaccinate for infectious bronchitis viruses. Summary of research available here: https://bit.ly/37qBMJQ

October 16th is World Food Day, and we are proud to be a piece of the global agricultural industry that helps feed this planet. #WorldFoodDay

Families like the Tribbetts keep the agriculture industry going, generation after generation. Happy National Farmer's Day to all the hard-working farming families in the industry from USPOULTRY - we wouldn't be here without you! #nationalfarmersday

The health and safety of all IPPE participants is paramount. After thoughtful and thorough consideration, show management for IPPE has made the difficult decision to not hold the in-person component of IPPE 2021 in Atlanta, scheduled for Jan. 26-28. Further information on this decision is available here: https://bit.ly/IPPE21n

It's one of our favorite days of the year... Happy World Egg Day!! At USPOULTRY, we celebrate eggs every day, but we don't mind celebrating a little extra today. #worldeggday Find out how people around the world are celebrating World Egg Day here: https://www.internationalegg.com//egg-i/wed-world-egg-day/

The USPOULTRY Foundation Student Outreach social media contest is live until midnight on October 5th. If you haven't had an opportunity to submit your essay, there is still plenty of time! #contest

USPOULTRY recently held its 2020 Environmental Management Seminar in a virtual format, featuring John Pierson from Georgia Tech Research Institute and Jerome Brenneman from Pentair. For a summary of the topics covered in the seminar, click here: https://www.uspoultry.org//2020-USPOULTRYEnvironmentalMgmt

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at The Ohio Stater University in Wooster, Ohio, in which researchers explored nutritional strategies to reduce the incidence and severity of wooden breast. The research was made possible in part by an endowing Foundation gift from Mar-Jac Poultry and is part of the Association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing. View a summary of the research here: https://bit.ly/2S8G4fL

The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is a critical part of the poultry and egg, feed and meat industries' continuing development, offering timely and important information and an efficient way for producers and processors to find solutions needed to improve operations, especially during a pandemic. IPPE show management is working hard to provide an in-person trade show in January 2021 for attendees and exhibitors and is taking every measure to ensure a safe and successful show experience. Certainly, any significant pandemic changes in the coming weeks, along with attendee and exhibitor survey feedback, will guide the IPPE show management’s decision-making process. A decision regarding the occurrence of the 2021 IPPE will be made by Oct. 22. https://www.uspoultry.org/mediacen/docs/2020-IPPEUpdate.pdf