Butterball Chief Executive Officer Kerry Doughty was awarded the 2018 Poultry Person of the Year by Urner Barry, a business publisher of market news for the poultry, egg, meat, seafood industries. Doughty was recognized for his achievements at Urner Barry’s 42nd annual Executive Conference and Marketing Seminar in Las Vegas on April 30.
Since 1986, Urner Barry has recognized two individuals from within the poultry and egg industries each year for their tireless efforts toward improving efficiencies of food production, marketing and distribution, as well as overall universal respect they have earned from industry peers.