As part of the USPOULTRY Foundation’s efforts to support recruitment and training of the brightest students and to promote careers in the poultry and egg industry, the top 11 teams of the National FFA Poultry Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE) and the top 10 teams of the Food Science and Technology CDE were invited to the 2023 International Poultry Expo, part of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia. The opportunity to participate was made possible in part by endowing USPOULTRY Foundation gifts from Prestage Farms and Wayne-Sanderson Farms for the Poultry Evaluation CDE teams and from Pilgrim’s and Cargill for the Food Science and Technology CDE teams.
“USPOULTRY has been a supporter of the FFA Poultry Evaluation CDE for many years, and now other CDEs and [poultry efficiency] contests. IPPE is a great opportunity for these teams to see the range of career opportunities available to them in the poultry and egg industry and to experience the world’s largest annual trade show for the poultry and egg, meat and animal food industries,” remarked Mike Levengood, Perdue Farms, and USPOULTRY Foundation chairman.