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USDA finalizes new food safety measures to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry

Industry News

February 4, 2016

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Department says new standards will help prevent an estimated 50,000 illnesses annually.

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Technomic’s New Consumer Trend Report Shows Growing Demand for Innovative Flavors

Industry News

January 19, 2016

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Chefs and Operators Can Take Advantage of This Trend by Leveraging Butterball’s Expert Recipe Resources and Full Line of Turkey Products

Despite loss of birds due to HPAI and an increase in pricing, turkey consumption in the U.S. is up from 2014

The 2016 Poultry Report: Opportunity knocks amid uncertainty

Elizabeth Fuhrman

January 12, 2016

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Last year was a good year for chicken, but not great compared with the above-average years of 2013 and 2014.

Kerry Doughty, president and CEO of Butterball LLC

Cover Story

Butterball: The house wins

Butterball’s calculated bet that bringing all its production in-house would spur growth and innovation in its product lines has paid off handsomely. Plant expansions and the acquisition of two large processing facilities will allow the processor to multiply its jackpot.

Andy Hanacek

January 7, 2016

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It has been a busy couple of years, but the gamble that Butterball LLC has taken to modify its operational approach appears to have paid off, spurred along by several headline-making acquisitions in recent years.

The management team at Butterballâs new Raeford, N.C., further-processing plant

Plant Story

Butterball's Raeford, N.C., plant: Following the script

Butterball has made sizeable investments into the Raeford plant beyond the initial purchase, feeding into its goal to become more focused on adding value to its commodity product lines.

Andy Hanacek

January 7, 2016

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In mid-November, Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief, visited Raeford, N.C., in order to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony and get an exclusive tour of the new Butterball further-processing plant there (which was also still under construction at presstime).

Foster Farms launches organic ground turkey

December 29, 2015

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Amid increasing consumer demand for organic and lean protein choices, Foster Farms this summer launched Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey.

Animal welfare

Farm to Plate: Consider a bird’s-eye view

Brooke Bartz

December 9, 2015

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We are all observers of the world around us, drawing conclusions and cues from our environment.

Foster Farms donates 4,000 turkeys to West Coast food banks

Industry News

December 4, 2015

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Foster Farms kicked off the holiday season with a donation of 4,000 turkeys – or 64,000 pounds – to six food banks in California, Oregon and Washington.

Butterball complex manager discusses community support for new facility

November 23, 2015

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At the ribbon cutting ceremony for Butterball’s seventh facility, complex manager Frank Koekkoek discusses the Raeford, N.C. community support and how this facility will help increase Butterball’s production.

Butterball VP of Operations Mike Bliss praises aggressive startup schedule

November 23, 2015

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At the ribbon cutting ceremony for Butterball’s seventh facility, Mike Bliss, VP of Operations for Butterball, discussed how aggressive the startup schedule was for the Raeford facility and how Butterball is on track to employ nearly 500 people there by the end of 2016.