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Art Lankford, VP of operations, Butterball LLC

Art Lankford joins Butterball as vice president of operations

Art Lankford has extensive experience leading poultry operations across various global and national markets.

April 20, 2023

Art Lankford is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of Butterball's six turkey processing facilities in Arkansas, Missouri and North Carolina.

The turkey industry is automating the front end of the plant.

Megan Pellegrini

November 29, 2021

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On Thanksgiving, many consumers like to think of their turkey as coming straight from the farm. But the reality is more complicated – or automated.

State of the Industry

State of the Meat and Poultry Industry 2017: Turkey

Looking for a boost

The National Turkey Federation

October 23, 2017

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This year, the turkey industry hopes fall will be a season in which it finally begins to shake the after-effects of market disruption that dates back to the 2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak.

Plant of the Year

2016 Plant of the Year: Butterball LLC — Raeford, N.C., processing plant

Andy Hanacek

September 9, 2016

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Voters for The National Provisioner’s Plant of the Year award this year faced a serious challenge, as each of the nominees — all processing facilities visited for cover stories from June 2015 through May 2016 — made a very strong case for winning the annual award.

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).