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Processing & Slaughter: Page 31
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Immigration critical to labor supply for poultry processing
It is vital for the U.S. to have adequate numbers of skilled – and willing – workers in food and agricultural production and poultry processing. It’s time for Congress and the President to stop their political pandering and act responsibly on comprehensive immigration reform.
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Processing & Slaughter
North Carolina poultry processing plant lawsuit dismissed
A lawsuit to prevent Sanderson Farms from building a poultry processing plant in Nash County, N.C., has been dismissed. The lawsuit was filed against Nash County commissioners for the rezoning of land in the southern part of the county for the proposed plant.
Processing & Slaughter
Poland animal feed supplier diversifies into poultry processing
Polish animal feed supplier Wipasz has partnered with poultry processing solution provider Meyn-Ishida to construct a poultry processing facility set for completion in 2013, according to Wipasz. The facility will be set next to an existing structure, which already processes 5,000 birds per hour.
Processing & Slaughter
Convenience products company acquires Maine poultry processor
Convenience foods manufacturer AdvancePierre Foods has acquired Maine-based poultry processor and manufacturer Barber Foods. The addition is expected to significantly increase AdvancePierre's retail business, especially on the East Coast and in Canada, according to the company.
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Poultry processor purchases Virginia Tyson poultry complex
Poultry processor George's Inc. has finalized its purchase of Tyson Foods Inc.'s Harrisonburg, Va., poultry complex, according to reports. The deal, which took effect on May 7, includes a processing plant in Harrisonburg, a hatchery in Broadway and a feed mill and truck shop in New Market.
Processing & Slaughter
North Carolina increases funds to defend poultry processing lawsuit
Officials in Nash County, N.C., have increased funds to defend poultry processor Sanderson Farms from a lawsuit that would prevent the company from establishing a chicken processing plant in the area. The facility, which would include 500 broiler houses, 24 pullet houses and 48 hen houses, has the support of Nash County because it would bring 1,100 jobs into the area, which currently suffers from a high unemployment rate.
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Perdue cleared to acquire organic poultry processor
Perdue Farms Inc.'s parent company, FPP Family Investments, has been cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division to purchase organic and natural poultry processor Coleman Natural Foods. According to the Department of Justice, which interviewed customers, chicken processors and more than 100 chicken growers, "after a thorough review of the evidence...the facts do not support challenging the proposed transaction."
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Marel forms alliance with Nothum to market poultry processing equipment
Marel Townsend Further Processing of Des Moines, Iowa, announced an agreement to market poultry equipment by Nothum Food Processing Systems of Springfield, Missouri. Through the agreement, Marel will market Nothum coating and frying products exclusively in North America for the poultry, meat and seafood industries.
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Poultry processors look to technology to solve cost-price squeeze
Poultry processors look to technology to solve cost-price squeeze. Facing high prices for corn and soy inputs, poultry processors are eyeing technologies that increase efficiency and add value for better product margins. The business outlook among poultry processors at the 2011 International Poultry Expo was surprisingly upbeat considering a turbulent economic picture. One of the reasons may be the availability of technologies that promise to cut costs and/or improve margins on poultry products. Not that anything fully answers $7 a bushel corn and a potential oversupply of poultry in 2011, but poultry processors at least have options that help address their economic predicament.
Processing & Slaughter
A new approach to further processing inventory
Lean manufacturing techniques are available to dramatically reduce poultry further-processing inventory and costs, if the poultry organization relinquishes old practices. What if your poultry operations only produced what was sold the previous day by your customers and all you were doing is replenish their stock of your product? What has to happen to make that a reality? Reducing inventory requires that you know what your customer sold yesterday.
Processing & Slaughter
India, Netherlands to cooperate in poultry, meat processing expansion
India and the Netherlands have partnered to cooperate in the expansion of India's poultry and meat processing sector. A six-member delegation from India led by Ajit Kumar, joint secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries and vice chairman of the National Meat and Poultry Processing Board, has made plans to visit the Dutch Product Boards for Livestock, Meat and Eggs to study the country's poultry and meat processing procedures.
Processing & Slaughter
Perdue Farms poultry facility cares for environment, bottom line
Taking care of the Ocmulgee River, while reducing chemical usage in wastewater operations, earned Perdue Farms a Clean Water Award at Perry, Ga. The poultry processing complex is situated on 700 rural acres with abundant wildlife. Half of that acreage is set aside for wildlife habitat conservation. The wastewater operation treats flow from the slaughter and processing of 312,000 birds a day and the production of 314,000 pounds of cooked chicken in the further-processing plant. By the time the treated effluent flows into a stream that leads to Big Indian Creek, it is crystal-clear in appearance and environmentally superior to the ultimate receiving waters of the Ocmulgee River. Installation of the Griswold Edge sludge bulk conditioner has resulted in a reduction of sludge output and coagulant polymer usage for a savings of $2,000 to $4,000 a week.
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