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House of Raeford to exit commodity turkey business

House of Raeford Farms announced March 14 it will focus its resources on increasing chicken production volumes and expanding its fully cooked turkey and chicken product lines over the next two to three years, phasing out its commodity turkey growing and slaughter operations in eastern North Carolina.

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Closed turkey plant will find new owners, Nebraskans say

Local leaders are optimistic that the former turkey processing plant, Midwest Meat Packing Facility, in Gibbon, Neb., will re-open under new ownership.

Nebraska turkey plant in involuntary bankruptcy

The Midwest Meat Packing Facilities turkey processing plant is in Chapter 7 involuntary bankruptcy and has ceased operation in Gibbon, Neb.

House of Raeford Farms fined for Clean Water Act violations

House of Raeford Farms has been ordered by a federal judge to pay a $150,000 fine for sending untreated wastewater containing blood and turkey parts into a city treatment plant.

Kelly Turkeys runners-up for health and welfare award

Kelly Turkeys received a health and welfare award at the 2012 Pig & Poultry Marketing Awards, chosen as runners-up for their "keen welfare and sustainability policy which underpins the whole salability and excellent image portrayed by the business," according to event judges.

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US judge to dismiss House of Raeford pollution case

A U.S. federal judge plans to dismiss a two-year-old case against poultry processor House of Raeford Farms, which was charged with violating federal clean water laws by flushing turkey remains into a municipal sewage treatment plant in North Carolina. House of Raeford appealed the charges to the U.S. Supreme Court and was denied in October 2011, when the court refused to consider arguments that the company can't be prosecuted because it's already paid nearly $1 million in pollution fines and shouldn't be punished twice.

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Poultry processor donates chicken, turkey to food banks for holidays

Through its non-profit outreach ministry, Faithful Love Offering for Christ's Kingdom, poultry processor House of Raeford Farms Inc. donated more than 45,000 pounds of turkey and chicken to employees, food banks and feeding programs in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana. In addition, employees of the Greenville, S.C. plant, the Rose Hill and Wallace, N.C. plants, and the Nash Johnson & Sons’ Farms live production operation held a food drive to assist residents in their community, collecting and distributing nearly 1,500 pounds of non-perishable food to distribute for the holidays.

Indiana turkey company to invest in new processing plant

Indiana turkey company Farbest Foods Inc. plans to invest $69 million on a 220,000-square-foot processing plant, according to reports. The plant, which will sit on 100 acres of land in Vincennes, Ind., is expected to create up to 600 new jobs over the next few years, said the company.

UK consumers favor higher welfare standards for turkeys

In a survey of over 2,000 adults in the UK, 34% responded that if they were going to buy a turkey for Christmas, they would choose one with a higher welfare label. Ten percent said that they would buy the cheapest and largest. Conducted on behalf of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals farm assurance label Freedom Foods, the survey found that over half of respondents believed that more than 20% of turkeys reared in the UK were farmed to RSPCA standards, while 30% of respondents believed that the figure was 40%.

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House of Raeford poultry plants achieve safe food certifications

House of Raeford Farms has announced that seven of their poultry processing plants have achieved Safe Quality Food certification. The latest to achieve this milestone were raw chicken processing plants in Greenville, S.C., and Rose Hill, N.C., as well as a raw turkey processing facility and a further processing plant in Raeford, N.C.

Maple Leaf turkey plant receives Ontario development funds

A Maple Leaf Foods Ontario turkey processing plant has received a $2.6 million rural development grant through the provincial Rural Economic Development program. The grant, according to the company, will go towards additional new processing equipment, more refrigeration space and efficiency improvements throughout the plant.

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