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Member of the Year: Lee Wilson, left, of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., received the Member of the Year award from the National Poultry & Food Distributors Association during the group’s annual con-vention. Al Acunto, NPFDA president, presented the award. Wilson joined Pilgrim’s Pride in the mid 1980s, first as a sales manager for the Dallas plant, and later as director of Fast Food Sales. In 1998 he was appointed director of Retail/Deli Sales. Wilson has also served on the NPFDA board of directors for many years.

Member of the Year

TUCKER, Ga. — The Inter-national Production & Process-ing Expo (IPPE) will serve as the umbrella name for the new U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, American Feed Industry Associa-tion and American Meat Institute 2013 Expo in Atlanta. The new show is the result of the co-loca-tion of the International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo and AMI’s International Meat Expo.

The three shows will operate under one structure, creating one of the 50 largest tradeshows in the U.S. The entire tradeshow is

expected to include more than 1,000 exhibitors and close to 400,000 net square feet of ex-hibit space.

All three associations will continue to operate indepen-dently, serving their respective constituents and will offer tar-geted education and network-ing opportunities that meet the customer needs and compliment the Expo. AMI’s existing priority system will be equitably worked into the tenure seniority system for exhibitors at IPPE. This will facilitate placement of exhibitors on the show floor, as well as as-

sist in prioritizing hotel senior-ity, a key benefit of the senior-ity system to secure hotels most convenient to the Georgia World Congress Center.

Show hours for the 2013 Inter-national Production & Process-ing Expo are: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Thursday, Jan. 31, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. There will be a reception on the show floor from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29. An announcement of the an-ticipated educational programs

New name selectedfor co-located tradeshows

TAMPA, Fla. — The Nation-al Turkey Federation’s board of directors has elected Steve Willardsen to serve as the fed-eration’s 2012 chairman. Wil-lardsen is president of Cargill Value Added Meats Retail in Wichita, Kan.

“It makes me proud to be part of an industry that pulls togeth-er and works in unison to man-age challenges,” Willardsen

said during his acceptance speech. “It will be an honor to lead an organization that is so effective in successfully resolving challenges by turning them into opportunities.”

Willardsen mentioned issues such as food safety practices, renewable fuels, the environment and an-imal care practices as areas NTF and its members will address in the year ahead. Willardsen noted

that a key in managing challenges is NTF’s ability to maintain a progressive, innovative outlook when problems arise.

Speaking about the future of the turkey industry, Willardsen said, “The industry will only get better as we manage challenges and work to balance them with proactive opportunities.”

The board of directors also elected John Burkel, director, Northern Pride Inc., as vice chairman; and Gary Cooper, vice president and chief operating officer, Cooper Farms, as secretary-treasurer. Rich-ard Huisinga, executive vice president of Willmar Poultry Co., assumes the position of immediate past chairman.

At Cargill Value Added Meats, Willardsen is responsible for U.S. turkey operations and the cooked meats business. Cargill Value Added Meats is an integrated grower and processor of live tur-keys, producer of ready-to-cook and further-pro-

Steve Willardsen named chairmanof National Turkey Federation

Willardsen

See Name, Page 8

See Willardsen, Page 8

The Associated Press

DES MOINES — Iowa has become the first state to pass legislation that criminalizes the act of surreptitiously get-ting into a farming operation to videotape animal abuse, setting a precedent for others consider-ing similar measures.

Gov. Terry Branstad signed the legislation into law on

March 2. He signed the mea-sure in a private ceremony and issued no statement about his decision.

The legislation had passed the Iowa Senate and House on Feb. 28 and sent to the governor, who had three days to decide whether to sign it.

The bill passed the Senate 40-

Iowa law targets undercover videosof animal abuse

See Law, Page 9

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TAMPA, Fla. — The National Turkey Federation has named Carl’s Jr.® and Hardee’s® as the recipient of its 10th Annual “Turkey on the Menu” (T.O.M.) Award in the “fast food catego-ry.” The award honors the chains for introducing a variety of char-broiled turkey burgers on their menu that offers healthier op-tions to consumers. The T.O.M. Award was presented during NTF’s annual convention.

John Koncki, director of re-search and development for CKE Restaurants Inc., accepted the award on behalf of CKE Res-taurants Inc., the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, which has 3,219 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 23 coun-

tries, including 1,292 Carl’s Jr. restaurants and 1,917 Hardee’s restaurants. “Consumers today are looking for burger options that are better for them and taste great,” said Koncki. “That’s why we teamed up with Men’s Health Magazine and “Eat This, Not That!” to develop a line of de-licious charbroiled turkey burg-ers that are indulgent and don’t skimp on taste.”

To create the burgers, CKE Restaurants Inc. partnered with Matt Gould, co-author of the “Eat This, Not That!” book se-

ries, and Men’s Health Maga-zine to produce five varieties of turkey burgers: traditional, teriyaki, guacamole, mushroom Swiss and BBQ ranch. The line of charbroiled turkey burgers launched in March 2011 as a permanent menu item at Carl’s Jr.and Hardee’s locations in the U.S., as well as in select inter-national units. CKE Restaurants Inc. is the first national fast food chain to add turkey burgers to its permanent menu.

AdvancePierre Foods, creator and supplier of the turkey patty, nominated the burger chains for NTF’s prestigious award. Dick Elmore, vice president of strate-gic accounts for AdvancePierre Foods, presented the T.O.M. Award to CKE Restaurants dur-ing the awards presentation.

“It is an honor to be here to-

day recognizing CKE Restau-rants for their commitment to healthy menu alternatives,” said Elmore. “The patties from Ad-vancePierre Foods are a combi-nation of ground dark and white turkey meat and the product specifications allow the turkey burgers to remain moist after going through the charbroiler. Guests were able to get the same ‘backyard barbeque’ charbroiled flavor they have come to expect at Carl’s Jr.and Hardee’s with a much leaner, lower calorie alter-native.”

Advertising and marketing campaigns helped bring aware-ness of the lower-fat, healthy menu option. An integrated mar-keting campaign included na-tional television advertising, ra-dio and billboards. Digital mar-keting included Facebook and

Twitter integration with products giveaways and direct interaction with fans and guests. Publicity for the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s turkey burgers resulted in 188 million earned media impres-sions and advertising reached hundreds of millions.

T.O.M. Award winners in other categories are:

Ram’s Horn Restaurants — winner in the “mid-scale/casual dining category,” Ram’s Horn Restaurants draws loyal crowds with their delicious food, great service and friendly, comfortable atmosphere. Nominated by Sara Lee Food and Beverage, this foodservice operation was cho-sen for its application of turkey products in a variety of meals throughout the day.

NTF presents T.O.M. awards to fast food chains

See NTF, Page 9

WASHINGTON — The Na-tional Turkey Federation has hon-ored Vance Larson of S&K Tur-keys, who served as NTF chairman in 1986, with the NTF Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented during the NTF annual conven-tion, Larson received the award for being a leader and innovator in the turkey industry.

Larson started in the turkey busi-ness when he was about 14 years old in Sergeant, Minn. His family-owned turkey business began to grow and prosper and in 1965 the Larson family purchased the grain elevator in Sergeant, making it part of their operations. In 1986, when he was elected NTF chairman, his operation was raising more than a quarter of a million turkeys an-nually, along with 5,000 hogs and 1,700 acres of corn. He also served as president of Midwest Poultry Federation in 1983 and was a long-time force within the Minnesota

turkey industry.Pete Hermanson, a past NTF

chairman and past Lifetime Achievement recipient, presented Larson with the award.

“It was at NTF that Vance cre-ated his most lasting legacy in the industry . . . he had a passion for making NTF and the turkey indus-try the best organization possible,” Hermanson said. “Vance’s commit-ment to the turkey industry didn’t end when his term as chairman was over or when he left the Executive Committee, he remained active in the federation serving through 2011 as a member of the board of direc-tors.”

NTF initiated the Lifetime

Achievement Award program at its 1946 annual convention. Since that time, 67 recipients have been recognized with this honor.

NTF honors Lifetime Achievement

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Lifetime Achievement: Jim Sumner, center, president of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council, was presented the Lifetime Achieve-ment Award from the National Poultry & Food Distributors Associa-tion at the recent NPFDA convention. The award is given annually to a poultry industry leader who has played a major role in the growth of the poultry industry. Joining in the presentation were Chris Sharp, left, of Kelly’s Foods, NPFDA immediate past president, and NPFDA President Al Acunto of Preferred Freezer Services.

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Honorary Lifetime Member: The National Poultry & Food Dis-tributors Association named Tarry Winfrey, center, executive vice president of Lehar Sales Co. in Oakland, Calif., as its Honorary Lifetime Member Award recipient, one of only two people to have ever been selected for the award. Presenting the award are Chris Sharp, left, Kelly’s Foods, NPFDA immediate past president, and Al Acunto, Preferred Freezer Services, NPFDA president. Winfrey is a past president of NPFDA, has served on the NPFDA board of direc-tors and been chairman of several committees. He was selected as NPFDA’s 1998 Member of the Year.

ORLANDO, Fla. —The impact of the economy and higher prices for meat and poultry products are making a significant difference for consumers at the meat case. Price has taken on an ever-greater role in the meat purchasing decision process, as price per pound ranks number-one as the most important decision factor for consumers. To-tal package cost is now the second most important decision factor, surpassing product appearance, according to the seventh annual Power of Meat study.

The study, conducted by 210 An-alytics, was commissioned jointly by the American Meat Institute and the Food Marketing Institute with sponsorship by Sealed Air’s Cryo-vac Food Packaging Division. The report details the findings of a na-tional online poll of 1,340 consum-ers conducted in November 2011.

Among the study findings were:

Money-saving actionsFor the first time this year, the

share of shoppers simply opting to buy less (and thus spend less) equaled the share using lists, cou-pons and other saving measures. In terms of meat and poultry, dollar sales increased by 2.5 percent, but volume sales decreased by 5.3 per-cent as a result of inflation across proteins. A growing share of shop-pers engage in pre-trip research and planning meals around promotions. However, an even greater share compares prices while in the store. The end result is greater shopper flexibility to adjust purchases to spend less.

Purchasing patternsFull-service supermarkets con-

tinue to be a stronghold for fresh meat and poultry, with high reten-tion rates and a pick-up of shoppers from other channels, especially su-percenters.

Private-brand meat and poultry remains popular. However, rather than an outright preference, it is better defined as a greater willing-

ness to purchase private brands. This led to an increase in the share of “switchers” — shoppers who do not have a preference for national or private brand, but choose based on other factors, predominantly price. Meanwhile, shoppers’ reduced in-terest in volume-based discounts, such as bulk and buy-one-get-one free, as measured last year, did not rebound any this year.

Despite economic pressures, nat-ural and organic meat and poultry experienced an uptick in the num-ber of buyers over the past year to 24 percent of shoppers. Addition-ally, 90 percent of shoppers predict they will buy about the same (70 percent) or more (20 percent) next year.

Meat’s roleMeat and poultry play an impor-

tant role at the American dinner ta-ble, with chicken and beef making up the largest share of purchases. The fresh category continues to be much larger than the heat-and-eat and ready-to-eat categories, but the latter continue to show signs of strength for the convenience-orient-ed shopper. Another area of growth is marinated meat and poultry, with an increasing share of shoppers preparing their own mixes or pur-chasing marinades or spice mixes

along with the meat/poultry.Meat and poultry preparation

techniques have changed quite a bit over the past five years. Fry-ing (pan fry and deep fry) expe-rienced a 22 percentage-point de-cline in use, whereas more people are using the oven and crock pot/slow cooker (up 12 percentage points).

Preparation knowledgeDespite the popularity of meat

and poultry, shoppers’ knowledge and preparation skills leave much to be desired. Shoppers mostly rate their skills relative to prepa-ration, nutrition knowledge, meal planning, etc. as “just okay” ver-sus “great.” Interest in a “here’s-how-it’s-done” type service in the meat department is moderately high, providing suppliers and re-tailers with an excellent opportu-nity to connect with shoppers in new ways.

InnovationsShoppers are definitely open

to a variety of packaging inno-vations, especially leak-proof packaging and concepts that aim at the reduction of food waste. On the other hand, environmentally-friendly packaging only does well if no price premium is charged.

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By GPA Trade DevelopmentSpecial to Poultry Times

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Planning — detailed, long-term planning — has become part of the cul-ture at the Georgia Ports Au-thority (GPA). But underneath the annual economic analysis of emerging markets, trends, demo-graphic growth, shifting sourc-ing patterns and developing free trade agreements are two basic questions:

What will customers need and when will they need it?

In 1996, port officials studied the impact of the Panama Canal expansion and determined ocean carriers will need a deeper chan-nel leading in to the Port of Sa-vannah and expanded facilities at the Port itself.

In preparation for Panama Ca-nal expansion, an approximate $625 million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is an-ticipated to begin construction in the latter part of 2012 to deepen the Savannah channel to enable more efficient access.

Currently the existing water depth at mean low tide is 42 feet (12.8 meters), but when dredging is finished that will go up to 48

feet (14.6 meters) — a move that improves the ability of Savannah to handle larger vessels.

The planning also spotlight-ed the fact that because larger vessels bring more containers through the port, the GPA need-ed to expand and improve ex-isting facilities in order to meet customer needs. One example is how the port handles refrig-

erated cargo. With its strategic Southeast location, Savannah is ideally situated close to the “Poultry Belt” of the U.S. The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal has become the num-ber one reefer container export terminal on the East Coast for poultry. But to grow that trade even more, the port had to find a way to efficiently increase its capacity for handling refriger-

ated containers.As in every specialized indus-

try there are challenges that had to be met, and in Savannah that is exactly what was achieved in the refrigerated container seg-ment. Refrigerated containers need storage space at their ports, along with sufficient electrical power supplied to ensure cargo is kept at the required tempera-tures.

During 2005-2006, Savan-nah’s refrigerated container vol-umes stood at 52,750 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) per year. By 2008, that figure had reached 100,000 TEUs and the latest volume projections in-dicate that Savannah will move close to 130,000 TEUs of reefer cargo this year. As a result of this tremendous jump in volumes, GPA developed the innovative idea of installing refrigerated container racks (known in the trade as reefer racks). Such racks enable easier and more efficient access to stacked refrigerated containers as well as a safe and easy way to plug them into elec-trical power.

Across Savannah’s Garden City Terminal, the port now has 44 reefer racks, each capable of holding 24 containers, bringing an additional stacking capacity of a massive 1,056 containers. In the first quarter of 2012, 20 addi-tional reefer racks with an addi-tional capacity of 480 containers will become operational Even more reefer racks are planned later in 2012 and beyond.

One of the key advantages of these reefer racks, when com-pared to the previous on-dock operation, is that it provides a savings of 2.4 million gallons of diesel fuel per year, a large yearly cost savings.

The Port has thus quickly in-creased its refrigerated container handling capacity and is ready for the expected future growth in volume for refrigerated con-tainers. In short, this innovative idea has provided the port with the ability to better handle ever increasing volumes in the same

amount of terminal space.Not surprisingly, Savannah’s

number one export market for refrigerated containers is China, and it is there that GPA will see its biggest future volume growth. Based on that market, there is in-creasing demand for more con-tainer services to cover the U.S. East Coast-Asia route via both the Suez and Panama Canals. Thus, the Panama Canal expan-sion that will be completed in 2014 will enable even more vol-

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Thinking about tomorrow, actingon it today

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“The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal

has become the number one reefer container export terminal on the East Coast for poultry.

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WASHINGTON — The International Association of Refriger-ated Warehouses (IARW) annually compiles listings of public re-frigerated warehouses with the greatest capacity of space — both for North America and globally.

In information compiled for 2011, IARW lists the top 25 refrig-erated warehouses as the following:

North America1. AmeriCold Logistics LLC, 878,079,061 cubic feet.2. Millard Refrigerated Services, 293,700,000 cubic feet.3. United States Cold Storage, 186,189,862 cubic feet.4. Preferred Freezer Services, 170,250,625 cubic feet.5. Versacold, 127,486,198 cubic feet.6. Castle & Cooke Cold Storage, 111,867,380 cubic feet.7. Interstate Warehousing Inc., 73,120,368 cubic feet.8. Burris Refrigerated Logistics, 62,329,576 cubic feet.9. Nordic Cold Storage LLC, 59,529,000 cubic feet.10. Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co., 59,457,489 cubic feet.11. Columbia Colstor Inc., 50,610,000 cubic feet.12. Total Logistics Control LLC, 47,480,066 cubic feet.13. Richmond Cold Storage Co.., 44,657,281 cubic feet.14. Henningsen Cold Storage Co., 41,785,309 cubic feet.15. Frialsa Frigorificos S.A. de C.V., 39,646,965 cubic feet.16. Hanson Logistics, 42,847,343 cubic feet.17. Conestoga Cold Storage, 30,620,000 cubic feet.18. Congébec Logistics Inc., 26,650,000 cubic feet.19. Confederation Freezers, 26,450,000 cubic feet.20. Terminal Freezers Inc., 24,430,906 cubic feet.21. Zero Mountain Inc., 23,644,000 cubic feet.22. Trenton Cold Storage Inc., 22,835,972 cubic feet.23. Interstate Cold Storage Inc., 21,403,000 cubic feet.

IARW lists largestcold storage companies

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ATLANTA — As keynote speaker at the College Student Career Program, Dr. Don Mc-Intyre, poultry technical man-ager, Adisseo, addressed 325 students from 25 universities about “Progressing from Aca-demics to Industry.”

The annual program, held in conjunction with the Interna-tional Poultry Expo, is spon-sored by the U.S. Poultry &

Egg Association.McIntyre is an alumnus of

the College Student Career Program. He attended the pro-gram while he was a junior at North Carolina State Univer-sity. He reflected on seeing the Expo floor for the first time and being excited about the abun-dance of opportunities in the industry.

“I grew up with beef cattle and

quarter horses,” said McIntyre. “I went to school to pursue a career as a large animal veteri-narian. I never applied to vet school, because I was intrigued by the genetic aspects of poul-try science. I love puzzles. I love figuring out how things work. Each of you needs to find your own individual talent or gift.”

“The poultry industry is like a fraternity and the opportuni-ties are limitless,” he added. “Find a mentor at your job, someone you can look up to and go to for advice, someone who can help you and keep you on track with your goals. Find the gift that makes you special; make it your calling, not just your career.”

The College Student Career Program affords undergradu-ate and graduate students from colleges and universities across the nation, in multiple disci-plines, with the opportunity to interview for jobs and intern-ships with industry and allied companies. These students can also visit the exhibit floor to complement their studies, by seeing the latest technology and newest innovations in today’s poultry and egg production and processing operations.

The program also includes student competitions for Col-lege Student Career Program Student of the Year, Club of the Year, and Scrapbook of the Year. McIntyre presented the annual Frank Perdue Scholar-ship Student of the Year Award to Terik Jones, University of Arkansas. The scholarship is named for Frank Perdue, noted for his dedication to aspiring young people studying for ca-reers in the poultry industry. University of Arkansas also took home top honors for Club of the Year and Scrapbook of the Year.

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Student of the Year: Terik Jones, center, a student at the University of Ar-kansas, was the recipient of this year’s Frank Perdue Scholarship Student of the Year award. Presenting Jones the award during the International Poultry Expo’s College Student Career Program were, left to right, Dr. Michael Kidd, department head with the University of Arkansas’ Poultry Science Center of Excellence; and Dr. Don McIntyre, poultry technical manager with Adisseo, and program keynote speaker.

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GREELEY, Colo. — Pil-grim’s Pride Corp. has re-ported sales of $1.83 billion for the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with $1.81 billion in the same period for 2010.

Adjusted EBITDA (earn-ings before interest, tax, de-preciation and amortization) for the quarter was $22.6 mil-

lion, and operating cash flows were positive for the same period. The company recognized a net loss of $85.4 million for the fourth quarter, resulting in a 40 cents loss per share.

“While 2011 was an extremely challenging year, it was also transfor-mational with respect to Pilgrim’s operating model,” said Bill Lovette, Pilgrim’s Pride CEO.

Lovette identified some of the challenges Pilgrim’s faced in 2011, including the impact of extreme grain volatility and increased cost in-puts.

“The industry had burdensome levels of finished goods invento-ries and overproduction in the first half of the year. Additionally, very weak chicken prices relative to costs continued throughout the year,” he said.

“The company’s operating model changes include realignment of strategy and management structure becoming a lean and agile team fo-cused on operational excellence, joint value creation with key custom-ers, growth of value added exports and driving ownership and account-ability deeper in the organization,” Lovette added. “This transformation brings forth a goal of more effective working capital management, an improved cost structure and a more profitable sales mix. Pilgrim’s also changes its pricing strategy creating less dependence on one-year fixed price contracts and more reflective of markets.”

External impacts on the full year results stemmed from the com-pany’s focused inventory reduction efforts in the first half, as well as non-cash write offs of fixed assets, and impairments related to breeder stock during the first three quarters.

Year over year net sales increased 9.5 percent to $7.5 billion in 2011, with net income for the year resulting in a loss of $496.8 million.

Rights offeringPilgrim’s Pride has also announced that the subscription period of

Pilgrim’s reportsquarterly results

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In other Business news:

Cooper Farms installs wind power turbines

VAN WERT, Ohio — Cooper Farms Cooked Meats is now uti-lizing wind power, having recently installed two 1.5 megawatt wind turbines. The turbines will pro-vide more than 50 percent of the Van Wert plant’s power needs, and save valuable natural resources, the company noted.

Though these only add to the multitude of turbines that are now a part of the Van Wert county sky-line, the decision was made through careful research and planning, said company owners Jim and Gary Cooper.

“We created a team of individu-als whose job it was to explore the possibilities of using wind turbines here at our Van Wert location,” said Jim Cooper, CEO of Cooper Farms. “Their finding was that it did make economic and sustainability sense to use wind energy for a portion of our electrical needs. The two turbines should produce about 60 percent of our electrical needs at the Cooked Meats plant.”

Construction work for the two towers began in mid-September of 2011, with work on the founda-tions. The turbines were delivered by November and installation was complete by Dec. 30, 2011. During the month of January the equipment has been under testing. Full output was expected as of the middle of February.

Cooper Farms has always main-tained a commitment to the envi-ronment and sustainable practices, making the switch to wind energy, lessening the company’s environ-mental impact, a natural decision, the company noted.

“This investment was a part of an overall sustainability goal,” said Gary Cooper, COO of Cooper Farms. “We have been investing in a wide variety of projects over the years. All of which help to improve

our local environment by reducing our overall use of national resourc-es and becoming more efficient in our use of utilities. Our large invest-ment in these two turbines is just another example of our sustainabil-ity initiatives.”

Each tower has a total height of 421 feet. Components of the tur-bines were made in both the U.S. and China. Cooper Farms has also utilized a variety of local contrac-tors during the construction of the two wind turbines. One Energy of Findlay, Ohio, was commissioned to head the project while local con-tractors fulfilled needs for stone driveways, concrete, field tile re-pair, turbine installation and elec-trical work.

While no other wind turbines are planned for Cooper Farms at the moment, both Coopers acknowl-edge that it is not out of the ques-tion.

“We will be studying the effec-tiveness of the two turbines we now have over the next few years. If they do work as our studies have predicted, then there may be other areas in our company that would benefit from wind energy,” said Jim Cooper.

More information about Cooper Farms can be obtained at http://www.cooperfarms.com.

Valley of the Moon acquires Talley Farms

OSCEOLA, Iowa — Valley of the Moon Commercial Poults Inc. has announced that it has com-pleted the acquisition of the Talley Farms facilities in Anson County, N.C. A total of 1.25 million square feet of farming space was acquired including brooding farms, four dark out farms, six laying farms and two stud barns. Also included are a field office, egg storage facil-ity, maintenance shop and a wood shaving storage facility.

In addition a long-term contract was signed with High Ridge Farms to produce eggs. VOMCP will own

the birds placed at High Ridge Farms and will implement its own quality control programs.

“These farms will allow us to produce about 26 million eggs per year in Anson County and provide a solid foundation for quality egg production,” said David Kenyon, VOMCP president. “The farms are isolated with concrete floors and shower facilities and we will implement our strict biosecurity and quality control procedures. High Ridge Farm is also in Anson County so it was important to sign this contract to manage bird move-ment and production in the area as much as possible. We are very ex-cited about this acquisition and our shareholders’ commitment to the turkey industry and to the growth of VOMCP.”

“We thank all our customers for the support they have shown us in the last several months,” he added. “We began delivering an option for highly selected, quality Nicho-las eggs and poults in January of this year and this further demon-strates our commitment to provide choice.”

Valley of the Moon Commercial Poults notes that it supplies highly selected, quality commercial poults and eggs to the turkey industry. A new single-stage hatchery with ca-pacity to set up to 50 million eggs was completed in November 2011 and began hatching poults in Janu-ary 2012. VOMCP is a subsidiary of Aviagen Holdings Inc.

Butterball LLC receives business award in Ark.

OZARK, Ark. — The Butterball LLC Ozark facility was presented the “Large Business of the Year” award for its community involve-ment during the 65th Annual Ozark Area Chamber of Commerce ban-quet, held on Feb. 4, at St. Mary’s Lawrence Hall in Ozark, Ark. An estimated 300 community mem-bers were in attendance.

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The company will issue a total of approximately 44,444,444 shares of the company’s common stock (subject to adjustment for fractional shares) to stockholders that exercised their subscription rights. In connection with the rights offering, Pilgrim’s majority stockholder, JBS USA Holdings Inc., exercised its basic and over-subscription rights in full, the company said.

Subscription rights that were not exercised by 5 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 29, 2012, have expired. The company expects the subscription agent for the rights offering, Computershare Trust Co. N.A., to finish calculating the results of the rights offering, including the allocation of shares pursuant to the exercise of the over-subscription right, on or about March 6, 2012.

The company said that, “We will endeavor to issue the shares to stock-holders who validly and timely exercised their basic subscription and over-subscription rights as soon as practicable.”

Pilgrim’s will receive $200 million of gross proceeds in connection with the exercise of the subscription rights by its stockholders. Pilgrim’s will use the net proceeds for additional working capital to improve its capital position and for general corporate purposes, the company noted.

Pilgrim’s employs approximately 39,500 people and operates chicken processing plants and prepared-foods facilities in 12 states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. More information can be obtained at http://www.pilgrims.com.

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“Butterball supports the com-munities it serves through active involvement, volunteering and charitable contributions,” said Rod Brenneman, president and CEO of Butterball LLC. “This recognition reinforces Butterball’s ongoing commitment to serving as a strong corporate citizen in the many com-munities where we operate, in Ozark and nationally.”

Butterball’s Ozark facility was recognized for several initiatives and programs implemented dur-ing 2011 including the support of area youth through a “Shop Til’ You Drop” Christmas program, the facility’s overall support of “Christ-mas Spirit” and donations of ice and meals given to tornado victims during the area’s 2011 storms. Ad-ditionally, on Dec. 21, the compa-ny donated nearly 10,000 pounds of turkey products in coordination with the Fort Smith, Ark., Food Bank to help provide tornado vic-tims in the area with safe and nutri-tious holiday meals.

Nominations for the award were submitted by community members and voted upon by more than 165 members of the Ozark Area Cham-ber of Commerce.

CHS & Cargill expand grain export operations

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Car-gill and CHS Inc. have announced that the two agribusiness compa-nies are expanding the scope of their TEMCO LLC grain export terminal joint venture to include other Pacific Northwest export as-sets owned by the companies.

TEMCO, which operates an ex-port facility in Tacoma, Wash., is a 50-50 joint venture between CHS and Cargill. The expanded joint venture will include the Tacoma facility along with an export ter-minal in Kalama, Wash., and the Cargill Irving Elevator at Portland, Ore. The expanded joint venture

company will export feed grains, oilseeds and wheat to Asia-Pacific markets.

Cargill and CHS both noted that they are confident the long-term expansion will result in the assets, infrastructure and volume neces-sary to meet their global demand. Country elevators and producers will benefit from the global connec-tions and logistical and distribution expertise, the companies added.

More information can be ob-tained at http://www.chsinc.com; and http://www.cargill.com.

CSX offering info on rail-ready sites

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has introduced a new program, CSX Select Sites, offering custom-ers a way to access certified rail-ready properties for a variety of industrial uses.

The company notes that the web site contains search features that

show high-resolution views of to-pography, rail and road layouts and other significant characteristics of each parcel.

The site can be obtained at http://www.csx.com, and choose “Select Sites.”

The CSX Select Sites designa-tion indicates “green light” proper-ties along the CSX network where projects can move forward rapidly because risk factors have been iden-tified and potential issues resolved, the company said.

“Ultimately, these sites will rep-resent many of the best manufac-turing properties along CSX’s rail network in the Eastern U.S.,” said Clark Robertson, CSX assistant vice president-regional develop-ment. “The Select Site designation promotes shorter decision time-lines, increased speed to market and lower up-front development risk for companies seeking indus-trial property to place their manu-facturing operations.”

“All of the data suggest manufac-turers prefer certainty in their selec-tion of new plant locations,” Rob-ertson added. “We intend to assist communities across the network to identify sites that can provide cer-tainty and compete effectively for these new investments and jobs.”

The company notes that to re-ceive this designation the sites — from 100 to 1,000 acres — had to meet a list of key criteria, including infrastructure and utility availabil-ity, environmental reviews, appro-priate zoning and entitlement, air quality, permitting, rail serviceabil-ity, proximity to highways and in-terstates and other attributes. CSX has partnered with the Austin Co., a site selection and certification con-sulting company, to screen candi-

date sites and assist communities with the application and certifi-cation process.

“The web site’s simple naviga-tion and stable of pre-qualified rail ready sites make this the new gold standard in certified site programs,” said Don Schjel-dahl, vice president of the Austin Co. “The program certifies rail ready and development ready properties of various sizes and features them on a web site that is refreshing in its simplicity and a competitive leader in deliver-ing information.”

CSX also notes that it wel-comes candidate sites from in-dustrial property owners and economic development organi-zations.

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will be released in June.U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, founded in 1947,

represents the complete spectrum of the poultry in-dustry, serving member companies through research, education, communication and technical assistance.

AFIA represents the business, legislative and regulatory interests of the U.S. animal feed indus-try and its suppliers. Member-companies are live-stock feed and pet food manufacturers, integrators,

pharmaceutical companies, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies which supply other products, services and supplies to feed manufacturers.

AMI members produce 95 percent of the beef, pork, lamb and veal products and 70 percent of the turkey products in the U.S. The institute provides legislative, regulatory, public relations, technical, scientific and educational services to the meat and poultry packing and processing industry.

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cessed turkey products and producer of cooked and ready-to-eat beef, pork and poultry products. The company employs more than 6,000 people who work at the company’s four turkey processing fa-cilities, five cooked/processed meat facilities, three breeder/hatcheries, five feed mills, two distribution centers and corporate headquarters. Cargill Value Added Meats sells product to retail grocery chains and club stores, major food service distributors, convenience stores, the top 200 restaurant chains and food processors. The business produces more than 1 billion pounds of finished goods annually. Branded products include Honeysuckle White tur-key, Shady Brook Farms, Schweigert, Plantation and Charter Reserve.

Prior to his role at Cargill, he was chief operat-

ing officer for Rocco Enterprises Inc., where he was responsible for their turkey and chicken businesses in Virginia and North Carolina. He also held the position as complex general manager for Cargill’s California, Mo., plant.

During the convention, the board also reelected Ji-had Douglas, Aviagen Turkeys; Yubert Envia, Foster Farms; Jim Leighton, Perdue Farms Inc.; Walter Pel-letier, Butterball LLC; Ron Prestage, Prestage Farms; John Reicks, Sara Lee Food and Beverage; and Carl Wittenburg, Protein Alliance Inc.; to the Executive Committee.

The board elected Glenn Leitch, Jennie-O Turkey Store, and Ron Kardel, West Liberty Foods, to their first terms as EC members.

The elected EC members appointed Matt Cook, Norbest Inc., and Jeff Sveen, Dakota Provisions, to the Executive Committee as at-large members.

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NORFOLK, Va. — Dynamic Fuels LLC and Mansfield Oil Co. have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corp., one of the nation’s largest transporters of coal and industrial products. Norfolk Southern has primarily been using a 100 percent pure Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel at its Meridian, Miss., rail yard since early January.

Dynamic Fuels, a 50/50 ven-ture owned by Tyson Foods Inc. and Syntroleum Corp., recently signed commercial off-take and strategic alliance agreements with Mansfield to market re-newable diesel to fleet custom-ers. Dynamic Fuels, operator of the first commercial advanced

biofuels plant in the U.S., pro-duces next-generation renewable and synthetic fuels from animal fats and greases. The company’s Geismar, La., plant produces re-newable diesel as “drop in” fuel that can replace 100 percent of petroleum diesel in a diesel en-gine without engine modifica-tion.

“Norfolk Southern is pleased to be the first fleet user of re-newable diesel in the United States,” said Gerhard Thelen, Norfolk Southern vice president operations planning and sup-port. “Our locomotive engines are completely compatible with the pure renewable diesel pro-vided by Dynamic Fuels and Mansfield. Together, they have

provided seamless integration of renewable diesel supply into our Meridian, Miss., yard. Norfolk Southern has been at the fore-front of the railroad industry in evaluating synthetic and renew-able diesel fuels for many years. This effort exemplifies Norfolk Southern’s commitment to re-ducing carbon and other emis-sions, while further integrating sustainability throughout the op-erations of the company.”

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Stinebaugh, senior vice president of Syntroleum Corp. “We look forward to working with Norfolk Southern to lower their emis-sions and increase the renewable content of the fuel they burn. Re-newable diesel is a sustainable, ultra clean burning, high cetane fuel that reduces carbon emis-sions and significantly reduces particulates and NOx when combusted in existing diesel en-gines. Supplying a prestigious company like Norfolk Southern validates our belief that custom-ers are looking for renewable options that increase sustainabil-

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10 and then was approved by the House, 69-28.The measure was changed from an earlier ver-

sion that included language to make undercover videotaping at farms or other animal operations illegal.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled such language is protected by the Constitution, and the Iowa at-torney general’s office recommended that it be re-moved from the bill, said the bill’s sponsor and veterinarian Joe Seng (D-Davenport).

Seng said the bill strikes a balance by discourag-ing animal activists from sneaking into livestock facilities but doesn’t prohibit someone who legiti-mately works there to report animal abuse.

The penalty for lying on a job application to get access to a farm facility increases to a serious misdemeanor in the bill, and a second conviction makes it an aggravated misdemeanor.

A serious misdemeanor carries a fine of up to $1,500 and imprisonment up to one year. An aggra-vated misdemeanor can be punished by a fine of up to $5,000 and imprisonment of up to two years.

“I feel that we did something that was needed. It more than anything sends a message,” Seng said.

“But I didn’t think it was real egregious to the ani-mal welfare people.”

He said the livestock industry has legitimate con-cerns about unauthorized people infiltrating their facilities because they could track in disease or let mice or other unwanted vermin in.

“If you have millions invested in a private busi-ness, you should be given those safeguards that your business is not injured by somebody,” Seng said.

Iowa is the nation’s leading pork and egg pro-ducer. Its farms typically have more than 19 million hogs and 54 million egg-laying chickens in barns and confinement buildings.

Opponents of the bill said they are pleased it’s been watered down, but they still think it is over-reaching.

Animal groups had called on Branstad to veto the bill, saying it ignores strong public sentiment that favors proper treatment of animals and methods of oversight that ensure safe food.

Legislatures in seven states — Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York and Utah — have considered laws that would enhance penalties against those who secretly record video of livestock, though the efforts have stalled in some states.

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Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop — winner in the “quick casual category,” Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop was chosen for its variety of slow-roasted turkey menu items, including the long-standing cus-tomer favorite: The Bobbie®. This foodservice chain was nominated by Butterball LLC.

“On behalf of NTF, it’s a privi-lege to recognize these foodservice operations with our annual T.O.M. Award in recognition of their vari-ety of turkey menu options,” said Sherrie Rosenblatt, NTF’s vice president of marketing and com-

munications.NTF members nominated the

foodservice chains that exemplify the criteria of the T.O.M. Award. Entrant applications address ques-tions regarding turkey menu ap-plications, the items’ consumer appeal, how the chain promotes the menu items through marketing and turkey’s food cost percentage. A panel of foodservice profession-als rates the entries on consumer appeal, versatility, taste, value and how the turkey applications bene-fits the chain operation. The winner receiving the most overall points from the judges received the award at NTF’s annual convention.

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our customers.”Norfolk Southern Corp. is one

of the U.S. top transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates ap-proximately 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern U.S., and provides connections to oth-er rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive in-termodal network in the East and is a major transporter of coal and industrial products.

Founded in 1957, Mansfield Oil Co. has achieved double-digit growth for three decades by focusing on optimizing and controlling fuel-related costs for its customers using innovation, technology and high touch ser-vice. It has been ranked as one of

the Top 50 privately held compa-nies in America by Forbes maga-zine and a multiple category fi-nalist in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards,

Tyson Foods Inc., founded in 1935 with headquarters in Springdale, Ark., is one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork, the second-largest food production company in the For-tune 500 and a member of the S&P 500. The company produces a wide variety of protein-based and prepared food products and is a recognized market leader in the retail and foodservice mar-kets it serves. Tyson provides products and services to custom-ers throughout the U.S. and more than 130 countries.

Syntroleum Corp. owns the Syntroleum® Process for Fisch-er-Tropsch (FT) conversion of

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Process for upgrading FT liquid hydrocarbons into middle distil-late products such as synthetic diesel and jet fuels, and the Bio-Synfining® technology for con-verting animal fat and vegetable oil feedstocks into middle distil-late products such as renewable diesel and jet fuel using inedible fats and greases as feedstock. The 50/50 venture — known as Dynamic Fuels — was formed to construct and operate mul-tiple renewable synthetic fuels facilities, with production on the first site beginning in 2010. The company plans to use its port-folio of technologies to develop and participate in synthetic and renewable fuel projects.

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ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associa-tions’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 6.8 percent in December after rising 0.3 percent in November 2011. The latest gain put the SA index at 124.5 (2000=100) in December, up from the November level of 116.6.

For all of 2011, tonnage rose 5.9 percent more than the previous year — the largest annual increase since 1998, ATA said. Tonnage for the last month of the year was 10.5 percent higher than December 2010, the largest year-over-year gain since July 1998. November tonnage was up 6.1 percent from the same month last year.

The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets be-fore any seasonal adjustment, equaled 116.4 in Decem-ber, which was 0.8 percent above the previous month, the group noted.

“While I’m not surprised that tonnage increased in De-cember, I am surprised at the magnitude of the gain,” ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said. Costello noted that it was the largest month-to-month increase since January 2005.

“Not only did truck tonnage increase due to solid man-ufacturing output in December, but also from some likely

ATA: Truck tonnageindex notes largestannual gain in 13 years

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Feed Mill seminar focus is technology

TUCKER, — The 2012 Feed Mill Management Seminar, to be held March 21-22 at the Double-tree Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., will provide the latest informa-tion and technology for the in-dustry. The seminar is sponsored by the U.S. Poultry & Egg As-sociation.

“Remaining current with changing government feed mill regulations and new develop-ments in equipment and technol-ogy is critical to ensuring food safety, feed quality and manag-ing costs in both poultry and egg

production. The Feed Mill Man-agement Seminar program will engage managers, so they are provided with the most up-to-date information available,” said program committee chairman Marc Shockley, Perdue Farms.

The seminar was developed by an industry committee of industry mill managers, university faculty and a nutritionist. Program top-ics include: Economics of Feed Milling . . . What Is the Indus-try Facing?; Pellet Quality; An Effective Biosecurity/HACCP Plan for Feed Mills; Boiler Ef-ficiency and Safety; Fleet Safe-ty — Cameras and GPS; Dust Control Technology — New and Retrofit; and The Future of Trac-tor Engine Design. The program will also include a regulatory update, review new feed mill technology and feature a safety

motivational speaker.Seminar committee members

included Brian Franklin, Wayne Farms; Dr. William Dozier, Au-burn University; Dr. Casey Ritz, University of Georgia; and Dr. Carla Price, Sanderson Farms.

Registration and more in-formation can be obtained at http://www.uspoultry.org/educa-tionprograms/index.cfm#fmms.

Int’l. Poultry Councilsets spring meeting

PARIS — The spring meet-ing of the International Poultry Council will be held here March 28-30 at the Hilton Arc de Tri-omphe hotel with representa-tives from poultry organizations around the world.

More than 25 countries are represented in the IPC’s mem-bership.

Representatives of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

and the Codex Alimentarius Commission will give presenta-tions at the meeting. IPC member countries will also present status updates on the poultry industries in their home countries.

The OIE, FAO and Codex have officially recognized the IPC as the organization representing the global industry.

Registration and hotel infor-mation is available on the IPC web site at http://www.interna-tionalpoultrycouncil.org. More information can be obtained by contacting IPC Executive Sec-retary George Winn at [email protected].

American Agri-Women plan midyear meeting

OMAHA, Neb. — The 2012 American Agri-Women Midyear Meeting will be in Nebraska City, Neb., on March 29 through April 1, at the Lied Lodge.

The meeting focus will be to discuss current policies and posi-

tions under the direction of Anna Morrison, AAW StART (Strate-gic Action Response Team) co-ordinator.

Speakers, who will address vi-tal issues facing the agricultural industry, include Dr. Gary E. Sides, cattle nutritionist, Pfizer Animal Health, and Melissa Keyes, Nebraska Agricultural Youth Council, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There will be a panel discussion on ani-mal rights moderated by Mindy Paterson, AAW Horse Welfare chairwoman.

StART Committee meetings and the AAW Executive Board will meet on March 29, and the AAW board of directors and AAW Resource Center meetings will be held March 30.

Registration is available at http://www.americanagriwom-en.org or by contacting Peggy Clark, 937-604-2026, [email protected].

More information can be ob-tained by contacting Karen Yost at [email protected], 406-794-0888 or at http://www.americanagriwomen.org.

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WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has an-nounced that the nation’s major freight railroads are projected to invest a re-cord $13 billion in capital expenditures in 2012 to expand, upgrade and enhance the nation’s freight rail network.

The freight railroads are also expect-ed to hire more than 15,000 employees this year, replacing retiring workers and adding new positions nationwide, the group noted.

“Unlike trucks, barges or airlines, America’s freight railroads operate on infrastructure they own, build and maintain themselves so taxpayers don’t have to. And this year they are investing

at a record rate to meet the demands of the recovering economy,” said Edward R. Hamberger, AAR president and CEO. “These investments help busi-nesses get their goods to market more efficiently and affordably, so they too can innovate, invest and hire. That’s how freight rail spurs the American economy and supports jobs all across the country.”

With hundreds of infrastructure proj-ects underway nationwide, privately owned freight rail networks are main-tained through continued investments that have reached record levels in the past three years, the group said, adding that these investments include expendi-

tures such as intermodal terminals that facilitate truck to train freight trans-port; new track, bridges and tunnels; modernized safety equipment; new lo-comotives and rail cars and other com-ponents.

In recent years, railroads have been spending roughly 17 percent of their annual revenue on capital expendi-tures, compared with the average U.S. manufacturer that spends roughly 3 percent of revenue on capital expendi-tures, AAR noted.

“As the demand to move more freight by rail increases and a significant per-centage of the rail workforce hits retire-ment age, freight railroads are continu-

ing to add and fill jobs nationwide,” Hamberger said. “These jobs are well paying, highly skilled careers that can-not be offshored.”

Rail employee compensation averag-es roughly $100,000 per year, with jobs ranging from engineers and dispatch-ers, to law enforcement, to information technology and industrial development, AAR said, also noting that freight rail-roads have roughly 175,000 employees nationwide, many of whom are veter-ans and reservists. Approximately one in five of recent new railroad hires are veterans.

More information can be obtained from the Association of American Rail-roads at http://www.aar.org.

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24. Allied Frozen Storage Inc., 21,246,747 cubic feet.25. Hall’s Warehouse Corp., 20,625,304 cubic feet.Total for top 25 North America: 2,499,273,648 cubic feet.

Global1. AmeriCold Logistics LLC (Argentina, Australia, Canada,

New Zealand, U.S.), 942,487,821 cubic feet.2. Millard Refrigerated Services (Canada, U.S.), 293,700,000

cubic feet.3. Swire Cold Storage (Australia, Vietnam); and United States

Cold Storage (U.S.), 259,538,279 cubic feet.4. Preferred Freezer Services (U.S., China, Vietnam),

205,250,625 cubic feet.5. Nichirei Logistics Group Inc. (Japan, Netherlands, Poland),

161,351,864 cubic feet.6. Versacold (Canada), 127,486,198 cubic feet.7. Castle & Cooke Cold Storage (U.S.), 111,867,380 cubic

feet.8. Interstate Warehousing Inc. (U.S.), 73,120,368 cubic feet.9. Burris Refrigerated Logistics (U.S.), 62,329,576 cubic feet.10. MUK Logistik GmbH (Germany), 60,758,989 cubic feet.11. Nordic Cold Storage LLC (U.S.), 59,529,000 cubic feet.12. Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co. ( U.S.), 59,457,489 cubic

feet.13. Gruppo Marconi Logistica Integrata (Italy), 55,090,931

cubic feet.14. Columbia Colstor Inc. (U.S.), 50,610,000 cubic feet.15. Partner Logistics Europe B.V. (Netherlands), 49,440,534

cubic feet.16. Total Logistic Control LLC (U.S.), 47,480,066 cubic feet.17. Richmond Cold Storage Co. (U.S.), 44,657,281 cubic

feet.18. Bring Frigoscandia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden),

42,847,343 cubic feet.19. Henningsen Cold Storage Co. (U.S.), 41,785,309 cubic

feet.20. Frialsa Frigorificos S.A. de C.V. (Mexico), 39,646,965 cu-

bic feet.21. Hanson Logistics (U.S.), 35,178,539 cubic feet.22. AB Oxford Cold Storage Pty. Ltd. (Australia), 34,943,549

cubic feet.23. Conestoga Cold Storage (Canada), 30,620,000 cubic feet.24. Congébec Logistics Inc. (Canada), 26,650,000 cubic feet.25. Confederation Freezers (Canada), 26,450,000 cubic feet.Total for top 25 Global: 2,942,278,106 cubic feet.More information from the International Association of Re-

frigerated Warehouses can be obtained at http://www.iarw.org.

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MAR12 — CPF WINTER BOARD MTNG.,Doubletree Hotel, Modesto, Calif. Contact: California Poultry Federation, 4640 Spyres Way, Suite 4, Modesto, Calif. 95356. Ph: 209-576-6355; [email protected]; http://www.cpif.org.

MAR12-14 — AFIA SPRING COMMITTEEMTNGS./PURCHASING &INGREDIENT SUPPLIERS CONF.,Omni Orlando Resort at Champions Gate, Orlando, Fla. Contact: American Feed Industry Association, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 916. Arlington, Va. 22201. Ph: 703-524-0810; [email protected]; http://www.afia.org.

MAR13-15 - MPF ANNUAL CONV.,Saint Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minn. Contact: Midwest Poultry Federation, 108 Marty Drive, Buffalo, Minn. 55313. Ph: 763-682-5546l [email protected]; http://www.midwestpoultry.com.

MAR13-14 — GROUND MEAT

PRODUCTION WKSHP., Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: American Meat Institute Foundation, 1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., 12th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036; 202-587-4200; http://www.meatami.com.

MAR14 — BEAM ANNUAL MTNG., Saint Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minn. Contact: Broiler & Egg Association of Minnesota, 108 Marty Drive, Buffalo, Minn. 55313. Ph: 763-682-5546l [email protected]; http://www.mid-westpoultry.com.

MAR14 — MTGA ANNUAL MTNG., Saint Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minn. Contact: Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, 108 Marty Drive, Buffalo, Minn. 55313. Ph: 763-682-5546l [email protected]; http://www.mid-westpoultry.com.

MAR15-16 — PHTQA ‘TRAIN THETRAINER’ MTNG., Saint Paul

RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minn. Contact: Dr. Eva Waller-Pendleton, Poultry Handling & Transportation Quality Assurance coordinator, 100 Orchard Road, Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802; 814-863-0837; eaw10psu.edu; Registration: [email protected], http://www.midwestpoultry.com, or http://www.poultryhandling.org

MAR18-20 —NGFA ANNUAL CONV.,Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, S.C. Contact: National Grain & Feed Association, 1250 I St., N.W., Suite 1003, Washington, D.C. 20005. Ph: 202-289-0873; [email protected]; http://www.ngfa.org.

MAR21-22 — FEED MILL MANAGEMENTSMNR., Doubletree Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303, Ph: 770-493-9401; [email protected]; http://www.uspoultry.org,

MAR24-25 — AMIF WORKER SAFETYCONF., Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: Rosie Levine, American Meat Institute Foundation, Attn.: Worker Safety, Human Resources and the Environment, 1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., 12th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036.Ph: 202-587-4242; [email protected]; http://www.meatami.com.


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OMAHA, Neb. — When President Abraham Lin-coln signed the Pacific Railway Act on July 1, 1862, creating the original Union Pacific, his vision for the transcontinental railroad was to connect a nation from east to west. While Lincoln did not live to see the com-pletion of the transcontinental railroad, his vision was fulfilled, officials noted, adding that along the way, more than 7,000 cities and towns began as Union Pacific de-pots and water stops.

“Abraham Lincoln’s expectations were high,” said Jim Young, Union Pacific chairman and CEO. “What he thought would be a means to settle the West and build

commerce has become the infrastructure that moves the American economy and virtually everything that touches us in our daily lives. Not even Lincoln could have en-visioned the railroad we have today, but he would be proud.”

As Union Pacific celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2012, the company says it continues to connect America to the global economy. Nearly 40 percent of Union Pacif-ic’s freight originates or terminates outside the U.S.

In 2012, Union Pacific notes that it plans to invest a record $3.6 billion, adding to the more than $31 billion it spent from 2000 to 2011.

Depending on the economy, the company also says that it expects to hire 4,000 to 4,500 employees this year.

“We are investing in America’s transportation in-frastructure so taxpayers don’t have to,” Young said. “Looking to the future, our railroad will continue help-ing this country improve its competitive position glob-ally by investing billion in capital, creating well-paying jobs and providing safe, environmentally responsible transportation.”

More information about Union Pacific’s 150th anni-versary can be obtained at http://www.up150.com.

Union Pacific Railroad celebrates 150th anniversary in 2012


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Veterinarian

For immediate consideration, please submit your resume to:Michael Foods, Inc.

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[email protected] (402) 287-5222EOE/AA

We are seeking a highly motivated Poultry Veterinarian to oversee several million laying hens and pullets. The position has responsibilities for production contracts and internal production. The successful candidate must have a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and 3-5 years of production experience, excellent written and verbal communication skills.

ume from Savannah. This will have an impact not only on Sa-vannah’s poultry exports; but also on Florida’s citrus exports, where once again Savannah’s strategic location puts it close to Florida’s citrus exporters.

GPA’s strength in the refriger-ated container trade is not in ex-ports alone. Indeed Savannah has a robust and growing refrigerated import trade as well. Underscoring the overall growth of refrigerated container imports in the last two to three years is a remarkable jump in Savannah’s imports of shellfish, particularly from Southeast Asia and Canada. For these markets such as Thailand, Suez services offer the fastest transit times. The growing two-way trade makes it more profitable for ocean carriers to assign reefer containers that are in demand around the globe to GPA customers.

Indeed Savannah boasts more container services than any other port in the U.S. Southeast. While it remains the dominant hub for

the regions services to Asia, its di-versified portfolio offers multiple options for services to the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and Africa.

“Shippers have a choice here and that’s what’s important,” said Cur-tis Foltz, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority. And that is important for GPA’s broad geo-graphic reach. “Our ports are im-portant to the state, of course, but it’s not just about Georgia. We’ve become the U.S. Southeast’s pri-mary gateway for about 44 percent of the U.S. population,” Foltz said. “It’s all part of our focus and goal to be the logistics center of the South-east. If you combine Hartsfield Air-field with the GPA, which has the fourth busiest container port in the country, it amounts to an economic engine for the entire Southeast.”

The U.S. Southeast is the fast-est growing part of the country in terms of population and invest-ment, making Savannah’s loca-tion vital for both shipping lines and cargo owners. Cargo own-ers are increasingly developing a four-corner geographical strategy,

covering the Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest. Savan-nah has become the natural South-east “corner.” This is especially evident when looking at placement of distribution centers. Savannah is known as “Port Retail,” given the presence of over 20 distribution centers within a few miles of Gar-den City Terminal’s gates and 200 more within a four-hour-drive.

Those advantages haven’t gone unnoticed: Savannah has been the fastest growing port on the East Coast for a decade with an annual compound growth rate of 11.5 per-cent.

Although the GPA has made huge strides in reaching the major goals of its first long-term plan, port officials haven’t stopped look-ing forward to what customers will need next or even several years down the road. “We are now work-ing on our 2022 plan, because his-tory has proven that planning for the future is critical to our success and the success of our customers,” Foltz said.

“When you think about attract-ing customers to a port there are

things you have to do,” Foltz con-tinues. “A company needs to know that there is infrastructure available so they can plan for growth beyond

a decade. That is precisely what we do — we think about our long-term needs and we act on them today.”

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ATLANTA — Six farms across the U.S. were honored with the Family Farm Environmental Ex-cellence Award during the recent 2012 International Poultry Expo.

The U.S. Poultry & Egg Asso-ciation sponsors the annual awards in recognition of exemplary envi-ronmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg

production.The farms selected were:l Cooley Farms, Roberta, Ga.

— Owned and operated by Larry Cooley. The farm is comprised of

590 acres in which chickens and cattle are raised and hay is grown. The farm has 18 poultry houses with a total capacity of 450,000 birds. The farm operates broiler

houses for Perdue.l Flintrock Farms, Lititz, Pa.

— Operated by Daniel and Jen Heller. The farm is comprised of 80 acres in which chickens are raised, row crops are grown and horses are boarded and trained. The farm has 12 poultry houses with a total ca-pacity of 330,000 birds. The farm operates broiler houses for Tyson Foods.l Hack Farms, Turlock, Calif.

— Owned and operated by Will and Linda Hack. The fourth gen-eration farm is comprised of 80 acres in which turkeys are raised and nuts are grown. The farm has eight barns (three brooding and five growout) and produces approxi-mately 182,000 turkeys annually.

Six farms honored with Environmental Excellence Awards

See Farms, Page 15

Special

Environmental farm winners: Six Family Farm winners were recognized at the International Poultry Expo. The award is given by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association in acknowledgment of exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production. Shown with the winners is Mark Waller, left, Ingram Farms, the newly elected USPOULTRY chairman.


Industry Stock ReportThe following chart provides an annual high and a comparison of recent activity of major poultry company stocks.

Company Annual High Feb. 29 Mar. 7

Cal-Maine 39.99 38.50 39.86Campbell Soup 35.66 33.32 32.74ConAgra 27.34 26.25 26.09Hormel 30.50 28.47 28.38Pilgrim’s Pride 7.85 6.27 6.35Sanderson Farms 53.22 49.20 50.61Seaboard 2705.00 1913.12 1887.06Tyson 21.06 18.91 19.48

(Courtesy: A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc.) Turkey MarketsWeighted avg. prices for frozen whole young turkeys

Weighted average (cents/lb.) F.O.B. shipper dock

National Week ending Mar. 2 Last yearHens (8-16 lbs.) 101.52 91.25Toms (16-24 lbs.) 101.44 92.00 Week ending Feb. 24 Feb. avg.Hens (8-16 lbs.) 102.00 100.15Toms (16-24 lbs.) 102.10 100.17

National Egg Market:(Mar. 6): Regional and New York prices were steady. Retail demand was moderate and best where ads were in place. Foodservice demand

was moderate to at times good. The total shell egg inventory was 6.8 percent higher than the previous week. Supplies ranged from light to instances heavy, mostly moder-ate for trade needs. Market activity was moderate. Breaking stock offer-

ings were light to moderate for the moderate to at times good demand. Light type fowl offerings were suf-ficient; demand was light.

Parts:Georgia: The f.o.b. dock quoted prices on ice-pack parts based on truckload and pool truckload lots for the week of Mar. 7: line run tenders $1.91½; skinless/boneless breasts $1.56; whole breasts 95½¢; boneless/skinless thigh meat $1.31;thighs 71½¢; drumsticks 66¢; leg quarters 54½¢; and wings $1.84.

Fowl:Mar. 2: Live spent heavy fowl

Final prices at Farm Buyer Loading (per pound): range 8½¢-18¢

National Slaughter:Broiler: Estimated slaugh-ter for week ending Mar. 10 is 151,968,000.Actual slaughter for the week end-ing Mar. 3 was 152,636,000.Heavy-type hen: Estimated slaugh-ter for the week ending Mar. 10 is 1,474,000.Actual slaughter for the week end-ing Mar. 3 was 1,472,000.Light-type hen: Estimated slaugh-ter for the week ending Mar. 10 is 1,824,000. Actual slaughter for the week ending Mar. 3 was 1,478,000. Total: Week of Mar. 10: 155,266,000. Week of Mar. 3: 155,586,000.

Estimates:

The estimated number of broiler-fryers available for slaughter the week ending Mar. 10 is 151.4 million head, compared to 159.7 million head slaughtered the same week last year. The estimated U.S. slaughter for the week of Mar. 10 is 152.3 million head or 900,000 more than estimated available.

For the week of Mar. 17, 2012, the estimated available is 151.2 million head, notes the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Poultry Programs, Market News & Analysis in Washington, D.C.: http://www.ams.usda.gov.

Grain PricesOHIO COUNTRY ELEV. Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 6 No. 2 Yellow Corn/bu. $6.47 $6.53 $6.67Soybeans/bu. $12.40 $12.74 $13.00(Courtesy: Prospect Farmers Exchange, Prospect, Ohio)

Broiler/Fryer MarketsUSDA Composite Weighted Average

For week of: Mar. 5 92.33¢For week of: Feb. 27 90.68¢ Chi.-Del.-Ga.-L.A.-Miss.-N.Y.--S.F.-South. StatesFor delivery week of: Feb. 21 Mar. 5 Chicago majority 90--94¢ 90--94¢Mississippi majority 83--87¢ 84--89¢ New York majority 89--92¢ 91--94¢ For delivery week of: Feb. 22 Mar. 7Delmarva weighted average 71¢--$1.07 86¢--$1.12Georgia f.o.b. dock offering 91.50¢ 92.50¢Los Angeles majority price $1.00 $1.01San Francisco majority price $1.00½ $1.01½ Southern States f.o.b. average 57.99¢ 61.92¢

Broiler Eggs Set/Chicks Placed in 19 StatesEGGS SET (Thousands) CHICKS PLACED (Thousands)

AlaArkCa,Tn,WvDelFlaGaKyLaMdMissMo.N.C.OklaPaS.C.TexVa

19 StatesTotalPrev. year% Prev. yr.

Feb. 4

26,94619,93110,4863,2651,35231,6167,4163,4406,87417,6237,78420,2076,8413,6495,31814,4105,985

193,143205,787

94

Feb. 11

27,06020,09110,1213,1881,35231,9837,6663,4407,48417,8327,81720,3106,9233,5395,28214,8056,200

195,093204,337

95

Feb. 18

27,63819,49910,3873,1911,24332,2227,5463,4247,06717,6637,80720,1436,7683,4975,40414,9045,963

194,366207,150

94

Feb. 25

28,00020,14211,1133,1901,35332,1436,4783,3797,20417,8147,67220,3256,6883,6885,29614,5726,168

195,225206,633

94

Feb. 4

19,95520,43810,6324,0161,14926,0536,1813,0235,84914,7214,93415,6993,2203,2114,95611,5685,164

160,769168,151

96

Feb. 11

19,44518,2199,4514,4331,04827,3846,5443,0626,40615,1725,75515,6484,7553,1074,79812,1114,607

161,945167,953

96

Feb. 18

21,84519,11110,0944,4041,06225,2716,0083,0685,95915,2275,67415,4184,0033,1594,97111,9414,096

161,311167,473

96

Feb. 25

18,83319,14410,1763,3581,07327,8685,5043,0926,83315,1924,61315,8205,0263,0604,19711,9714,547

160,307168,805

951/Current week as percent of same week last year.

Egg MarketsUSDA quotationsNew York cartoned del. store-door: Feb. 29 Mar. 7Extra large, no change $1.02--$1.06 $1.02--$1.06 Large, no change $1.00--$1.04 $1.00--$1.04 Medium, no change 77--81¢ 77--81¢Southeast Regional del. warehouse: Feb. 29 Mar. 7Extra large, no change 93½¢--$1.01 93½¢--$1.01Large, no change 92--99¢ 92--99¢Medium, no change 67½--75¢ 67½--75¢

MarketsCompiled by David B. Strickland, Editor

[email protected]

USDA Shell EggsAMS weekly combined region shell egg pricesAverage prices on sales to volume buyers, Grade A or better, White

eggs in cartons, delivered warehouse, cents per dozen.Mar. 2 Extra Large Large MediumRegions:Northeast 96.00 95.00 72.00Southeast 96.50 94.50 70.00Midwest 90.50 88.50 66.50South Central 99.50 98.50 71.50Combined 95.79 94.32 70.04Computed from simple weekly averages weighted by regional area populations


Industry Stock ReportThe following chart provides an annual high and a comparison of recent activity of major poultry company stocks.

Company Annual High Feb. 29 Mar. 7

Cal-Maine 39.99 38.50 39.86Campbell Soup 35.66 33.32 32.74ConAgra 27.34 26.25 26.09Hormel 30.50 28.47 28.38Pilgrim’s Pride 7.85 6.27 6.35Sanderson Farms 53.22 49.20 50.61Seaboard 2705.00 1913.12 1887.06Tyson 21.06 18.91 19.48

(Courtesy: A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc.) Turkey MarketsWeighted avg. prices for frozen whole young turkeys

Weighted average (cents/lb.) F.O.B. shipper dock

National Week ending Mar. 2 Last yearHens (8-16 lbs.) 101.52 91.25Toms (16-24 lbs.) 101.44 92.00 Week ending Feb. 24 Feb. avg.Hens (8-16 lbs.) 102.00 100.15Toms (16-24 lbs.) 102.10 100.17

National Egg Market:(Mar. 6): Regional and New York prices were steady. Retail demand was moderate and best where ads were in place. Foodservice demand

was moderate to at times good. The total shell egg inventory was 6.8 percent higher than the previous week. Supplies ranged from light to instances heavy, mostly moder-ate for trade needs. Market activity was moderate. Breaking stock offer-

ings were light to moderate for the moderate to at times good demand. Light type fowl offerings were suf-ficient; demand was light.

Parts:Georgia: The f.o.b. dock quoted prices on ice-pack parts based on truckload and pool truckload lots for the week of Mar. 7: line run tenders $1.91½; skinless/boneless breasts $1.56; whole breasts 95½¢; boneless/skinless thigh meat $1.31;thighs 71½¢; drumsticks 66¢; leg quarters 54½¢; and wings $1.84.

Fowl:Mar. 2: Live spent heavy fowl

Final prices at Farm Buyer Loading (per pound): range 8½¢-18¢

National Slaughter:Broiler: Estimated slaugh-ter for week ending Mar. 10 is 151,968,000.Actual slaughter for the week end-ing Mar. 3 was 152,636,000.Heavy-type hen: Estimated slaugh-ter for the week ending Mar. 10 is 1,474,000.Actual slaughter for the week end-ing Mar. 3 was 1,472,000.Light-type hen: Estimated slaugh-ter for the week ending Mar. 10 is 1,824,000. Actual slaughter for the week ending Mar. 3 was 1,478,000. Total: Week of Mar. 10: 155,266,000. Week of Mar. 3: 155,586,000.

Estimates:

The estimated number of broiler-fryers available for slaughter the week ending Mar. 10 is 151.4 million head, compared to 159.7 million head slaughtered the same week last year. The estimated U.S. slaughter for the week of Mar. 10 is 152.3 million head or 900,000 more than estimated available.

For the week of Mar. 17, 2012, the estimated available is 151.2 million head, notes the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Poultry Programs, Market News & Analysis in Washington, D.C.: http://www.ams.usda.gov.

Grain PricesOHIO COUNTRY ELEV. Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 6 No. 2 Yellow Corn/bu. $6.47 $6.53 $6.67Soybeans/bu. $12.40 $12.74 $13.00(Courtesy: Prospect Farmers Exchange, Prospect, Ohio)

Broiler/Fryer MarketsUSDA Composite Weighted Average

For week of: Mar. 5 92.33¢For week of: Feb. 27 90.68¢ Chi.-Del.-Ga.-L.A.-Miss.-N.Y.--S.F.-South. StatesFor delivery week of: Feb. 21 Mar. 5 Chicago majority 90--94¢ 90--94¢Mississippi majority 83--87¢ 84--89¢ New York majority 89--92¢ 91--94¢ For delivery week of: Feb. 22 Mar. 7Delmarva weighted average 71¢--$1.07 86¢--$1.12Georgia f.o.b. dock offering 91.50¢ 92.50¢Los Angeles majority price $1.00 $1.01San Francisco majority price $1.00½ $1.01½ Southern States f.o.b. average 57.99¢ 61.92¢

Broiler Eggs Set/Chicks Placed in 19 StatesEGGS SET (Thousands) CHICKS PLACED (Thousands)

AlaArkCa,Tn,WvDelFlaGaKyLaMdMissMo.N.C.OklaPaS.C.TexVa

19 StatesTotalPrev. year% Prev. yr.

Feb. 4

26,94619,93110,4863,2651,35231,6167,4163,4406,87417,6237,78420,2076,8413,6495,31814,4105,985

193,143205,787

94

Feb. 11

27,06020,09110,1213,1881,35231,9837,6663,4407,48417,8327,81720,3106,9233,5395,28214,8056,200

195,093204,337

95

Feb. 18

27,63819,49910,3873,1911,24332,2227,5463,4247,06717,6637,80720,1436,7683,4975,40414,9045,963

194,366207,150

94

Feb. 25

28,00020,14211,1133,1901,35332,1436,4783,3797,20417,8147,67220,3256,6883,6885,29614,5726,168

195,225206,633

94

Feb. 4

19,95520,43810,6324,0161,14926,0536,1813,0235,84914,7214,93415,6993,2203,2114,95611,5685,164

160,769168,151

96

Feb. 11

19,44518,2199,4514,4331,04827,3846,5443,0626,40615,1725,75515,6484,7553,1074,79812,1114,607

161,945167,953

96

Feb. 18

21,84519,11110,0944,4041,06225,2716,0083,0685,95915,2275,67415,4184,0033,1594,97111,9414,096

161,311167,473

96

Feb. 25

18,83319,14410,1763,3581,07327,8685,5043,0926,83315,1924,61315,8205,0263,0604,19711,9714,547

160,307168,805

951/Current week as percent of same week last year.

Egg MarketsUSDA quotationsNew York cartoned del. store-door: Feb. 29 Mar. 7Extra large, no change $1.02--$1.06 $1.02--$1.06 Large, no change $1.00--$1.04 $1.00--$1.04 Medium, no change 77--81¢ 77--81¢Southeast Regional del. warehouse: Feb. 29 Mar. 7Extra large, no change 93½¢--$1.01 93½¢--$1.01Large, no change 92--99¢ 92--99¢Medium, no change 67½--75¢ 67½--75¢

MarketsCompiled by David B. Strickland, Editor

[email protected]

USDA Shell EggsAMS weekly combined region shell egg pricesAverage prices on sales to volume buyers, Grade A or better, White

eggs in cartons, delivered warehouse, cents per dozen.Mar. 2 Extra Large Large MediumRegions:Northeast 96.00 95.00 72.00Southeast 96.50 94.50 70.00Midwest 90.50 88.50 66.50South Central 99.50 98.50 71.50Combined 95.79 94.32 70.04Computed from simple weekly averages weighted by regional area populations


AMERICANEGG BOARDHOTLINE

AEB Hotline appears regularly in Poultry Times and provides an update on programs and ser-vices provided for egg producers by the American Egg Board. De-tails on any item mentioned may be obtained by contacting AEB at 1460 Renaissance Dr., Park Ridge, Ill. 60068. Phone: 847-296-7043.

l Datassentials is an AEB research supplier that analyzes trends based upon a data base of menus from more than 6,000 U.S. restaurants. Following are year-end 2011 highlights from their recently released “Egg Menuing: Breakfast and Be-yond” report.l Breakfast item penetration

growth rate, the percent change in restaurants that offer break-fast, has increased across all res-taurant segments during the past four years. In the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) segment, the 4-Year Penetration Growth Rate has increased by 5 percent (from 2007 to 2011).l The percent of restaurants

that offer breakfast in the QSR segment has increased by 3 per-cent in the last year.l With consideration for the

number of units in chain restau-rants, breakfast penetration in the QSR segment has increased by 45 percent from 33.3 in 2007 to 48.3 Year End 2011.l The QSR segment main-

tains the largest share of break-fast overall and this segment has shown a growth of 11 percent during the past four years from 76 percent in 2007 to 84 percent Year End 2011. In the last year alone, this number has increased

by 1 percentage point.l Over the past four years, the

incidence of hot Breakfast Sand-wiches at QSRs has increased by 13 percent from 16 percent in 2007 to 18 percent for Year End 2011.l Hot breakfast sandwiches are

the top breakfast item menued at QSRs, comprising an 18 percent share of breakfast items in this segment.l Mid-December marked the

launch of Egg Nutrition Center’s Teacher Exchange Program to teachers in the American As-sociation and Family and Con-sumer Sciences. More than 330 educators from 30 states have joined the group. Three videos have been released on ENCT-teacher.org/ENC__Teacher_Ex-change.html. Experts appear in three videos on the site explain the program, discuss the obesity epidemic and highlight a school with a successful Fit-Nut pro-gram combining a nutrition and physical activity class to teach students more about nutrition.l Striving to extend the reach

of its egg product educational re-sources, AEB continued the rela-tionship with American Institute of Baking (AIB) started last year. During AIB’s 16-week Baking Science & Technology resident course, AEB staff presented “Eggs Can Do That, Too” and explained how eggs are produced and processed into egg products, egg product nutritional informa-tion, functional advantages and basic application formulas with the 29 students enrolled in the session.

The farm raises turkeys for Foster Farms.l Hesse Farm, Cole Camp, Mo. — Owned and op-

erated by Tom and Gaylene Hesse. The farm is com-prised of 290 acres in which turkey and cattle are raised and row crops are grown. The farm has three poultry houses that include one brooding and two growout barns. Flocks of 13,300 big toms are placed four times per year. The farm raises turkeys for Cargill Turkey Production.l Hillview Farms, Buckholts, Texas — Owned and

operated by Wayne and Rebecca Hillman. The farm is comprised of 581 acres in which turkey and cattle are raised. The farm is a four-house turkey growout farm that produces 190,000 turkey hens per year. The farm raises turkeys for Cargill Turkey Products.

l Pine Draft Farm, Augusta, W.Va. — Owned and operated by Brian and Kelli Eglinger. The third genera-tion farm is comprised of 162 acres in which chick-ens and cows are raised and fruit is grown. The farm has one poultry house with a total capacity of 7,800 birds. The farm operates the broiler house for Pilgrim’s Corp.

Applicants for the Environmental Excellence Award were rated in several categories, including dry litter or liquid manure management, nutrient management planning, community involvement, wildlife enhance-ment techniques, innovative nutrient management techniques and participation in education or outreach programs. Applications were reviewed and farm visits conducted by a team of environmental professionals from universities, regulatory agencies and state trade associations in selecting the winner from six regions.

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Charley KammerdienerBOSSIER CITY, La.— Charley Joseph Kammer-

diener Jr., former president and CEO of AK Mills Inc., later named Prescott Feed Mill Inc., and former vice president of Dal-Worth Olson Egg Farm, died Feb. 7 at age 80.

Mr. Kammerdiener received a bachelor of arts de-gree in agriculture with a major in poultry science from Texas A&M University, where he was a member of the university’s National Champion Poultry Judging Team in 1953.

Following graduation Mr. Kammerdiener worked in management positions in the poultry industry before incorporating, with three other investors, Nest-Fresh Inc., a commercial egg production and marketing com-pany. He served as secretary and general manager until 1976 when his interest in the company was sold. In

1972 he began producing his own eggs from an aver-age of 170,000 laying hens and raised a herd of 400 beef cows at a farm at Emmet, Ark.

Mr. Kammerdiener and two investors built A K Mills in 1979. He was president and CEO until the mill was sold in 1998. He was in charge of commercial egg pro-duction for Dal-Worth Olson Egg Farm from 1978 to 1985 at Hope, Ark., and Kilgore and Lulling, Texas.

He served on the boards of directors of the United Egg Producers, Southern United Egg Producers, Ar-kansas Egg Council, Arkansas Poultry Federation, American Egg Board and the Arkansas State Plant Board.

Mr. Kammerdiener is survived by his wife, Eloise; sisters Nancy Krahl, Gladys Anglin, Norma McNew and Polly Bevil; brother Bryan Kammerdiener; two children; five step-children; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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inventory restocking. Inventories, es-pecially at the retail level, are exceed-ingly lean, and I suspect that tonnage was higher than expected as the supply chain did some restocking during the month.” he said.

JanuaryATA’s index fell 4 percent in January

after surging 6.4 percent in December 2011. The latest contraction put the SA index at 119.4 (2000=100), down from December’s record level of 124.4.

ATA also recently revised the sea-sonally adjusted index back five years as part of its annual revision. For all of 2011, tonnage rose 5.8 percent, slightly lower than the 5.9 percent pre-viously reported, and matched 2010’s gain of the same magnitude. The index increased 3.6 percent from January 2011.

The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 112.1 in January, which was 3.5 percent below the previous month.

“Last month I said I was surprised by the size of the gain in December. Today, I’m not surprised that tonnage fell on a seasonally adjusted basis in January simply due to the fact that De-cember was so strong,” Costello said. Costello also noted that December’s in-crease was the largest month-to-month gain since January 2005.

“I’m still optimistic about truck ton-nage going forward,” he said. “In fact, while many fleets said January was normal, they are also saying that Feb-ruary has been pretty good so far.”

Each month, ATA asks its member-ship the amount of tonnage each carrier hauled, including all types of freight. The indexes are calculated based on

those responses. The sample includes an array of trucking companies, rang-ing from small fleets to multi-billion dollar carriers. When a company in the sample fails, ATA includes its final month of operation and zeroes it out for the following month, with the assump-tion that the remaining carriers pick up that freight. As a result, it is close to a net wash and does not end up in a false increase. Nevertheless, some carriers are picking up freight from failures and it may have boosted the index, the group said, adding that, due to its cor-rection mentioned above, however; it should be limited.

Trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, representing 67.2 per-cent of tonnage carried by all modes of domestic freight transportation, in-cluding manufactured and retail goods, ATA said. Trucks hauled 9 billion tons of freight in 2010. Motor carriers col-lected $563.4 billion, or 81.2 percent

of total revenue earned by all transport modes.

ATA calculates the tonnage index based on surveys from its membership and has been doing so since the 1970s. This is a preliminary figure and sub-ject to change in the final report issued around the 10th day of the month. The report includes month-to-month and year-over-year results, relevant eco-nomic comparisons and key financial indicators.

The American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state truck-ing associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA “is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation’s freight,” the group notes.

More information can be obtained from ATA at http://www.truckline.com.

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