OCEAN CITY, Md. — Eleven flock supervisors from Delmarva’s chicken companies received Outstanding Flock Supervisor awards at Delmarva Chicken Association’s recent 59th National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing, and Live Production.
As flock supervisors, these chicken company employees work face-to-face with Delmarva’s 1,200 independent chicken growers as liaisons between the farmer and the chicken company. Flock supervisors are among the more than 18,800 people employed by Delmarva’s chicken processing companies and make important contributions to the Delmarva chicken community’s $4.4 billion economic impact, the association noted.
The recognized flock supervisors were. . .