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NAMI scholarship foundation announces 2016-2017 winners

WASHINGTON — The North American Meat Institute Scholarship Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2016-2017 undergraduate scholarship awards.  Nine students received a combined...

Productivity growth still the major driver in growing U.S. agricultural output

By Sun Ling Wang, Eldon Ball, Richard Nehring & Roberto Mosheim Special to Poultry Times WASHINGTON — The Economic Research Service (ERS) has updated its U.S. agricultural productivity accounts...

Altamont Capital Partners acquires Maxi Canada

PALO ALTO, Calif. and ST-LIN-LAURENTIDES, Quebec — Altamont Capital Partners has acquired Maxi Canada, Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen poultry products based in...

ADM adds to technical service teams

DECATUR, Ill. — ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Co., has named two additions to their poultry and swine technical service...

Agriculture, America’s first frontier, offers a large variety of jobs

By Katie Keiger Poultry Times staff kkeiger@poultrytimes.com GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The popular painting, "American Gothic," is no longer an accurate depiction of modern farming in America. Even...

4-H and AFBF partner to promote agriculture education

WASHINGTON —  Leaders of National 4-H Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation announced a newly established partnership during the signing of a memorandum...

House of Raeford scholarships winners named

ROSE HILL, N.C. — The House of Raeford has awarded $50,000 in college scholarships to 20 students. The scholarship program provides funding for employees' dependent...

Winter weather outlook; NOAA: warmer drier South and cooler, wetter North

WASHINGTON — Forecasters at NOAA's (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Climate Prediction Center has issued its U.S. Winter Outlook saying that a La...

Trump names Oklahoma AG to head EPA

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Scott Pruitt, the attorney general for the state of Oklahoma, to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt, 48,...

Wallace Community College in Ala., starts poultry program

The Associated Press DOTHAN, Ala. — Students at a Southeast Alabama community college can take part in a four-year poultry production program in partnership with...

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