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NPFDA elects its new 2025 Board of Directors

ATLANTA — The National Protein and Food Distributors Association Board of Directors recently convened in Atlanta, Ga., to tap officers and welcome newly elected...

New NPFDA president to begin tenure in March

ATLANTA — After six years at the helm of the National Protein and Food Distributors Association, Cece Corbin, will be, partially, retiring from the...

Hurricane Helene tax bill passed by Georgia lawmakers

ATLANTA — Agriculture producers in Georgia, along with several southeastern states, are still recovering from the devastation left by last September’s Hurricane Helene. The...

UPDATE: Bird flu strategies, vaccines and export assurances sought with new Ag Secretary

*Updated with additional comments, Feb. 20* WASHINGTON — Shortly following the announcement of Brooke Rollins being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture,...

NPFDA awards Mariss Hans its 2025 ‘Member of the Year’

ATLANTA — The National Protein and Food Distributors Association awarded Mariss Hans, general manager with Foodlinx, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif., with its Member of...

Mike Giles awarded NPFDA 2025 ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award

ATLANTA — An individual known not only for his contributions promoting the state of Georgia’s poultry industry, but also the nation’s, was given a...

Kentucky Fried Chicken . . . leaving Kentucky?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After decades in its namesake of Kentucky, the Kentucky Fried Chicken brand is moving “The Colonel’s” secret blend of 11 herbs...

A look at broiler production and industry challenges for 2025

WASHINGTON — Chicken companies are looking forward to at least a “semi-golden” marketing environment in the coming new year, if not measurably longer.  However,...

Third HPAI dairy cattle spillover identified by APHIS

WASHINGTON — There is a reported third spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle, confirmed by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health...

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