The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Va. — The leader of a poultry growers group in Virginia and West Virginia is questioning George's Inc.'s housing requirements for large birds.
George's says in a recent letter to growers that it won't give contracts to new growers of birds weighing at least 6.5 pounds unless their structures have a tunnel cool cell to chill the birds. The policy is effective March 1, 2013.
Contract Poultry Growers Association of the Virginias president Mike Weaver tells The Daily News Record that the requirement is a ploy to get rid of. . .