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Roy Graber combines his Midwestern farming background with his knowledge of economics and agriculture policy to offer a deeper look at the poultry industry.

Butterball aligns with a different type of Leftovers

Turkey company honors group of Seattle strangers who formed their own softball team and their own community.

The Leftovers softball team were recently honored by Butterball as 'Butterballers.'

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How Highland Park’s Dad Bods became Butterballers

Following a deadly mass shooting at a parade in 2022, a group of dads formed a stronger sense of community by playing basketball together.

Butterball donated $15,000 to the Highland Park Community Foundation on behalf of the local basketball players who call themselves the Dad Bods. They now also carry the team name of Butterballers.

Tyson Missouri closures prompt Hawley anti-monopoly bill

Strengthening Antitrust Enforcement for Meatpacking Act aims to break up monopolies and place power back in the hands of farmers.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri

UCF athletics deal apt to up Huey Magoo’s visibility

Huey Magoo’s can now boast the title ‘The Official Chicken Tenders of the UCF Knights’

New signage on the University of Central Florida campus proclaims Huey Magoo's as 'The Official Chicken Tenders of the UCF Knights.'

Egg price gouging is issue in Senate race. Should it be?

Rep. Jim Banks, vying for a Senate job, accuses Rose Acre Farms chairman of funding his own political campaign with money obtained by price gouging.

Protein producer faces other type of price-fixing allegations

Maple Leaf Foods chairman asserts that the company was not part of a conspiracy to raise the price of bread in 2007 and 2011.

Michael H. McCain, Executive Chairman of the Board, Maple Leaf Foods

With EATS Act, Sen. Roger Marshall is finally relevant

The Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression Act is gaining more attention, and so is one lawmaker who is pushing for its passage.

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas

What kind of jobs are poultry science graduates landing?

University of Georgia’s Todd Applegate shares thoughts on what is taught in poultry science department and what opportunities are there for graduates.

Todd Applegate, University of Georgia (UGA) Department Head and R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Chair in Poultry Science

If you’re still in operation, you’re farming sustainably

Don’t let ‘sustainability’ be a dirty word, says chairman of National Sorghum Producers.

Sorghum Harvesting

Will ‘Barbie’ movie lead to higher chicken breast sales?

People want to know what foods actress Margot Robbie eats, and one staple of her diet is chicken breast.

Margot Robbie as Barbie.

Bone-in chicken wings are back on menus

Just two days before National Chicken Wing Day, Pilgrim’s CEO Fabio Sandri brings attention to the fact that restaurants are now again promoting bone-in wings.

July 29 is National Chicken Wing Day.

An opportunity to redefine factory farming

If you think about it, the creation of cell-cultured meat could be described as factory farming

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