Turkey

Hormel, Jennie-O celebrate completion of solar project

Hormel Foods and its leading turkey brand continue to advance renewable energy projects at plant in Montevideo, Minnesota.

From left to right: Tom Raymond, Hormel Foods director of sustainability; Steve Lykken, Jennie-O Turkey Store president; Ryan Coakley, senior director of origination at Next Era Energy; Doug Muzik, Jennie-O plant manager in Montevideo, Minn.; and Matthew Schrupp, assistant vice president of operations at Jennie-O Turkey Store. All five leaders helped cut the ribbon to unveil the new 8-acre solar field located at the Jennie-O plant in Montevideo.

Brand Insights

Egg handling innovations to better serve North American customers

GI-OVO

GI-OVO to open first US office in Springfield, Missouri. Brand Insights from GI-OVO.

Egg handling innovations to better serve North American customers

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.'

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.

Poultry Tech Summit News

How precision poultry farming could boost ESG goals

A digital fingerprint helps enable proactive decision making, boosting sustainability and poultry health and welfare.

Big Data Analytics Concept

Tofurky challenges Texas labeling law

Legal challenge alleges Texas’ Truth in Labeling Law favors the animal agriculture industry.

Tofurky Burger Package

Hormel CFO: Turkey supplies ‘certainly uncertain’

Jennie-O Turkey Store has replenished its turkey supply, and the birds are performing better, but will those situations last?

Poultry Tech Summit News

Can nanoparticles simplify Salmonella detection in turkeys?

The industry could use this technology to improve food safety throughout the entire supply chain.

Nanotechnology Molecules

High temperatures lead to Jennie-O turkey losses

Jennie-O Turkey Store is rebounding from earlier bird losses to highly pathogenic avian influenza, but other challenges still exist.

Butterball: 82% of US Thanksgiving hosts plan to serve turkey

The turkey company’s annual Thanksgiving Outlook Report reveals consumer plans of ways they will observe the holiday.

Roasted Turkey On Platter

Poultry Tech Summit News

Smart environmental controls could boost poultry growth

The technology uses artificial intelligence to make real time decisions about environmental management.

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Poultry Tech Summit News

3 innovations set to transform poultry production

Emerging technologies could streamline operations and fix common challenges in the poultry house.

Poultry operations are turning to the latest technologies to improve and streamline poultry operations.

Salmonella vaccination is problematic for turkey producers

More vaccination strategies are needed to reduce the prevalence of Salmonella in turkey products.

Vaccination programs for Salmonella in turkeys need to evolve for the industry to further reduce prevalence in turkey products and prevent future outbreaks.

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