Jan 21
Former Poultry Federation President Challenges AG on Lawsuit Settlement: Tensions ran high at the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association meeting this week following comments from the Attorney General regarding the ongoing poultry litigation in the Illinois River Watershed. Marvin Childers, former President of The Poultry Federation, pushed back against the Attorney General’s claims of a path forward, …
Dec 22
Contract broiler growers must make business management decisions like any other farmer. However, the scope of those decisions is very different compared to farmers growing and marketing grain, for instance. Broiler growers raising birds on contract for integrated poultry companies have contractually limited abilities to implement production management changes, and since they essentially have one …
Oct 15
Pure Prairie Poultry declared bankruptcy and shut down with little notice, affecting workers at a processing plant in Iowa and contract growers in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Farmers Union says this has left farmers in dire straits, with thousands of birds to feed and no feed or compensation coming. The growers are reporting …
Feb 09
Oklahomans owe a debt of gratitude to a couple of state attorneys general whose combined efforts won a reprieve for the Illinois River and its tributaries. Former Attorney General Drew Edmondson prosecuted a lawsuit filed by the state against 13 Arkansas-based poultry companies. The four-term attorney general filed the case in 2005, oversaw a 52-day …
