House of raeford chicken sale schedule 2023

Nothing can replace the networking and interaction achieved at an in-person event. IPPE is really looking forward to reconnecting with you in-person, Jan. 24-26, 2023 in Atlanta! IPPE will welcome a global audience of meat, poultry and animal food professionals together in Atlanta, Ga. USA, while once again showcasing the newest solutions, technologies, research, processes, services and products that the global animal food and protein industries has to offer.

Show Activities

• College Student Career Program
• Young Leaders Under 30 Program
• Welcome Reception
• Free and Paid Educational Seminars/Workshops
• TechTalks
• Innovation Station / New Product Showcase
• Meat Industry Hall of Fame Program

Examples of Company Participation

A & D Sales and Marketing
A B Foods LLC
Addera Peru SAC
Adkins & Associates, Inc.
ADM Animal Nutrition
AGCO Corporation
Agropecuaria el Gran Chaparral
Agrosuper
AJC International
Ajinomoto
Alatrade Foods
Allen Harim Foods LLC
Almark Foods
American Foods Group
American Soybean Association
Amick Farms LLC
Anpario PLC
Avidesa Mac Pollo
B and D Foods
BACHOCO S.A.
BASF
Bell & Evans
Ben E. Keith Foods
Bird In Hand Farms
Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc.
Bob Evans Farms
Braswell Milling Company, Inc.
Buckhead Meat of Atlanta
Burgers' Smokehouse
Butterball LLC
Cal-Maine Foods Inc
Cardinal Meat Specialists, Ltd.
Cargill Protein Group
Cargill, Inc.
Caviness Beef Packers Ltd
CCF Brands
Chick-Fil-A
CJ Foods Manufacturing Corporation
Claxton Poultry Farms Inc
Colorado Boxed Beef
Conestoga Meats
Cooper Farms, Inc.
Country Charm Eggs
Crescent Foods
Crider Foods
Culver Duck Farms, Inc.
Daybreak Foods, Inc.
Daybrook Fisheries, Inc.
Diana Pet Food
Dietz & Watson, Inc.
Eastern Quality Foods
Farbest Foods Inc
Fieldale Farms Corporation
Foster Farms, Inc.
George's Inc
Gold Creek Processing
Granja Brasilia
Harrison Poultry Inc
Herbrucks Poultry Ranch
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
Hormel Foods Corporation
House of Raeford
Indiana Packers Corporation
Ingram Farms
Jack Links Beef Jerky
JBS USA
Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc
Joe Jurgielewicz & Son LTD
John Soules Foods
Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Kalmbach Feeds Inc
Kenosha Beef International, Ltd.
Keystone Foods
Koch Foods
Kreamer Feed, Inc.
Land O'Frost, Inc.
Land O'Lakes Animal Milk Products Company
Maple Leaf Farms Inc.
Maple Lodge Farms Ltd.
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc
Mars Petcare US
McLain Foods, Inc
Michael's Finer Meats, LLC
Mid-States Specialty Eggs
Mountaire Corporation
National Beef Packing Co., LLC
Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats
O K Industries Inc
Oberto Sausage Company
Opal Foods, LLC
OSI Group, LLC
Peco Foods Inc
Perdue Farms Inc
Pilgrim's
Pollos Vidaurri
Prestage Farms Inc
PRONACA
Quaker Valley Foods
Redondos SA
Rich Products Corp
Rose Acre Farms Inc
Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.
Salm Partners LLC
Sanderson Farms Inc
Sauder Feeds, Inc.
Seaboard Foods
Simmons Foods Inc
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Sparboe Companies
Standard Meat Company
Supollo
The Kraft Heinz Company
The Wenger Group
Tip Top Poultry Inc
Tyson Foods, Inc.
United Egg Producers (UEP)
Villari Food Group
Virginia Poultry Growers Coop Inc
Wayne Farms LLC
West Liberty Foods
Western Milling

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Stats & Figures

• In 2023, IPPE will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The show dates will be Jan. 24-26, 2023.


• IPPE is the world's largest annual display of technology, equipment, supplies, and services used in the production and processing of eggs, meat, and poultry and those involved in feed manufacturing.


• All segments of the industry are represented: feed milling, animal food, genetics, hatchery, live production and animal health, egg production & processing, poultry & meat processing, further processing, rendering, marketing, and all support activities.

US - US integrated poultry processor House of Raeford Farms is to pull out of the commodity turkey business.

The company has announced it will focus its resources on increasing chicken production volumes and expanding its fully cooked turkey and chicken product lines over the next two to three years, phasing out its commodity turkey growing and slaughter operations in eastern North Carolina.

This decision will see the closure of its Rose Hill, North Carolina turkey hatchery, Raeford, North Carolina turkey slaughter plant, and turkey growing operations in eastern North Carolina over the next four to six months.

The company will continue to operate its Raeford, North Carolina cook plant and will expand its production of fresh ready-to-cook chicken, tray pack ground turkey and chicken, battered and breaded nuggets and patties, and fully cooked turkey and chicken products.

Implementation of this decision will have a positive operational impact on current House of Raeford chicken operations.

Over the past decade, growth in chicken operations has already transformed House of Raeford into one of the nation’s top 10 chicken producers and processors.

The effect of high corn prices caused by government ethanol mandates has driven feed costs higher. The turkey industry has experienced multiple years of flat to declining per capita turkey consumption, yet forecasts predict production volume increases over the next two years. These factors, combined with rapidly falling commodity turkey prices and historic and projected losses, contributed to the company’s decision.

By contrast, the company’s chicken business – which now represents over 90% of sales – has grown considerably.

“We intend to further expand the chicken business over the next two to three years so that our increased chicken volume will replace the turkey production we are phasing out,” said Bob Johnson, CEO of House of Raeford.

“This expansion will provide opportunities for as many of our growers and employees as possible to transition into the chicken business."

House of Raeford said it will proactively assist all employees affected by this decision by offering severance packages, priority employment opportunities at other plants, and community transition services such as job placement counseling and retraining.

Management will also begin working with individual turkey growers to determine interest in transitioning their turkey farm operations into chicken operations.

“We’re grateful to the employees and growers, who have been an active part of our turkey operation and we are committed to helping each one of them during this transition,” said Mr Johnson.

The Raeford, North Carolina turkey slaughter plant, which will be idled after producing holiday turkeys for customers, currently employs 950 workers. The Rose Hill, North Carolina turkey hatchery currently employs 30, most of whom will be offered jobs at other company facilities in the surrounding area.

The Raeford, North Carolina cook plant, which will remain open, currently employs 400 workers. This decision will not affect the cook plant or the remaining 5,300 House of Raeford employees, of which approximately 2,300 are employed in North Carolina.