News Release Archive :: Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc.

2/01/12
Maryland Eastern Shore Legislative Delegation Supports Chicken Industry
All 14 members of the Maryland General Assembly Eastern Shore Delegation have signed a letter to Governor Martin O'Malley in support of the Eastern Shore's chicken industry.
The text of the...
1/26/12
Chicken Day in Annapolis
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) expanded its outreach to members of the Maryland General Assembly during Chicken Day in Annapolis today.
More than 240 legislators, staffers, and others...
1/21/12
Maryland Farm Families Legal Defense Fund, Inc. Continues Money Raising Efforts
More than 200 persons enjoyed a chicken and dumplings dinner tonight at the Showell, Maryland fire house to raise money to help Worcester County chicken growers Alan and Kristin Hudson.
Friends and...

12/28/11
Chicken Industry Sets the Record Straight on Environment Maryland Allegations
The publicity effort by Environment Maryland today is another misguided effort in an on-going series of attacks upon the Delmarva Peninsula's chicken industry and farmers throughout the region who...
12/14/11
Delmarva Poultry Summit Held in Salisbury, Maryland
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, one of just four statewide state elected officials, hosted 150 persons today at a Delmarva Poultry Summit in cooperation with Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc....
11/14/11
Working Safely in Chicken Houses brochure now available.
Information to help chicken growers work safely in their houses has been developed by the Delmarva Avian Influenza Joint Task Force. The task force was formed following the 2004 low pathogen avian...
11/03/11
DPI has selected Salisbury, Maryland as the site of its 2012 63rd annual Delmarva Chicken
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) has selected Salisbury, Maryland as the site of its 2012 63rd annual Delmarva Chicken Festival with the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce as the host...
7/27/11
Statement from Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. on Pew Report
Delmarva’s chicken companies and the 1,700 Delmarva farm families that grow broiler chickens are committed to the responsible production of food that is safe, affordable, and abundant for...
7/24/11
Agriculture Department Releases New Educational Video about Nutrient Trading
In partnership with the Maryland Department of Agriculture's (MDA) Nutrient Trading Program, the American Farmland Trust has produced an educational video on the basics of nutrient trading and the...
7/23/11
New Maryland Law Targets Home Fertilizer Use

The new Maryland Fertilizer Use Act of 2011, signed by Governor Martin O’Malley in mid May, will help reduce lawn and turf fertilization and still allow for maintenance of lawns to keep them...
7/13/11
USDA Program to Help with Installation of Trees Buffers on Delmarva Chicken Farms
The Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) Vegetative Environmental Buffers program to grow trees and grasses around chicken houses has received a $200,000 shot in the arm from the U.S. Department of...
7/07/11
2011 Delmarva Poultry Conference
The 2011 Delmarva Poultry Conference will be held Wednesday, September 28, 2011 in Ocean City, Maryland. The meeting is designed for chicken industry live production personnel, including...
6/20/11
Information on the Allen Family Foods Bankruptcy Filing
Like nearly everybody else, DPI leaders are awaiting more information on the details of the Allen Family Foods bankruptcy and the possible implications to company employees, growers, businesses...
6/19/11
2011 Delmarva Chicken Festival
Following a 25 year absence, the Delmarva Chicken Festival returned to its place of origination, Georgetown, Delaware, this past...
6/15/11
Annual College Scholarship Golf Tournament results
DPI's annual College Scholarship Golf Tournament raised more than $6,000 to help students interested in working in the chicken industry go to college. For tournament results
5/19/11
Grower Operations and Solar Technology
Chicken growers who want to learn more about solar technology and determine if it is appropriate for their operations now have an excellent resource from the Delaware Department of Agriculture. The...
5/05/11
62^nd Delmarva Chicken Festival Announces Entertainment Line-Up
The 62^nd Delmarva Chicken Festival is coming to Georgetown, Delaware on June 17 and 18 and an exciting entertainment line-up will guarantee two days of family fun for an estimated 25,000...
4/14/11
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. Recognizes Achievements at 55th Annual Banquet
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the trade association for the Delmarva Peninsula's chicken industry, held its 55th annual Booster Banquet April 13 in Salisbury, Maryland and recognized 14...
4/01/11
Maryland Department of the Environment Amnesty for Animal Producers to Expire Soon
Time is running out for animal producers to obtain the new Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) permit from the Maryland Department of the Environment without incurring penalties.
A CAFO...
3/17/11
Farmers Doing a Lot to Help the Chesapeake Bay
Crop farmers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are doing an exceptional job with conservation practices and doing more than they were previously given credit for according to a new U.S. Department of...
3/14/11
Details Announced for June DPI College Scholarship Golf Tournament
It's time to mark you calendars for the Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) College Scholarship Golf Tournament! The event will be held on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Nassawango Golf Course...
3/07/11
Delaware U.S. Senator Chris Coons Gets Introduction to Chicken Industry
Freshman Delaware United States Senator Coons, from Delaware's northernmost county where the chicken industry does not operate, spent part of March 4 learning about the state's chicken industry...
2/23/11
Poultry Farm Management for New and Existing Growers
The University of Maryland Extension has created a one day workshop for new and existing poultry farmers on Delmarva focusing on poultry farm management. Two identical sessions are scheduled....
2/06/11
Delmarva Chicken Growers Plant Trees
Delmarva's environment and citizens benefited tremendously in 2010 and will for decades to come thanks to the area's chicken farmers who last year planted nearly 11,000 trees on their farms through...
2/04/11
Delmarva Chicken Festival Returns to Birthplace
The annual Delmarva Chicken Festival will come home to roost when the 62nd annual event returns to Georgetown, Delaware on June 17 and 18, 2011. The festival will be held on the campus of the...
1/24/11
DPI Members to Save One Million Dollars through Lower Electric Rates
Thanks to the work of Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the non-profit trade association working for the continued progress of the meat chicken industry in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of...
1/19/11
Maryland Bar Journal Article Misrepresents Delmarva's Chicken Industry
An article in the January 2011 edition of the Maryland Bar Journal, "Maryland's Attorney General Targets Polluters", has a lot of misinformation about the impact of chicken...

12/30/10
A Year-End Status Report on Delmarva’s Chicken Industry
While many of the challenges of 2010 will carry over into 2011, the just ending year was a positive one in many ways for Delmarva's chicken industry. In recent months, chicken companies launched...
12/16/10
Hudson Family Legal Fund Still Seeking Donations
The legal defense fund established to help the Alan and Kristin Hudson family of near Berlin, Maryland deal with huge legal bills as they defend themselves in federal court against allegations that...
12/10/10
Analysis Finds Numbers behind EPA's Nutrient Diet for the Chesapeake Bay Could be a Recipe for Disaster
Substantial Differences between EPA and USDA Data and Models Call Legitimacy of EPA Total Maximum Daily Load Rule into Question
A new report seriously questions the data used by...
11/22/10
DPI Launches its First Lunch and Learn Outreach Meeting
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) held its first Lunch and Learn outreach meeting today in Accomack County, Virginia and a dozen community leaders were on hand to learn more about Delmarva's...
11/16/10
New Leaders Elected for 2011 for Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.
Members of Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) have selected their leaders for 2011 and the 2,000-member trade association for the meat chicken industry in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland,...
11/15/10
2011 DPI College Scholarship Program
DPI has announced the opening of its 2011 Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. College Scholarship Program. Applications are being accepted for undergraduate and graduate scholarships that will be awarded...
11/01/10
DPI Grower Committee Urges Rejection of USDA GIPSA Proposed Rule
The Grower Committee of Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) has examined the June 2010 proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards...
10/07/10
Delmarva Poultry Conference Presentations Available
Presentations made at the September 1, 2010 Delmarva Poultry Conference in Ocean City, Maryland are available through the University of Maryland Extension poultry website at
9/27/10
U.S. Senator Tom Carper Learns about Environmental Practices on a Sussex County Chicken Farm
Delaware U.S. Senator Tom Carper visited the Ray and Sheila Tull chicken farm near Seaford, Delaware today to get a first hand look at some of the many environmental practices used on the Delmarva...
9/19/10
New DPI Promotional Program is Underway
A new DPI promotional program got underway this month and will continue in the years ahead and dozens of DPI members and growers are involved. Using money provided by America's soybean farmers...
9/16/10
EPA and Maryland Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Meetings Planned
To inform persons about the pending Chesapeake Bay Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load "pollution diet", several local meetings are planned through mid-October.
The U.S. Environmental Protection...
9/07/10
DPI Members Sought to Avoid Costly Federal Government Mandate
Of all the hidden costs now being discovered in the federal health care bill, one of the most concerning to the small business community is Section 9006, which would place an unprecedented burden on...
8/31/10
Hurricane Preparations
It has been several years since Delmarva has felt the full force of a hurricane. Hurricane Earl might be headed our way. Here are things that chicken growers should do to prepare for a...
8/23/10
Program announced for October 4 – 6, 2010 National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing in Ocean City, Maryland
The 45th annual National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, considered the best meeting of its type, will be held October 4-6, 2010 in Ocean City, Maryland. Sponsored by Delmarva Poultry...
7/30/10
Statement by Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. regarding a petition circulated by Environment Maryland and Signed by Just 55 people
The petition was circulated by a group that has a long history of opposition to the local chicken industry and has little regard for the facts about the industry.
These few petition signers do...
7/26/10
USDA Proposes New Regulations Related to Chicken Growers’ Contacts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that provide significant new federal government involvement in the relationship between chicken companies and contract chicken growers....
7/01/10
2010 DELMARVA CHICKEN FESTIVAL CONCLUDES
More than 25,000 persons helped recognize Delmarva's largest agricultural enterprise, the chicken industry, at the weekend Delmarva Chicken Festival on the campus of Delaware State University in...
7/01/10
2010 Delmarva Poultry Conference
The 2010 Delmarva Poultry Conference will be held Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland.
This year's conference features an...
5/03/10
Nationwide Insurance Joins with American Forests to Support Poultry Farm Tree Plantings
On Arbor Day 2010 at two chicken farms on the Delmarva Peninsula, Nationwide Insurance announced a new program to help with the planting of trees around chicken houses in Delaware, the Eastern Shore...
4/28/10
Scholarship Recipients Announced
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) has announced the recipients in its 2010 College Scholarship Program. Four outstanding young people were chosen to receive grants totaling $6,000.
The...
4/27/10
Plan To Attend the Delmarva Chicken Festival – June 18 & 19
For the ninth time in its 61 year history, the Delmarva Chicken Festival will be held in Delaware's capital city of Dover. First held in 1948 in Georgetown, Delaware, the 61st festival will take...
4/19/10
A New Way to Look at Delmarva's Chicken Industry
Delmarva's chicken industry is a significant entity for the state of Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Normally we speak about hundreds of millions of...
4/15/10
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. Recognizes Achievements
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the trade association for the Delmarva Peninsula's chicken industry, held its 54th annual Booster Banquet tonight in Salisbury, Maryland and recognized 15...
3/22/10
Maryland Farmers Doing a Great Job with Nutrient Management Compliance
The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has released the latest compliance figures for its Nutrient Management Program. Mandated by state law in 1998, the program requires Maryland farmers to...
1/01/10
Chicken Growers Urged to Contact Congress
Two developments in recent weeks stress the urgency for persons in Delmarva's chicken industry, especially farm families that grow chickens, to contact their federal legislators to let them know...

12/23/09
Educational Program for New Delmarva Chicken Growers
Are you thinking about getting into the chicken growing business? Are you interested to learn the “ins and outs” of poultry production?
The University of Maryland Extension is offering a...
12/18/09
New Survey Shows Better Feelings About Agriculture
The 2010 Policy Choices Survey by the University of Baltimore Schaefer Center for Public Policy found that 94 percent of those surveyed said that it is at least “somewhat important” that the state...
11/30/09
DPI Creates Another Electric Buying Group
Thanks to lower energy prices and the success of DPI's previous electric buying groups that saved more than 200 members hundreds of thousands of dollars, our 4th Electric Buying Group is being...
10/13/09
New USDA Program Might Help Chicken Growers
The 2008 federal Farm Bill created several new disaster programs under the title “Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance.” One of the new programs is the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)....
9/16/09
Presidental Executive Order Response
President Obama’s effort to have the central government assume more control over the lives of persons living in the Chesapeake Bay watershed began with a May 2009 executive order “to protect and...
8/25/09
DPI Awards College Scholarships
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the non-profit trade association for the broiler chicken industry, whose members include farm families that grow chickens, four chicken companies, hundreds of...
6/20/09
Delmarva Chicken Festival Declared a Success
Queen Anne’s County, Maryland hosted the 60th Delmarva Chicken Festival this weekend and the first festival in this county attracted a record number of Friday visitors. Thunderstorms and the threats...
6/14/09
Farmers Make Progress in Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reductions
In a recent meeting with managers and chairmen from the Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts, Governor O’Malley personally introduced an exciting, innovative, and user-friendly web...
6/05/09
New National Broiler Chicken Data Announced
Chickens remain an important agricultural product and economic activity in Delmarva’s three states according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Based on the pounds of...
4/21/09
Every Day is Earth Day for Delmarva's Chicken Industry
The broiler chicken industry on the Delmarva Peninsula and throughout America is firmly committed to the protection of the environment – the air, land, and water. The industry spends millions of...

12/12/08
Delmarva Chicken Industry's Small Role in Water Pollution
A number of ill-informed persons and critics of the chicken industry often complain about the role of the Delmarva chicken industry in Chesapeake Bay water quality issues. The facts provide...

11/01/07
DPI Executive Director Remarks at Waterkeepers Alliance Poultry Summit
DPI Executive Director Bill Satterfield Prepared Remarks
November 1, 2007
Waterkeeper Alliance Poultry Summit
Salisbury, Maryland
Thanks for the invitation. We appreciate the...
5/10/07
DPI Members Can Save on Vision Care
DPI members can save 25% on many of their vision care products by participating through our program with Accurate Optical, Inc. and Halpern Eye Associates.
At locations throughout the Delmarva...

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