- 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 QuestionA 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...
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