California Poultry Federation

California Poultry Federation (CPF) President Bill Mattos and Pacific Poultry and Egg Association (PEPA) Executive Director Debbie Murdock both received the 2020 UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine’s Distinguished Service Award last week. Click here to read more: https://cpif.org/wp-conte/uploads//10/UC-Davis-Award-2.pdf

Visited Foster Farms, an 81 year California company, to see how they have pivoted as an essential business in order to keep food on the table and keep their emp...loyees safe. Foster Farms is the #1 chicken producer in the state and is going above & beyond by testing their plant employees using Color, doing wellness tests, partitioning breakrooms and more. Thank you Bill Mattos, President California Poultry Federation/Northwest Chicken Council for coordinating. #BuyCaliforniaGrown #ShopLocal #StayLocal California Poultry Federation Seth Doulton See more

Keeping the facts straight about California’s poultry industry and COVID-19

Poultry is essential... Our poultry companies are taking every precaution to keep employees safe and working, said an email Friday from Bill Mattos, president of the California Poultry Federation in Modesto.

Food and Agriculture is critical infrastructure for California and the nation!

FREE Bird Health Awareness Week Webinar! Thurs, 3/28, 2:30pm ET: Biosecurity Basics & Beyond: Tools to Defend Your Flock, U.S. Department of Agriculture/APHIS & CDC vets, joined by Andy Schneider/The Chicken Whisperer, will get you and your flocks ready for spring. Register today: bit.ly/BirdHealthAwarenessWebinar

Dr. Annette Jones(right),director / state veterinarian for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, received the USPOULTRY Lamplighter Award at the International Poultry Expo, part of the 2020International Production & Processing Expo. She was presented with the award by John Prestage, Prestage Farms, and outgoing USPOULTRY chairman.

The Presidential Turkeys have arrived in DC! The two birds are settled in at The Willard Hotel after their trek from North Carolina and are resting up for the b...ig ceremony on Tuesday. Tune in tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET to learn the turkey's names and to vote on which bird should be pardoned and named the official National Thanksgiving Turkey!

Walters makes some good points. He will be a keynote speaker at the California Poultry Federation Conference in September.

The CPF Executive Board and President Bill Mattos visited Washington D.C. this week spending two full days at USDA, EPA Senate and the Congressional offices to discuss the California poultry industry.

2019 Chicken Marketing Summit!