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Long before the days of chicken sandwich wars, wings, and sliced rotisserie, there was a time when few Americans actually ate chicken. Flashback to the early 1900s. On the flipside, rural Americans typically only ate chicken once an old hen stopped laying eggs—which generally tasted pretty dry and tough. Cecile Long Steele of Delaware is credited with pioneering the poultry industry in 1923— just over 100 years ago!

Pilgrim’s Pride plans to invest US$1.3 billion in its Mexican operations to help reduce the country’s chicken supply deficit and improve food security, according to Mexico’s Minister of Economy Marcelo Ebrard. The investment is expected to allow Mexico to replace 35% of its chicken imports with domestically produced poultry.

More than 20 USAPEEC member companies are waiting to welcome you until January 30, 2026 at the Council’s stand in Hall 2 of the Sheikh Saeed Pavilion (Hall 2), blocks S2-A2, S2-A50, and B50 (location: https://usapeec-ca.com/event/gulfood-exhibition)

More than 20 USAPEEC member companies are waiting to welcome you until January 30, 2026 at the Council’s stand in Hall 2 of the Sheikh Saeed Pavilion (Hall 2), blocks S2-A2, S2-A50, and B50 (location: https://usapeec-ca.com/event/gulfood-exhibition)

The USDA-Economic Research Service released updated production and consumption data with respect to broilers and turkeys, covering 2024, a projection for 2025 and a forecast for 2026.

More than 20 USAPEEC member companies are waiting for you until January 30, 2026 at the Council’s stand in Hall 2 of the Sheikh Saeed Pavilion (Hall 2), blocks S2-A2, S2-A50, and B50 (location: https://usapeec-ca.com/event/gulfood-exhibition).

The outlook for the global poultry industry remains strong for 2026, with another year of robust growth of around 2.5%, following three consecutive years of approximately 3% growth globally.

The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans put a key emphasis on prioritizing high-quality, nutrient-dense protein foods, like chicken, as part of a healthy dietary pattern across all stages of life. The Guidelines also specifically recommend consuming a variety of protein foods from animal sources, including poultry.

According to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. total broiler exports in January-October 2025 were down in volume due in large to decreased shipments to China, Vietnam, Mexico, Iraq, and Hong Kong, but broiler shipments to other export markets such as Taiwan, Philippines, Canada, Congo (Kinshasa), Haiti, Turkmenistan, Ghana, South Korea, Timor-Leste, Benin, Dominican Republic, Libya, and Chile registered tremendous gains over the same period a year earlier.

Globex International is a global food supply company established in 1993 in New York, USA. Today, Globex employs over 80 people worldwide and operates offices in the United States (New York and Atlanta), Brazil, China, Colombia, Latvia, Mexico, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and Thailand.

Historically, chicken has been cheaper than other animal proteins such as beef and pork. Although inflation since 2021 has driven prices of popular chicken cuts like boneless skinless breast meat, tenderloins, and wings above $3.00 per pound at times, bone-in dark meat continues to offer a relative value advantage.

Mountaire Farms Inc. is a family-owned vertically integrated poultry company founded in 1914. Its manufacturing facilities are in Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina and Arkansas, and its products are sold under the Mountaire brand in regional, national and international markets. The company employs 10,243 people; in 2025, Forbes magazine named Mountaire Farms one of America's best employers.

Despite regional differences, low feed costs and strong consumer demand are supporting global poultry markets heading into 2026. According to Rabobank’s Poultry Quarterly Report global growth in 2025 has been revised up from 2.6% to 2.8%, with most markets remaining profitable despite challenges such as HPAI and trade disruptions.

The Government of Kazakhstan has published a list of poultry meat import quota allocations Phase 1 2026.

A 23-year-old Zoe Rosenberg, an animal rights activist with the extremist group Direct Action Everywhere, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail, found guilty of four charges — including a felony count of conspiracy and three misdemeanor counts of trespassing and tampering with a vehicle.

Pilgrim’s Pride this week broke ground on a new prepared foods facility in Walker County, Georgia. The company is investing $400 million in the 300,000-square-foot facility in northwest Georgia, which is expected to create approximately 630 new jobs upon completion.

During the first 9 months of 2025, Uzbekistan saw robust growth in poultry imports, likely falling short of its ambitious target to boost poultry production to 1 million MT and become a net broiler meat exporter. Uzbekistan imported 54,600 MT of poultry meat, 14.2% up compared with the previous year, the National Statistical Committee recently revealed.

Chicken consumers want a sense of control and personalization when it comes to foodservice, overwhelmingly looking for “build your own experiences,” according to the first-ever food trends report from Yum! Brands.

U.S. turkey and egg exports increased in value during the first three quarters of 2025, while broiler export value declined slightly, according to USDA Foreign Agricultural Service data.

Consumer loyalty and rewards app Fetch is releasing its first full-year Fetch Finds Report, revealing the unexpected ways Americans shopped and dined in 2025.

The National Chicken Council’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Search campaign won the Silver Award for “Best Use of New Technology in Communications"