JBS USA
In 2018, JBS USA became a founding member of the International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) is a public-private partnership advancing research on animal health and welfare as well as antimicrobial stewardship in agriculture. This consortium was created by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to increase investment in research promoting the…
JBS USA Beef
Developed by NCBA (National Cattlemen’s Beef Association), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a producer driven, voluntary program that provides education to U.S. beef producers on best management practices. A nationally-developed and state-implemented program, BQA guidelines are designed to promote best practices related to herd health, animal handling, residue avoidance…
Pilgrim’s Moy Park
In 2018, Moy Park opened the U.K.’s largest state-of-the-art hatchery at Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, creating 55 new jobs in the area. The new facility supplies 60 farms across Lincolnshire and hatches 2.5 million chicks per week. The hatchery employs industry leading technology to ensure the best possible production, animal welfare, hygienic and biosecurity standards and…
JBS USA Live Pork
The animal agriculture industry has worked diligently to improve animal health and well-being. One way that animal welfare can be assessed on a continuous basis by family farmers and ranchers throughout our supply chain is by health and performance metrics. Assessing performance and health indicators like average daily gain (ADG), mortality and reproduction rates provides…
Pilgrim's Moy Park
In 2015, Pilgrim’s Moy Park announced its partnership with Farm Africa and its goal of raising an ambitious £100,000 for the charity over a three year period. Farm Africa aims to end hunger and stimulate prosperity in rural Africa, working shoulder to shoulder with farmers and local communities and providing them with the right seeds,…
Pilgrim's Moy Park
In 2011, Pilgrim’s Moy Park partnered with leading business education charity Young Enterprise Northern Ireland to inspire primary school students from Craigavon to get involved in business and enterprise. Each year, the program is promoted via the annual Moy Park Challenge, in which primary school children are able to participate in an interactive, business-related competition…
Pilgrim's Moy Park
Pilgrim’s Moy Park has contributed over 300,000 meals to FareShare, the U.K.’s largest food redistribution charity. FareShare aims to tackle hunger by redistributing surplus food to charities that then turn it in to meals. Pilgrim’s Moy Park joined forces with FareShare in March 2015 and has provided over 130 tonnes of fresh surplus chicken to…
JBS USA Headquarters
Through June 2018, JBS USA corporate team members donated or pledged more than $102,000 to United Way. As a result, more than 102 kids will be given opportunities that could serve to change their lives forever.
JBS USA Carriers
In November 2018, JBS USA Carriers held a food drive for the local Weld County Food Bank in which 725 non-perishable food items, 19 turkeys and more than $500 in cash donations were collected. The event’s success was truly a team effort, as the two departments that brought in the most food items were each…
Swanton, VT, Value-Added Facility
In May 2018, the Plumrose Swanton facility held its 3rdannual Walking for a Cure to benefit the American Cancer Society. Through the exceptional help and support of numerous team members, family members and friends, the event has grown into one of the facility’s largest and most meaningful community achievements. All proceeds raised from donations, t-shirt…
