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What became Mountaire Farms was founded in Arkansas in 1914 by Guy Cameron, who started a local feed business. [3] His son Ted Cameron built four feed mills in the 1950s to serve local growers. In 1959, the company started processing chickens, with Mountaire Poultry, Inc. incorporated in 1964.
Mountaire is the sixth-largest poultry company in the US. [5] In 2009, Cameron was named the 14th richest Arkansan by Arkansas Business. [5] Cameron is also a member of Bear State Financial Holdings LLC, which bought First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc. The CEO of First Federal, Dabbs Cavin, is a former employee of Cameron's. [6]
Intensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms, [1] also known as factory farming, [2] is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production while minimizing costs. [3]
The cover of the 1930 edition. The American Standard of Perfection is the official book of breed standards of the American Poultry Association.It classifies and describes the standard physical appearance, coloring and temperament for many breeds of poultry recognized in the United States, including chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese and guinea fowl, but not pigeons.
RSPCA Assured is a not-for-profit farm animal welfare assurance and food labelling scheme from the RSPCA.All farms on the RSPCA Assured scheme must comply with the RSPCA's "stringent higher welfare standards". [1]
Feed conversion ratio (FCR) is the ratio of inputs to outputs; it is the inverse of "feed efficiency" which is the ratio of outputs to inputs. [2] FCR is widely used in hog and poultry production, while FE is used more commonly with cattle. [2]
On the other hand, a little over 50% of all pork production and 70% of all poultry production worldwide originated from animals kept entirely in confined buildings even around 2006, and the raw numbers were expected to increase by 3–3.5 times for pigs, by 2–2.4 times for layer hens and 4.4–5 times for broilers.
Cameron and her family, who wanted her off their hands, pressured Thorne to set a wedding date. To try to speed up the wedding, Cameron claimed she was pregnant, although she and Thorne had never had sex. [2] On Friday 5 December 1924, Cameron travelled from London to Crowborough, Sussex, to stay with Thorne for a planned visit. He later ...