I've been in this job for just under three years now, and it took me quite a while to recognize the difference between the poultry industry and many other commodities, like dairy, for example. In the dairy industry, we're dealing with cows that produce milk. In the poultry industry we're dealing with multiple commodities. What's good for one commodity isn't necessarily good for the other ones, so there's a need for some compromises. Then we have our processors and input suppliers, whom we deal with as well. We get different pulls. We estimate about $2 million a year is available in industry money. This is from the producer side, not from the larger industry.
On April 30th, 2014. See this statement in context.