Advisory Council participants completed an Alabama Producer Panel Survey questionaire. The forms, completed anonymously, asked each poultry producer to rate the company they do business with. This is a confidential survey and your responses will not be identified in any way. All live birds are weighed at the plant by a bonded weighmaster on certified scales. Scales are checked daily by weigh master and routinely by State Weights and Measures as required by law Producers are allowed to personally watch live birds being weighed.
All feed is weighed at the feed mill by a bonded weighmaster on certified scales.
Scales are checked daily by weigh master and routinely by State Weights and Measures as required by law. Producers areallowed to personally watch feed being weighed. Producers are encouraged to work through the chain of command until their question or concern is adequately addressed. Companies provide all documentation that impacts a producer's settlement check in a timely manner. This is also required by the federal Packers and Stockyard Act.