2025 North Carolina Broiler Breeder and Hatchery Management Conference
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Collapse ▲The 2025 NC Broiler Breeder Hatchery Management Conference will be hosted this year in Statesville. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting which is scheduled for October 15 – 16, 2025.
WELCOME TO THE 2025 NORTH CAROLINA BROILER BREEDER AND HATCHERY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.
October 15 & 16, 2025
Iredell County Agricultural
Resource Center
444 Bristol Drive
Statesville, North Carolina, NC, USA.
Sponsored by:
NC Breeder-Hatchery Association, in collaboration with the Prestage
Department of Poultry Science
of NC State University.
If you have any additional questions please send emails to: nc.breeder.hatchery@gmail.com
or to ramon_malheiros@ncsu.edu
Life Cycle Of A Chicken
Topics at this year’s conference include:
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
7:45 a.m. – Welcome
8:00 a.m. – “NCSU Poultry Department Update” Frank Siewerdt, Head of Prestage Department of Poultry Science, PDPS – NCSU.
8:20 a.m. – “Better broiler or better breeders: do we really have to choose?” – Frank Siewerdt – PDPS – NCSU.
8:50 a.m. – “Safeguarding the future of animal Ag” Abby Kornegay, Animal Alliance.
9:40 a.m. – Coffee Break (20 Minutes).
10:00 a.m. – “AMPV Prevention, a work in progress”. Scott Westall, Cobb-Vantress.
10:30 a.m. – “Sanitation, basics and trends in 2025: The three must-haves for hatchery manager.” Scott McKenzie, Enviro-Tech.
11:15 a.m. – “NCDA – State of North Carolina Poultry Diseases Update” – Speaker TBD
11:45 a.m. – Service Person Awards.
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – “Continuous Improvement”, Joel Cline, Wayne-Sanderson.
1:30 p.m. – “Managing Ventilation System in Hatchery.” Eric Mol – Emtech Hatchery Systems.
2:10 p.m. – “Bedbug Control.” Ivan Alvarado, Merck.
2:50 p.m. – Coffee Break (20 minutes).
3:05 p.m. – “Metabolic Diseases.” Harold Echeverry , AVIAGEN.
3:50 p.m. – “How Incubation Can Affect Chick Health.”, Mike Wineland – Hatchery Consulting – PDPS – NCSU.
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Attitude Adjustment
Thursday, October 16, 2025.
8:00 a.m. – “Locomotor Issues and the Management Factors Involved to Reduce Their Incidence.” Harold Echeverry, AVIAGEN.
8:50 a.m. – “Latest Innovations in Breeder Houses Equipment and Ventilation.” Brian Fairchild, UGA.
9:30 a.m. – Coffee Break (20 Minutes)
9:50 a.m. – Opportunity for Workshop for Spanish-speaking agricultural workers, Eduardo Beltranena, Animal Science – NCSU.
10:10 a.m. – “Observations of Roosters’ Testicles of Breeders”. John H. Barnes – CVM, NCSU.
10:40 a.m. – “Delivering Nutrients: Feeding Program, and Equipment for Broiler Breeders.” Jeffrey Thomas Pope – House of Raeford Farms.
11:20 a.m. – Questions, Suggestions for Conference 2026.
Please reserve your Hotel room ASAP
Here’s your reservation link for the participants can use to make reservations:
Wednesday evening there will be the Attitude Adjustment at the Fairfield Inn between 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Links for meeting registration/payment ($75) is below. Also below is a registration link for the Fairfield Inn. Cost is $134.00/night.(highlight link, right click, open in new window)
If you wish to pay by check send a check made out to the NC Breeder-Hatchery Association with your name, company and email address to Mike Wineland, 226 West Young Street, Rolesville NC 27571. Receipts can be received by contacting nc.breeder.hatchery@gmail.com
Registration Link for 2025 NC Broiler Breeder and Hatchery Management Conference
https://buy.stripe.com/14AeVd75Vbuc7ybfLkfYY0e
Or Scan Here to Registration for the Conference:
Late Registration Link after 10 October
https://buy.stripe.com/fZu28rbmbaq89Gj42CfYY0f
Fairfield Inn registration link: Room Block closes 26 September .
Another hotel available is the Holiday Inn Express 704.978.2800