Let’s meet a Texas producer who knows a thing or two about poultry!

In Texas, there are about 800 contract broiler and turkey farms. RFD NEWS Correspondent Tammi Arender had the chance to meet with Jerry Moody, who has been in the chicken business all of his life.

Poultry farmers are facing enormous challenges from the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and rising input costs. In Texas, there are about 800 contract broiler and turkey farms. RFD NEWS Correspondent Tammi Arender had the chance to meet with Jerry Moody, who has been in the chicken business all of his life.

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Tammi was raised on a cotton and soybean farm in Tallulah, Louisiana. In 1981, she became a TV news anchor and reporter at KNOE-TV in Monroe, Louisiana. She is also an anchor/reporter for RFD-TV and Rural Radio Channel 147 on Sirius XM at their Nashville news studio, where Tammi currently resides.

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