As part of a fundraising campaign through the North Carolina State University Annual Giving Program, the Prestage family – who recently made a $10 million gift to endow the Department of Poultry Science – donated 200 turkeys to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. During the “Recent Grad Holiday Turkey Challenge,” if at least 300 recent NC
Chancellor Randy Woodson announced today a transformational $10 million gift that will name and endow a department in North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The Department of Poultry Science will be renamed the Prestage Family Department of Poultry Science in honor of Bill and Marsha Prestage and their family, longtime supporters of NC State and owners
The North Carolina Poultry Federation (NCPF) held their Annual Meeting August 9-10 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, NC. The NC Poultry Federation, founded in 1968, is a non-profit trade organization representing over 5000 family poultry farms and the interests of the entire poultry food industry in NC. The Federation recognized several industry professionals at the Awards Banquet and elected
The 16th Annual Prestage Farms Youth Livestock Round-Up was held the weekend of August 24th – 25th. The goat show was on Friday the 24th followed by the lamb & heifer show on Saturday the 25th. The event, held at the Sampson County Livestock Facility, included youth from at least twelve counties across NC competing with their animals. Exhibitors were
Prestage’s Own Wins NCPC’s 2012 Environmental Stewardship Award Alan Parker, Nursery Production Manager and contract grower, won the NC Pork Council’s 2012 year’s Environmental Stewardship Award for his dedication and continued excellence on his contract nursery operation. Parker truly leads by example, running his nursery operation with exemplary management and environmental stewardship. This award is presented by the North Carolina Pork Council (NCPC) at
SAINT PAULS, NC – April 3, 2012 – FLS Energy, in partnership with Prestage Foods, has completed the nation’s largest solar thermal farm at the Prestage Foods Processing Facility in St. Pauls, NC. the solar energy system is six-times larger than any solar thermal system currently in operation and will produce an average of 100,000 gallons of hot water per day
FLS Energy Begins Construction on Significant Solar Thermal Project in Eastern North Carolina Solar shines at Prestage Foods turkey processing this Thanksgiving season St. Pauls, NC – November 16, 2011 – FLS Energy has started construction on a solar thermal farm for Prestage Foods, a 260,000 square foot turkey processing plant based in St. Pauls, NC. The system will provide
Prestage Farms Statement Regarding Humane Society of the United States Undercover Video Clinton, North Carolina (January 31, 2012) – Prestage Farms has a long-standing history of meeting high-quality animal care standards. This is why Prestage Farms takes any claims of animal neglect or abuse very seriously in order to seek the facts and take appropriate actions. In response to an
GREENSBORO, NC — October 13, 2011 – The first-ever Governor’s Innovative Partnership award came home to Sampson Community College this week courtesy of an ammonia refrigeration program and the visionary approach taken to bring a dream to fruition. SCC president Dr. Bill Aiken, and community college partners Butterball Inc, Smithfield Foods, Prestage Farms, the Golden LEAF Foundation and the Community
CLINTON NC – The Prestage family was honored to celebrate twenty-five years of service with ten employees and their spouses over dinner on September 4, 2012. Pictured from top left: Luther Newkirk, Hatchery Sanitation & Transfer Crew Manager, Mark Pate, Maintenance Manager, Bill Carr, Feed Lab Manager, Randall Miller, Clinton Feed Mill Manager, Craig Carr, Finishing Service, Thomas Fennell, Ingold
SAN ANTONIO – Feb. 13, 2010 – The National Turkey Federation (NTF) honored Bill Prestage, founder of Prestage Farms, Clinton, N.C., with the NTF Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented during the NTF Annual Convention here, this turkey industry leader received the award for his long-term, unselfish dedication to creative innovation in turkey production. In presenting the award, Bill’s three sons, John,