Responding to spiraling energy costs, poultry growers inWest Virginia have formed a new association to urge corporations that buy from them to raise their pay. The Poultry Growers Association formed May 23 at a meeting in rural Pendleton County. Many of the 50-plus members are under contract to Pilgrim’s Pride, one of a handful of poultry companies in the state, said association member Mike Weaver. “Companies won’t keep up,”Weaver said. “We’re forming a growers-only association to put pressure on them to do the right thing— to compensate growers.” Weaver is brainstorming with National Contract Poultry Growers Association’s local representative on ways to negotiate with… Read More