OK Farms wins top award from Aviagen

OK Farms, a subsidiary of OK Foods, received the Top Hatch and Top Chicks award during the 2014 Flock Awards hosted by Aviagen North America.

Based in Fort Smith, OK Farms produces the Aviagen exclusive Ross 308 and 708 chicks. The award recognized OK Farms as having the highest percentage of total eggs hatched, as well as first place for the highest number of Ross 308 chicks hatched per hen housed.

Gary Hogue, vice president of Live Production, credited the award to exemplary farmers in the OK Farms family.

“Our farmers are the backbone of our company,” Hogue said in a statement. “Their efforts to create the highest quality farms with an emphasis on the health of our chickens allows us to provide our high quality product in a safe and effective manner.”

The award was given by Randall Vickery, Aviagen’s regional technical manager. Vickery stated:

OK Foods, founded more than 70 years ago as a producer of livestock and poultry feed, is now a large regional fully-integrated chicken producer. In November 2011, OK Foods was acquired by Industrias Bachoco out of Celaya, Mexico. OK Foods employs more than 3,000 workers in the U.S.