Delmarva Chicken Association is the 1,600-member trade association working for the common good of the meat chicken industry in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Our mission: To be the Delmarva chicken industry's voice as the premier membership association focusing on advocacy, education and member relations.
Our vision: To be the most-respected chicken organization in the United States.
FEATURED NEWS
Agricultural, Environmental and Conservation Groups Begin Investing $2 Million in Chicken Farming Best Management Practices
- James Fisher
- March 25, 2024
- DCA
Delmarva Chicken Association, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance are partnering with chicken farmers to invest $2 million in cost-share programs to accelerate the adoption of chicken farming best management practices in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia's Chesapeake Bay watersheds and improve riparian buffers, precision nutrient management, conservation drainage and litter management.
The three-year...
Family Farm Nominated by DCA Wins National Environmental Award
- James Fisher
- February 06, 2024
- DCA
L & J Farm of Harrington, Del. was one of five farms across the United States to receive USPOULTRY's Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award during the 2024 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta. The family farm's owners, Linda and John Brown, were in Atlanta on Tuesday to receive the award, having been nominated for the honor by Delmarva Chicken Association. USPOULTRY sponsors the annual awards in...
Board Members Join Delmarva Chicken Association Leadership
- James Fisher
- December 20, 2023
- DCA
The membership of Delmarva Chicken Association voted to return existing board members and add several new members to the nonprofit's board for terms beginning in 2024. In addition, the DCA Board of Directors elected Amy Syester, a chicken farm owner with a background in all aspects of the chicken industry, to be DCA's board president in 2024.
The members elected to remain on the board are Rusty Covington, a senior growout and housing...
FEATURED VIDEOS
10 Generations of Farming
- Join Jenny Rhodes and her son, Chris, as they share their family's 10-generation journey in farming. Discover how they've built their chicken farms to support their families and help feed Delmarva. - Posted: January 15, 2024
The J. Frank Gordy Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award: Virgil Shockley
- Virgil Shockley, a Snow Hill, Md. chicken grower, has consistently, relentlessly advocated for chicken growers, farmers, and Eastern Shore communities. - Posted: January 15, 2024
Delmarva's Outstanding Chicken Growers
- Each grower operates an independent, family-owned farm raising chickens under contract for one of Delmarva's five chicken companies. There are more than 1,330 such chicken growers on Delmarva, each one an important part of the $5 billion chicken community. - Posted: January 15, 2024