Tom Egan, vice president, industry services for PMMI, discusses overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and its role as a continuous-improvement tool.

Michele Boney, environmental compliance manager for West Liberty Foods, and Tom Alberti, complex manager at WLF’s West Liberty, Iowa, facility, discuss the challenges to reach landfill-free across the entire company, a feat achieved in very late 2012, and celebrated June 19, 2013, in West Liberty.

Brad Caudill, vice president of marketing for Harris Ranch, and Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, discuss Harris Ranch's outreach through its Media Day event, as well as where Harris Ranch stands today.

Mike Helgeson, CEO of GNP Co., discusses goals and successes of the 2013 Summit with Sam Gazdziak, Independent Processor editor.

Bill Lovette, president and CEO of Pilgrim's Pride, offers his take on the 2013 Chicken Media Summit in New Bern, N.C., with Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief.

Andy Hanacek sits down for a brief wrap-up of the 2013 Chicken Media Summit in New Bern, N.C., with John Starkey, president of USPOULTRY.

Trevor Amen, director of market intelligence, NCBA, and Patrick Fleming, director of retail marketing, National Pork Board, talk about the breakthrough changes to the URMIS beef and pork cut nomenclature that are expected to gain approval and take effect this summer.