Hubbard LLC appoints Jiggs Killgore as Director of Hatcheries

Hubbard is very pleased to announce that Jiggs Killgore has been named Director of Hatcheries for Hubbard LLC. In his new role, Jiggs will be responsible for overseeing and managing all of the Hubbard LLC hatcheries. Jiggs’ focus will be to guarantee the supply of quality products from Hubbard’s hatcheries to its growing customer base.

Jiggs is one of the foremost experts in incubation in the country and his knowledge is widely respected worldwide. He has spent 21 years in supervision, management and hatchery engineering with Tyson’s, a major broiler integrator. For the last 10 years he has been the Director of Hatchery Engineering and Service where he has managed a staff of technical service personnel providing a complete package of expertise to the company’s 44 hatcheries.

In addition, he has extensive primary breeder knowledge having spent 9 years in hatchery and breeder management (GP Production Director) with Cobb-Vantress. During this time he was responsible for production and hatcheries and also performed extensive technical support duties for the company overseas. Prior to this Jiggs managed two broiler hatcheries.

Jiggs reports to Mark Barnes, COO of Hubbard LLC, and will be located in Pikeville (TN).

About Hubbard

Hubbard, with more than 85 years of experience in selecting the best genetics for the broiler industry, provides solutions that focus on the economic performance, health and well-being of breeding stock. Hubbard specializes in state-of-the-art selection programs to improve the performance of their pure lines, and offers a range of products to respond to current and future needs of the broiler industry.

Hubbard operates its selection programs in 3 different R&D centres in North America and Europe, along with its own production sites in North America, Europe and Brazil. Hubbard has a longstanding experience in breeding, developing and marketing breeding stock for both conventional and alternative markets.

Presence in nearly 100 countries around the world and the support of dedicated teams involved in R&D, Production, Technical Service and Sales & Marketing assure the continuity to deliver quality products that are best suited to the different broiler markets throughout the world.

Hubbard is a company of Group Grimaud.

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Hubbard LLC appoints Jiggs Killgore as Director of Hatcheries