Kentucky Poultry Federation Inc.

Kentucky Poultry Federation Inc. is a non-profit, Subchapter S corporation based in Murray, Kentucky that acts as a federal grant recipient under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), delivering avian influenza surveillance, biosecurity auditing, and disease-preparedness coordination for Kentucky's commercial poultry industry under cooperative agreements in the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025).

The organization operates exclusively as a prime recipient with no federal contracting footprint and no subcontractor engagement. Across eighteen cooperative agreements awarded since 2008, Kentucky Poultry Federation has received $2.2 million in combined obligated federal funding, entirely from APHIS. Activity has been episodic — two awards in 2022, then one each in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 — reflecting the grant cycle and emergency disease-response requirements rather than sustained contract volume.

Recent grant work centers on avian influenza H5 and H7 surveillance and control. In April 2026, APHIS awarded Kentucky Poultry Federation a $101,480 cooperative agreement (effective through March 31, 2027) tasking the organization to serve as the initial reporting contact for suspect AI cases, conduct Code of Federal Regulations-defined biosecurity audits of commercial flocks, hatcheries, and slaughter plants, maintain National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) records, and deliver in-person and virtual educational programs for commercial producers, small-flock owners, and veterinarians. An identical $101,480 award covers April 2025 through March 2026. Prior awards from 2022 through 2024 carried similar scope: surveillance-test data compilation and maintenance, facility inspections to verify NPIP compliance, and outbreak-preparedness coordination, including depopulation-equipment training and disease-response plan review. A February 2022 emergency cooperative agreement reimbursed Kentucky Poultry Federation's personnel overtime and materials costs incurred during the February 2022 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak response. Under all agreements, two Kentucky state laboratories authorized for avian testing serve as subrecipients and are compensated to perform surveillance testing.

One cooperative agreement reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (April 2027 recompete window). Kentucky Poultry Federation operates without federal contract vehicles, GSA schedule presence, or prime contracting authority, positioning it as a specialized grant recipient focused on state-level agricultural disease surveillance and industry coordination rather than a federal services vendor.