Diamond Club

Agrecom, Inc.; Aviagen; Boehringer Ingelheim; Cobb-Vantress, Inc.; Darling Ingredients; International Paper; United States Cold Storage; Wells Fargo Bank

Gold Club

Animal Health International; Aviagen Turkeys / Select Genetics; Alltech; Elanco Animal Health; Foster Farms; Haley Farms Inc; Huvepharma; Maple Leaf Farms West Division; Marel; Phibro Animal Health; Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care; Purina Animal Nutrition; Rabobank N.A.; Sealed Air Corp – Cryovac; Valley Fresh Foods Inc.; Veterinary Service Inc.

Silver Club

Alpha, Inc. + Chore Time, Inc. + Ziggity, Inc.; Big Dutchman; Diamond V; DiBuduo & DeFendis; Diversified AG; Grimaud Farms; Jamesway Incubators; Jones-Hamilton Co.; JS West Milling Company; Label Technology – Fortis Solution Group; Lubing Systems; Merck; Morris & Associates; Petaluma Poultry/Perdue Foods; Pitman Family Farms; Provisur; Rolling F Credit Union; Safe Foods Corporation; Shepard Bros Inc; Silvercote Insulation; Squab Producers of California, Inc.; Strand Ag Supply; Vitech Bio-Chem Corporation; Volk Enterprises

Matt Swanson, whose family was an integral part of the California Turkey Federation and today’s California Poultry Federation, has been appointed to the California Water Commission. Swanson has been president and chief executive officer at Associated Feed since 1998. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Swanson is a Republican.

CPF President Bill Mattos says Swanson will be a wonderful addition to the commission. His understanding of water, agriculture and policy issues make him an excellent choice. “Thank you Governor Newsom for this appointment.”

CPF welcomes Livingston Community Health as its newest Allied Member. Livingston Community Health offers both medical and dental services to patients. Please contact CEO Leslie Abasta-Cummings  at (209) 850-3542 or lacavisitlch.org for more information. The company website is www.visitlch.org.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing initial plans to carry out new animal health activities using resources provided by the 2018 Farm Bill. Section 12101 of the 2018 Farm Bill established a three-part program to comprehensively support animal disease prevention and management. The bill included funding to create two new programs, the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank (vaccine bank) and the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP). It also expands funding opportunities for the existing National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). Read more

As part of the continued effort to improve transparency and public access to information about approved animal drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has published on the Animal Drugs @ FDA (ADAFDA) website certain medicated feed information, including Blue Bird labels and lists of licensed medicated feed mills and Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) distributors.  Read more

Federal agents raided several companies across Mississippi on Wednesday, rounding up hundreds of immigrant workers in what federal officials said might be the largest worksite enforcement action ever in a single state. In a coordinated sting, more than 600 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed up at the sites with federal warrants that allowed them to search the premises. About 680 immigrants who were believed to be working without legal documentation were apprehended and taken away on buses.  Read more

The Agriculture Department is preparing to issue hundreds of termination letters to employees who have not agreed to move from the District of Columbia to Kansas City. The notices, arriving sooner than some workers and their supporters expected, will accelerate a controversial relocation process that has already stripped two USDA agencies of key research staff.

Last summer, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced he would relocate the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which manages a $1.7 billion portfolio of scientific grants, and the Economic Research Service, an influential federal statistical agency. The agencies rent office space in Southwest Washington near the waterfront.  Read more

Dramatic antimicrobial usage changes and improved antimicrobial stewardship 

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association announces the release of the U.S. poultry industry’s first-ever report quantifying antimicrobial use on broiler chicken and turkey farms. The new report shows dramatic reductions of turkey and broiler chicken antimicrobial use over a five-year timeframe. As part of its commitment to the transparency and sustainability of a safe food supply, the poultry industry aims to strike a balance between keeping poultry flocks healthy and the responsible use of antimicrobials, especially those medically important to human health.
Under the research direction of Dr. Randall Singer, DVM, PhD, of Mindwalk Consulting Group, LLC, this report represents a five-year set of data collected from 2013 to 2017 regarding the use of antimicrobials in U.S. broiler chickens and turkeys throughout their lifetime, from hatchery to day of harvest. It was prepared through a systematic collection of on-farm antimicrobial use data to capture the disease indications and routes of administration through which antimicrobials were given to the poultry.  Read more

Click here for summary report.

Click here to read full report.

High demand for poultry meat and eggs continue to drive continued growth in Mexican domestic poultry production. Imports from the United States supply the majority of Mexico’s additional needs for chicken and turkey meat for further processing, although Brazil is gaining market share by supplying frozen product under Mexico’s tariff rate quota for third countries. In May 2019, Mexico increased the volume of the quota by 55,000 metric tons (MT) in, bringing the quota total to 355,000 MT.  Read more