NCC’s Peterson encourages increased resources for federal-state-industry partnership
National Chicken Council Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Ashley Peterson, Ph.D., on Thursday told the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) about the importance of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) in preventing and controlling possible diseases in poultry.
China says bird flu death toll rises to 13
Two people in the central Chinese province of Henan have been infected by a new strain of avian influenza, the first cases found in the region, while the death toll […]
USDA trims broiler forecast for 2013
USDA’s broiler production forecast for 2013 was trimmed this month and is now expected to be 37.504 billion pounds, 15 million pounds less than the department’s estimate last month, but […]
China bird flu now affecting health of poultry industry
As the number of deaths and illnesses from the avian influenza outbreak in China expands, the toll on China’s poultry industry is starting to mount. Live poultry markets in Beijing […]
CPF goes to Washington D.C.
The California Poultry Federation Executive Committee (EC), Chairman Richie King, Vice Chairman Mike Leventini and Secretary Treasurer David Pitman, joined CPF President Bill Mattos and Washington, D.C. lobbyist Charles Hansen on their annual lobby trip to Washington D.C. this week. On Monday and Tuesday they visited with USDA executives including Dr. Daniel Engeljohn, Asst. Administrator, Office of Field Operations; Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Ed Avalos; APHIS Associate Administrator Kevin Shea; FSIS Administrator Al Almanza; Veterinary Services Dr. Lee Ann Thomas who works with the NPIP program; AMS executives Rex Barnes and Craig Morris. The EC also met with members of Congress Jared Huffman, Doug LaMalfa, Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy, Gloria Negrete-McLeon, Jim Costa, David Valadao, John Garamendi, Jeff Denham and Devin Nunes, along with the agricultural legislative assistants with Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. They discussed issues dealing with the Renewable Fuels Standards and the industry work to eliminate corn from the ethanol mandates, immigration reform and opening export markets.
Bill to reform ethanol mandate introduced in House
Welch (D-VT) today introduced the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Act to help ease concerns created by the ethanol mandate and protect consumers, energy producers, livestock and poultry producers, food manufacturers, retailers and the U.S. economy.
"I commend Congressmen Goodlatte, Costa, Womack and Welch for their leadership in introducing this legislation that will provide much needed relief to U.S. chicken producers and family farms that raise chickens," said National Chicken Council President Mike Brown. "After EPA’s refusal last fall to grant a waiver from the RFS in the face of the worst drought since the 1950s, it is abundantly clear the RFS is broken and needs to be reformed."
Diverse stakeholders applaud Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) reform
U.S. senators get deal on farm worker wages in immigration bill
U.S. senators negotiating an immigration bill have reached agreement on wages for foreign farm laborers working in the United States and a limit on visas for such workers, Democratic Senator […]
USPOULTRY accepting spring research pre-proposals
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation are accepting research pre-proposals from colleges and universities through May 1. Research proposals are accepted twice each year, in the spring and fall. Read More
CPF goes to Washington D.C.
Dr. Dan Engeljohn (upper left), Assistant Administrator of Field Operations, USDA, meets with the
California Poultry Federation Executive Committee