Consumer poultry prices experience temporary drop
The consumer price for poultry meats dropped slightly from January to February, in direct contrast to pork and beef, which both edged up. The estimated consumer price for poultry products […]
Big Agriculture flexes its muscle
Congress holds the purse strings, but who holds Congress these days when it comes to farm policy: the meatpackers and Monsanto?
So it seemed last week as lawmakers sent the White House an updated budget for the Agriculture Department complete with industry-backed orders on how Secretary Tom Vilsack should run the place. Read more
Russia doubles its turkey production
"Turkey production in Russia boomed in 2012", stated Vladimir Fisinin, President of the Russian Union of Poultry Farmers speaking at a recent conference. According Fisinin, in 2012 the industrial production […]
California farmers team up to convert sugar beets to ethanol
Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California’s Central Valley, a once-dominant crop that has nearly disappeared from the state’s farms is making a […]
USPOULTRY and NCC refute recent claims on poultry worker safety
AHA bus provides students lesson in animal welfare
Blunt/Pryor amendment aims to save jobs
U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (MO) and Mark Pryor (AR) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the Continuing Resolution (CR) today to protect private sector jobs by solving a funding gap for […]
USDA proposes to amend mandatory Country of Origin labeling rules to comply with WTO ruling
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments by April 11 on a proposal to amend the mandatory country of origin labeling (mCOOL) requirements for muscle cut meats to provide […]
Undersecretary for Food Safety Hagen discusses details of potential furlough of meat inspectors
To fulfill the requirements of the across-the-board budget cuts required by the sequester, USDA has said it will be required to begin furloughing federal meat inspectors in July. Agriculture Undersecretary […]
UC Davis vet school opens $58.5 million ‘hub’ building
Officially, the ceremony at UC Davis on Friday was about a building. A four-story structure with a sandstone and gray-colored exterior – with water-chilled beams for energy conservation and recycled […]