Chicken Marketing Summit 2021 announces registration launch, agenda details 
Registration is now open with early savings available for the 2021 Chicken Marketing Summit. The annual executive conference, hosted by WATT Global Media, is scheduled for July 18-20, 2021, at […]
Are you prepared for the post-pandemic chicken consumer?
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the chicken supply chain upside down as foodservice outlets were closed and consumers relied on retailers, both online and brick and mortar, to supply almost all […]
Vilsack urges Trade Promotion Authority renewal
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is urging Congress to renew the Trade Promotion Authority legislation which provides the authority for the executive branch to negotiate with trading partners and then […]
USDA offers ways to help small poultry plants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking steps to make sure that small meat and poultry slaughter and processing plants have the chance to succeed, a top agency official […]
Expanding agricultural markets as well as upholding trade commitments with China and Mexico important for U.S. agriculture
As part of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Plan, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says that means transforming the food and agriculture system to a different system for farmers […]
One Thing Steve Jobs Did at Apple That Will Instantly Improve Your Productivity
Busy Work So, if we are going to talk about productivity we need to get one thing straight from the outset; busy does not equate to productive. Try this experiment; […]
Subcommittee asks Senate to confirm Tom Vilsack
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Feb. 2 voted unanimously to recommend the full Senate confirm Tom Vilsack as President Joe Biden’s secretary of agriculture. Vilsack appeared […]
Foster Farms begins vaccination process at California plant
In cooperation with the local department of health and Vons Pharmacy, Foster Farms began offering the first dose of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 to 1,000 employees of its poultry […]
Essential agriculture workers in California to get COVID-19 vaccine on farms
Deemed an essential workforce during the pandemic, California’s mostly Latino farmworkers are also underrepresented in the state’s vaccination program, health officials and activists say, prompting the delivery of shots in […]
Germany to ban culling of day old male chicks next year
German Agriculture Minister Julia Klockner has announced that the culling of day old male chicks will be outlawed from next year. Speaking to mark the start of Germany’s International Green […]