USDA updates the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to align with changes in the poultry industry […]
Poultry positioned to outperform other proteins in 2020, according to CoBank’s Will Sawyer
Poultry products are better positioned to perform well during the last quarter of 2020 than beef or pork, according to Will Sawyer, lead animal protein analyst at CoBank. “I do […]
Sergio Garcia wins in stunning fashion and three other Sunday takeaways from the Sanderson Farms
For much of the afternoon, it looked as though Peter Malnati had done enough to claim his second Sanderson Farms Championship, or at least done enough to earn a spot […]
Utilizing on-farm testing key to helping processors understand S. Infantis loads
Using a range of testing methods for Salmonella Infantis can help broiler companies build a better picture of how effective interventions against the pathogen are performing. With the USDA having […]
Newsom vetoes bill to provide rehiring protections for workers laid off amid COVID-19 pandemic
Newsom vetoes bill to provide rehiring protections for workers laid off amid COVID-19 pandemic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have provided sweeping new labor protections for […]
Foster Farms donates
Foster Farms donates 19 tons of chicken to Northwest Harvest in Kent 19 tons of chicken to Northwest Harvest in Kent California-based Foster Farms donated 75,000 servings of chicken to […]
UC Davis establishes research, training in cultivated meat
Is cultivated meat — essentially, animal protein grown under lab conditions — a nourishing prospect to help feed the world, or is it more sizzle than steak? A consortium of […]
EU placed on alert for new avian flu outbreaks
European Union countries are being urged to step up surveillance and biosecurity measures to guard against possible new outbreaks of avian influenza this year, according to the European Food Safety […]
Food, ag product trade more than doubles in two decades
Global agri-food trade has more than doubled since 1995, amounting to $1.5 trillion in 2018, with emerging and developing countries’ exports on the rise and accounting for more than one-third […]
COVID Presumption Signed – Effective Immediately
The Governor signed SB 1159, creating the rebuttable presumption that cases of COVID-19 are work-related. The law requires certain conditions to be met – including the obvious requirement that an […]