Vilsack: White House urging ports, dockworkers to reach deal
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Saturday that the Biden administration has no plans to intervene to stop a dockworker strike, and he also urged lawmakers to “get practical” in their […]
US-Mexico rail delays hit farm sector ahead of possible ports strike
Rail backlogs are disrupting export trade between the United States and Mexico and snarling agricultural supply chains as the fall harvest is under way, Reuters reported, citing agriculture groups on Friday. […]
Congress pushes again for year-round E15
Lawmakers are once again pushing to expand E15 sales. On Friday, a bipartisan group of House Representatives, led by Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Angie Craig, D-Minn., introduced the Nationwide Consumer […]
NCC Joins Hundreds of Organizations in Urging White House to Intervene to Prevent East and Gulf Coast Ports Strike
NCC recently joined 176 other national and state agriculture and trade associations in a letter to President Biden expressing concern regarding a possible strike on October 1 by workers at […]
Latest Packers and Stockyards Rule is Ill-advised, Vague and Costly; NCC Urges Withdrawal
The National Chicken Council (NCC) on Wednesday strongly urged USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to withdraw its proposed rule, “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets,” which reflects an impermissible […]
Confusion persists with food traceability rule as compliance date nears
In a little over a year, grocers and their suppliers will need to comply with the Food and Drug Administration’s new food traceability requirements. But several major questions remain, according […]
FSIS official explains reasoning on proposed Salmonella rule
In late July, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) developed a new proposed rule to reduce Salmonella in raw poultry products. The agency stated it would […]
USPOULTRY Accepting Board Research Initiative Preproposals on Further Understanding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation are accepting research proproposals from colleges, universities and research facilities through Nov. 1, on further understanding highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Since the HPAI outbreak […]
HPAI cases pop up in California
The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the first highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases in a commercial turkey flock in two months in […]
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