APHIS updates animal welfare regulations
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating its animal welfare regulations to implement the 2014 amendment to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). […]
2018 CPF Summer Board Meeting and Golf Tournament!
The Summer meeting started this morning with 50 golfers teeing off at Avila Beach Resort Golf Club starting at 9:00 a.m. An outdoor reception, golf awards and dinner will follow […]
Minnesota poultry executive hoping China will lift its poultry import ban
USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Services Ted McKinney is leading a trade mission in China this week. He’s hoping to get the Chinese to lift their ban on […]
U.S. 2018 ag exports seen dropping 6%, USDA report says
U.S. agricultural trade for fiscal year 2018, is expected to drop $500 million from the USDA’s November forecast and $1.0 billion below last year. In its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade […]
USDA confirms additional case of Virulent Newcastle Disease in backyard birds in California
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed an additional case of virulent Newcastle disease in backyard birds in San Bernardino County, California. Virulent […]
2018 CPF Summer Board Meeting and Golf Tournament!
The Summer Board of Directors meeting will be held Tuesday, June 5 at The Cliffs Resort in Shell Beach, California. On Monday, June 4, our very popular golf tournament will […]
President Donald J. Trump is confronting China’s unfair trade policies
China has banned imports of United States agricultural products such as poultry, cutting off America’s ranchers and farmers from a major market for their goods. … The United States will […]
Dozens of animal welfare activists arrested after large protest at Petaluma chicken farm
One of the largest animal welfare demonstrations ever held at a Sonoma County farm ended Tuesday with the peaceful arrests of 40 activists on suspicion of trespassing at an egg […]
Flock size increases with cage-free trend
An unusual combination of record-high retail wholesale egg prices amid the largest flock size on record appears to have hit a breaking point. Shortly after the egg-centric Easter season, supermarket […]
California Poultry Federation and Northwest Chicken Council working for you on Capitol Hill
CPF President Bill Mattos, and the CPF Executive Committee, spent three days this week in Washington DC working on key issues of importance to the California poultry industry. Senator […]