Senate approves FY2018 budget resolution
The Senate approved the FY2018 budget resolution by a 51-49 vote Thursday night. Such an approval sets up a widely expected tax reform bill over the next few months.In order […]
NCC praises USDA’s withdrawal of controversial ‘GIPSA Rules’ on competitive injury, unfair practices and undue preferences
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today it is withdrawing the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) interim final rule on competitive injury, and its proposed rule on […]
Perdue Farms donates $20,000 and 43,000 pounds of food products to support California wildfires relief
Perdue Farms is responding at the corporate and local level to support relief efforts in Northern California as deadly wildfires continue to devastate communities around its Petaluma Poultry operations. Perdue, […]
Cheap eggs are ruining the cage-free movement
The great American egg glut keeps claiming victims, among them millions of hens that won’t be moving anytime soon into lodgings spacious enough for what they lay to be called […]
Protecting your flock during fall migration
We know you’ve heard it before: seasonal migratory patterns bring an increased risk of disease-carrying birds interacting with commercial or backyard poultry. But the health and safety of our U.S. […]
Cal Fire credited with saving 40,000 Willie Bird turkeys from Sonoma County fires
It’s been a week of fires and roadblocks and worrying about the potential loss of 40,000 turkeys for brothers Willie and Riley Benedetti. First came the fire that roared toward […]
Foster Farms donates $100,000 to the Redwood Empire Food Bank to aid North Bay fire relief efforts
Family-owned California poultry producer Foster Farms today donated $100,000 to the Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) to help meet the critical needs of families displaced by the Northern California fires. […]
Governor vetoes Gray’s fair water rights hearing legislation
Assemblyman Adam C. Gray (D-Merced) expressed frustration and disappointment today upon learning that the Governor had vetoed Gray’s fair water rights hearing legislation. “For more than half a century, the State Water Resources Control […]
Another Obama decision reversed? Now it’s about food safety
Citing President Donald Trump’s calls for deregulation, Republican lawmakers and the chicken industry are aggressively lobbying to speed up poultry inspection lines – a change the Obama administration had rejected […]
CPF welcomes new member– Provisur Technologies
Provisur Technologies is a supplier of food processing equipment, upstream and downstream, as well as full-line solutions. The Provisur name stands for innovative food processing equipment from the initial grind […]