Jerry Brown eyes cap-and-trade money for high-speed rail
Gov. Jerry Brown plans to propose spending millions of dollars in fees paid by carbon producers to aid the state’s controversial high-speed rail project. The proposal – and the prospect […]
First animal abuse reporting bill of 2014 introduced
The first state legislative proposal of 2014 aimed at making it illegal to witness animal abuse and not report it has been introduced despite the failure to pass similar bills […]
The Golden Age of poultry
For the first time in over a hundred years, we eat more chicken than beef. Per capita chicken consumption in the US has risen from under 20 lbs in 1909 […]
FSIS issues first pork salmonella compliance guideline
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) on Monday published compliance guidelines for controlling Salmonella in hog slaughter facilities in the Federal Register. It is the first edition of the compliance […]
Incubation light reduces broiler stress susceptibility
A new study indicates that stress susceptibility after hatching can be reduced by providing 12 hours of light during incubation. These results of a new study at the University of […]
Ukraine sends first foie gras shipment to EU
Ukraine’s largest poultry producer, MHP, has sent the first shipments of foie gras to the European market. Agricultural holding MHP has begun shipping goose liver to the European Union. It […]
Three Salmonella outbreaks from animal contact in 2013
Three multi-state Salmonella outbreaks were linked to contact with live animals in 2013, two from live chicks and one from illegal pet turtles. A total of 987 people were sickened […]
Water bonds shrivel as California sees driest year
The driest year on record for Los Angeles and San Francisco is threatening water supplies to the world’s most productive agricultural region and almost doubling borrowing costs on some bonds […]
Happy Holidays
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Report cites stewardship on farms in and around Stanislaus County
They have helped save endangered geese, and controlled manure and reduced water use, all the while producing food in and near Stanislaus County. Six operations in the region are among […]