2013 Fall Quality Assurance Seminar
CPF’s Fall Quality Assurance Seminar is Thursday, October 24, 2013. The seminar will be held at the Stanislaus County Ag Center’s Harvest Hall, Rooms D & E. Registration and continental […]
Check back Thursday the 26th for a recap of the 2013 CPF Annual Conference including award winners’ stories and photos!
Thank you to the 2013 CPF Annual Conference Sponsors *Diamond Club* AGRECOM Inc.; Darling International; International Paper; Wells Fargo Bank; Zoetis *Gold Club* Adisseo; Alltech; Baker Commodities, Inc.; Bunge North […]
Foster Farms continues commitment to Animal Welfare
Animal welfare continues to be a key issue for today’s consumers, according to a new national survey released by American Humane Association (AHA), yet shoppers say humanely raised products are […]
Consumer coalition urges USDA to cancel proposed poultry-inspection program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture should withdraw a proposal to modify its poultry slaughter inspection program, the Safe Food Coalition urged on Friday. The coalition members say they are concerned […]
Cargill Anhui poultry plant open for business
Cargill’s fully integrated poultry business is open for business in the city Lai’an, Anhui Province, China. An inauguration ceremony held Sept. 23 included dignitaries such as Gary Locke, ambassador of […]
CPF welcomes new member Devon Trading/Compass Foods
Compass Foods Inc. operates a USDA poultry processing plant in Riverbank, California. We specialize in providing locally raised Organic and ABF poultry products, cut to our customer’s specification, and either […]
Olsen’s resolution to curb federal corn-based ethanol mandate passed unanimously by Legislature
Assemblymember Kristin Olsen’s (R-Riverbank) Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 21 urging Congress to eliminate mandates on the amount of corn-based ethanol used in gasoline passed out of both houses unanimously and […]
Legislature concludes business & adjourns
Late last night, the California State Legislature concluded its business and adjourned for 2013. Many issues affecting agriculture were in play during the final days of legislative activity, and Ag […]
Approved bill could give more business to California farmers, ranchers
California’s farmers and ranchers got a potential boost from the Legislature when it sent the governor a bill that would encourage state agencies to buy food products grown and raised […]
Poultry consumption shifts, USDA adjusts
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has announced plans to buy frozen drumsticks and thigh quarters out of cold storage in an effort to reduce a surplus of poultry dark […]