Thank You to CPF Summer Meeting Sponsors
A big Thank You goes to the following companies for sponsoring the CPF Summer Meeting. These generous sponsors ensure a successful event! Agrecom, Inc.; Alltech; American AgCredit; Animal Health International; […]
House Appropriations Committee urges USDA to finalize modernized poultry inspection rule
During its consideration of the 2014 Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Bill, the full House Appropriations Committee today adopted an amendment urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to move […]
Keep choice in school cafeterias: NCC tells San Diego school board
“The San Diego Unified School District’s misguided decision to remove meat and poultry from public school menus takes away one thing, but serves up another – a tainted lesson to […]
Welcome new CPF member
Quality Technology International, Inc. (www.qtitech.com) has joined the California Poultry Federation. The QTI Animal Health & Nutrition division specializes in offering natural products with proven results to commercial livestock producers […]
Videos showcase California food and those who grow it
An Oxnard onion producer that converts onion waste into enough power to run its 350-employee plant. A food truck owner who uses local and organic produce. A West Sacramento grower […]
EPA, CBF reach agreement related to animal agriculture in Chesapeake Bay watershed
In a 2010 settlement agreement to a lawsuit brought by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and partners, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed, among other things, to promulgate a […]
NTF President tells Congress economy can avoid economic danger from renewable fuels driving record high corn costs
National Turkey Federation President Joel Brandenberger today told the House Oversight Subcommittee on Energy Policy that EPA’s failed management of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) waiver process has distorted feed […]
Scott signs ethanol bill into law
State Rep. Matt Gaetz’s long quest to repeal a requirement that gasoline sold in Florida contain some percentage of the supplement ethanol is over. Legislation that began as H.B. 4001 […]
NTF names VP of communications
Keith Williams was appointed vice president of Communications and Marketing for the National Turkey Federation. "The turkey industry has the diversity of products available today with incredible nutritional value supplied […]
FSIS updates HACCP guidance for small processors
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published an updated guidance for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems Validation. The guidance document articulates how industry can meet […]