Learn about Turkeys!
Attention CA Elementary School Teachers:
As we approach Thanksgiving, learn about how the Presidential Turkeys were raised last year by California’s own Foster Farms. The official turkeys were presented to President Obama at the White House and were “pardoned”. A four-page activity guide is available to download from learnaboutag.org/turkey.
Modesto couple receives Good Egg Award
Vern and Barbara Deatherage received the annual Good Egg Award for their work with homeless people at Modesto Gospel Mission.The state’s poultry industry presented the award at its 49th annual […]
Food Day
The Center for Food Integrity works toward building trust and confidence in today’s food system. As consumers become more interested in how their food is grown, processed and brought to market, the food system must ensure it is doing the right things in a way that builds trust. The Center for Food Integrity is dedicated to building that consumer trust and confidence — bringing together stakeholders at every level of the food chain to reach consumers in meaningful ways with a unified voice and address the issues most critical to consumers.
Rising corn prices hit Valley poultry producers
Soaring feed costs are forcing Valley poultry producers to cut costs, raise prices — and, in some cases, close their doors.
Feed prices have climbed as much as 50% since last year, fueled by the ongoing demand for corn — a major ingredient in livestock feed.
California firm recalls ground beef due to possible E.Coli due to O157:H7 contamination
Commercial Meat Co., a Los Angeles, California, establishment is recalling approximately 377,775 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s […]
Denham votes to pass trade agreements to increase economic growth and increase jobs
Representative Jeff Denham voted today in support of the long-delayed Columbia, Panama, and Korea Free Trade Agreements (FTA). These no-cost job-creating pacts will make it easier for American manufactures to sell their products abroad, in turn creating jobs California desperately needs.
AFIA supports renewable fuel standard legislation
The American Feed Industry Association strongly supports H.R. 3097, the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Flexibility Act, legislation introduced by Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.), to give the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture the needed authority to adjust the congressionally mandated Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) for corn-based ethanol when national corn stocks fall below specified levels.
Jim Costa: Trade agreements would aid economic recovery
Our economic recovery and long-term economic growth depends on a number of factors that includes better access to growing foreign markets, particularly in Asia and Latin America. We allow foreign goods to come into the United States with few barriers, but our products face prohibitive tariffs and other barriers to trade around the world.
Ethanol subsidies are raising cost of feed and killing jobs in the valley
Washington D.C. – Representative Jeff Denham today issued the following statement in response to a Central Valley business, Fulton Valley Farms, announcing that it will close its doors due to the high price of feed. The high cost of feed is a direct result of the ethanol mandates and subsidies, and has forced many job creators in California to shut down.
Denham: Ethanol policy closed Turlock farm
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Jeff Denham is citing the state’s policies in the closure of Fulton Valley Farms of Turlock, set to happen by mid-January because of rising feed costs. […]