Chicken sales to China surge on swine fever effect
Thai poultry exports to China have surged eight-fold this year as an outbreak of deadly African swine fever in the world’s biggest consumer of pork stokes a rush to source […]
USPOULTRY announces 2020 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award competition
USPOULTRY is accepting nominations for the 2020 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production. Those eligible for […]
House Dems to volley USMCA proposals back at USTR
House Democrats are poring over a letter from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on proposed fixes for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said […]
USPOULTRY announces 2020 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award competition
USPOULTRY is accepting nominations for the 2020 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production. Those eligible for […]
EPA, Corps scrap 2015 WOTUS with repeal rule
The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers are formally repealing the 2015 “waters of the U.S.” rule in advance of publishing a new WOTUS rule around the end of […]
FDA extends comment period for animal drug withdrawal times
On Sept. 11, the Food & Drug Administration extended the comment period for its request for public input on transit times to slaughter facilities, milking frequency and interpretation of zero-day […]
Longtime Foster Farms employee Lyn A. Rhodes passes away
Lyn Rhodes is survived by his wife, Maria Rhodes; sons Keith Rhodes and Lyn A. Rhodes; and his brothers Raymond Rhodes and Gary Rhodes. Lyn was preceded in death by: […]
Bird movement from southern California virulent Newcastle disease quarantine area led to recent San Diego County detection
An ongoing investigation has determined that infected birds moved from within the virulent Newcastle disease (VND) quarantine area in Riverside County led to the recent detection of the disease in […]
Virulent Newcastle Disease detected in dead birds in Ramona
Virulent Newcastle disease that kills poultry and pet birds was detected in San Diego County this weekend, reportedly at a property in Ramona. Friday’s detection was identified when a private […]
NCC to EPA: Slash proposed 2020 ethanol volumes, implement ‘off-ramp’ waiver
Given the current uncertainty regarding the 2019/2020 crop year corn supply, NCC in comments submitted today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said the proposed volume for 2020, coupled with […]