Consumers continue demand for value-added meats
There are many ways in which retailers and their supplier partners can lure consumers by adding value to their meat offerings. Many retailers cut beef, pork and poultry into single-serving […]
FSIS issues guidance to industry for responding to customer complaints
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued today a best practices guideline to help the meat and poultry industry respond to customer complaints that […]
With ‘ag gag’ law on appeal, Iowa considers new bill to ban deceptive trespass on agricultural facilities
With Iowa’s controversial “ag gag” law on appeal in the courts, lawmakers are considering a narrower bill that would create a special trespassing crime for agricultural facilities. Supporters say the […]
How UK broiler farms cut antibiotic use
Broiler farmers in the UK reduced their antibiotic use by 82 percent between 2012 and 2017, and the sector now produces half the meat eaten in the UK using less […]
U.S. table-egg laying flock grows to record level in 2018
After reaching a low point in June 2015 following an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), table-egg laying hen inventories began to recover and have since eclipsed previous record […]
Nielsen says they expect consumers’ focus on fresh food to continue
Consumers’ desire to eat better is having a strong impact across the fresh food sector from produce to prepared foods to meal kits, according to recent Nielsen research. “In the […]
Improvement of chilling efficiency and product quality of broiler carcasses using sub-zero saline solutions
Carcass chilling in subzero saline solutions has not been studied enough, even though it can transfer the carcasses temperature to the chilling media in an efficient way. Read more
Big birds are so 2017. The money is now in smaller, tender chicken
Some chicken companies are doing well despite recent rock-bottom prices. Others are facing losses. A lot of it comes down to the size of the bird they’re hawking. A decades-long […]
California Poultry Federation Winter Board Meeting
The CPF Winter Board meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento Wednesday, March 6th at 8:30 am. On Tuesday, March 5th, a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception will […]
China offers to buy $30 billion more U.S. ag imports a year
China is proposing that it could buy an additional $30 billion a year of U.S. agricultural products including soybeans, corn and wheat as part of a possible trade deal being […]