Aviagen becomes first U.S. poultry primary breeder company to achieve compartment certification
Aviagen®, the global poultry genetics leader, has become the first poultry breeding company in the U.S. to be certified as an Avian Influenza Clean Compartment. The USDA Animal Plant Health […]
USPOULTRY research program reaches $30 million in funding
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s (USPOULTRY) research program has passed a noteworthy milestone. Combined with the USPOULTRY Harold E. Ford Foundation (USPOULTRY Foundation), more than $30 million has been funded […]
Passage of San Francisco meat ordinance worries industry
Food industry stakeholders expressed disappointment and concern at the passage of an ordinance that requires large grocery stores to submit detailed reports regarding the use of antibiotics in livestock raised […]
Trump administration backs off efforts to ease ethanol mandates
Under pressure from the biofuel’s sector, the Trump administration has backed off its plan to ease the nation’s ethanol mandates. The decision, however, runs counter to the desires of the […]
California Farm Bureau president supports an immigration system that will allow people to move from south to north and then return home again when the work is done
During the last few months, we have certainly seen some unbelievable occurrences throughout the United States, from flooding in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico to wildfires throughout the West, capped […]
Brazil’s JBS to resume operations at 7 plants in Brazil
Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA will resume operations on Tuesday at seven slaughterhouses in Mato Grosso do Sul state that had been shut since Wednesday following a court-ordered asset freeze, a […]
Senate approves FY2018 budget resolution
The Senate approved the FY2018 budget resolution by a 51-49 vote Thursday night. Such an approval sets up a widely expected tax reform bill over the next few months.In order […]
NCC praises USDA’s withdrawal of controversial ‘GIPSA Rules’ on competitive injury, unfair practices and undue preferences
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today it is withdrawing the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) interim final rule on competitive injury, and its proposed rule on […]
Perdue Farms donates $20,000 and 43,000 pounds of food products to support California wildfires relief
Perdue Farms is responding at the corporate and local level to support relief efforts in Northern California as deadly wildfires continue to devastate communities around its Petaluma Poultry operations. Perdue, […]
Cheap eggs are ruining the cage-free movement
The great American egg glut keeps claiming victims, among them millions of hens that won’t be moving anytime soon into lodgings spacious enough for what they lay to be called […]