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CPF goes to Washington D.C.

The California Poultry Federation Executive Committee (EC), Chairman Richie King, Vice Chairman Mike Leventini and Secretary Treasurer David Pitman, joined CPF President Bill Mattos and Washington, D.C. lobbyist Charles Hansen on their annual lobby trip to Washington D.C. this week. On Monday and Tuesday they visited with USDA executives including Dr. Daniel Engeljohn, Asst. Administrator, Office of Field Operations; Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Ed Avalos; APHIS Associate Administrator Kevin Shea; FSIS Administrator Al Almanza; Veterinary Services Dr. Lee Ann Thomas who works with the NPIP program; AMS executives Rex Barnes and Craig Morris. The EC also met with members of Congress Jared Huffman, Doug LaMalfa, Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy, Gloria Negrete-McLeon, Jim Costa, David Valadao, John Garamendi, Jeff Denham and Devin Nunes, along with the agricultural legislative assistants with Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. They discussed issues dealing with the Renewable Fuels Standards and the industry work to eliminate corn from the ethanol mandates, immigration reform and opening export markets.

Bill to reform ethanol mandate introduced in House

Welch (D-VT) today introduced the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Act to help ease concerns created by the ethanol mandate and protect consumers, energy producers, livestock and poultry producers, food manufacturers, retailers and the U.S. economy.

"I commend Congressmen Goodlatte, Costa, Womack and Welch for their leadership in introducing this legislation that will provide much needed relief to U.S. chicken producers and family farms that raise chickens," said National Chicken Council President Mike Brown. "After EPA’s refusal last fall to grant a waiver from the RFS in the face of the worst drought since the 1950s, it is abundantly clear the RFS is broken and needs to be reformed."

 

Diverse stakeholders applaud Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) reform

A diverse array of agriculture, business, environment, hunger, taxpayer, and public interest groups hailed U.S. Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steve Womack (R-AR), and Peter Welch (D-VT) for introducing the Renewable Fuel Standard Reform Act. Their response to today’s press conference held at the House Triangle, reiterated  the devastating impact the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has had on the economy and consumers across the country and around the world.

USPOULTRY accepting spring research pre-proposals

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation are accepting research pre-proposals from colleges and universities through May 1. Research proposals are accepted twice each year, in the spring and fall.  Read More

CPF goes to Washington D.C.

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Dr. Dan Engeljohn (upper left), Assistant Administrator of Field Operations, USDA, meets with the
California Poultry Federation Executive Committee

China takes new steps as bird flu in humans tops 20; new death confirmed

Authorities in several areas of China are confirming that the outbreak of H7N9 bird flu in humans now stands at 21 nationwide, including a total seven deaths in Shanghai and Zhejiang, according to the South China Morning Post and the Wall Street Journal. Two new cases in Shanghai and one in Anhui were confirmed even as Hong Kong government officials announced they could not rule out a chance of an outbreak in their city.

More pursuing agricultural degrees

The popularity of a degree in agriculture has been growing steadily. Dr. Michael Compton, director of the School of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville says "From 2006 to 2011, […]