Corn shortage and California
Insight: Capital Public Radio
Corn Shortage & California: The devastating drought in the Midwest is having a mixed effect on California farmers. Corn producers in the Golden State, whose crops are being herald as better than usual, are benefiting from a spike in the price of the crop, which is being driven up by a bidding war between ethanol producers and feed dealers.
Livestock and poultry coalition urges waiver of RFS because of drought
As drought conditions become the worst in 50 years and corn yields are expected to drop significantly, a coalition of meat and poultry organizations today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal mandate for the production of corn ethanol."
Livestock producers petition EPA to waive corn-ethanol mandate
A group of livestock producers filed a petition Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting a one-year waiver from a corn-ethanol rule they say is raising food prices. At issue is the EPA’s renewable fuel standard (RFS), which requires 15 billion gallons of domestic corn ethanol to be blended into the nation’s motor fuel supply by 2022, with a 2012 target of 13.2 billion gallons.
Ground broken on new Foster Farms poultry education facility
Ground was broken July 27 at Fresno State on the innovative Foster Farms Poultry Education and Research Facility, which is scheduled to open in the spring 2013, semester. This state-of-the-art educational facility is made possible by a generous gift to Fresno State from Foster Farms, which is contributing to the engineering, design and construction as well as providing ongoing program support.
USPOULTRY releases “Poultry & The Hormone Myth” video
One of the most common…and frustrating…questions for U.S. poultry producers is why hormones are used to produce today’s poultry products. Of course, the actual answer is NO hormones are used. […]
CPF welcomes new allied member DiBubuo & DeFendis
DiBubuo & DeFendis has been serving the insurance and risk management needs of the agricultural community for over fifty years. Our highly trained staff will assist California Poultry Federation members with their health, property, farm & general liability, auto & truck fleets, animal mortality, and workers compensation insurance programs.
Thoughts about industry meetings and conferences
Bill Mattos, President
California Poultry Federation
The California Poultry Federation hosts members, guests and allied colleagues at our Annual Meeting and Conference in September each year, and again this year our event (Sept. 13-14) is surrounded by water at the Monterey Plaza Hotel in Monterey, CA, one of the most inspiring and beautiful areas of the world.
Study supports need to reform ethanol production mandate
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In response to a new economic study on the impact of corn ethanol production on food prices and commodity price volatility, a coalition of livestock and poultry groups is urging Congress to reform the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), which mandates the amount of ethanol that must be produced annually.
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Renewable fuel standard hits political divide at energy hearing
The renewable fuel standard (RFS) for transportation fuel is becoming another proxy battleground between Republicans and Democrats in the renewable energy debate, as the parties demonstrated Tuesday during a House […]
The Great Debate: Science, Technology and Food
What technologies are farmers and ranchers using to produce food while protecting the environment? Is more research the answer to biotechnology in agriculture?