…southeast Asia helped to lower prices. Import demand for sunflower oil is subdued. Dairy stocks remained adequate. Major poultry importers reduced purchases, and domestic bovine meat demand in key exporters…
Strengthening the Meat Supply Chain with Nearly $22 Million Investment
…MPIRG award is for 111 grant projects aimed at helping strengthen and develop new market opportunities. “The Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants will help meat and poultry processors make…
Prioritizing Harvester Sanitation to Limit Spread of Pests and Disease
Researchers are actively working to develop best management practices for harvester sanitation approaches. Extension Specialist at UC Davis, Dr. Cassandra Swett said they have been working in processing tomatoes and…
Higher Beef Prices Could Follow Shrinking U.S. Cattle Herd
…looking at higher beef prices continuing in their local meat cases. Due to high feed prices and severe drought, ranchers were forced to reduce their cattle herds. Grain prices have…
VofV: Grimmway Farms’ Jeff Morrison on Using Business Acumen to Direct Agtech Investments
…Western U.S. “No one person ever has a monopoly on the best ideas,” he says. Despite significant differences in market demands, weather, and processing, Morrison says the common ground between…
Comment Period Extended for Poultry Contracting Proposal
…parties have the opportunity to fully comment. “There is fear throughout the meat and poultry industry as we saw earlier this year at two separate Congressional hearings where witnesses did…
Week in Review: Trucker Protest Creates Concern & Meat and Dairy Sectors Struggle with Labor
The ongoing protest at the Port of Oakland is creating further concern about the already strained supply chain. A recent report points out that while immigrant workers play a vital…
Seasonal Workers Failing to Meet Labor Need in Meat and Dairy Sectors
…America’s Meat and Dairy Industries,” notes that wages have increased nearly 34 percent over the past three years for meat and dairy workers. At the same time, the U.S. median…
Cotton Focus of Pakistani Trade Mission
Cotton Council International will be showcasing U.S. cotton production and processing to key Pakistani textile manufacturing executives during a special trade mission in the U.S. next week. CCI is the…
Investment of More Than $14 Million to Support Ag Workforce Training
…of small-scale meat or poultry processing plants. Overall, the investment is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s American Rescue Plan which is intended to strengthen the domestic food supply chain. About…
Almond Update: Lower Objective Measurement Not Necessarily Bad for Industry
…coming in at 2.6 billion meat pounds. Almond Board of California President and CEO Richard Waycott said in a more average year there may be some uneasiness about the crop…
World Food Prices Fall in June
…higher than last year. The vegetable oil price index fell 7.6 percent while the meat index rose 1.7 percent. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. World…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 07-08-22
…of Atrazine and the processing tomato industry showing resilience in the face of the most recent drought conditions. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and…
Global Appetite for Pork
…product promotion along with the U.S. Meat Export Federation. The Pork Board’s Vice President of International Market Development Courtney Knupp says the strategy is two-fold. “First to differentiate U.S. pork…