Everett Griner talks about the non-dairy milk from nuts and vegetables being accepted in today’s Agri View. Non-Dairy Milk Source You know milk cows are one of the oldest animals…
FDA To Crackdown on Non-dairy Products Labeling
…from lactating animals. The dairy industry, in an economic downfall, has petitioned the FDA to enforce those standards, but the agency had yet to address the issue. From the National…
WHIP Signup Officially Open
…grazing. A list of crops covered by crop insurance is available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Actuarial Information Browser at webapp.rma.usda.gov/apps/actuarialinformationbrowser. Eligibility will be determined for each producer…
NCBA Comments on “Fake Meat” Oversight”
…promoters of lab-grown meat claim USDA oversight of lab-grown fake meat is unnecessary because animals aren’t harvested. However, USDA inspection is required for all federal meat plants, whether harvesting occurs…
Arizona FB President Wants Congress to Save Ranches and Federal Lands
…Arizona Farm Bureau President Stephanie Smallhouse Courtesy Arizona Farm Bureau Smallhouse told the members that America’s vast government-owned grazing lands would be much worse off if there weren’t private caretakers…
U.S. Pork Calls for Level Playing Field as FDA Makes Regulatory Land Grab
…antemortem and postmortem inspection of source animals and other requirements, as conventionally produced red meat and poultry products. “While we know very little about the production methods of laboratory-produced cultured…
National Chicken Council Animal Welfare Guidelines Certified
…Regulatory Affairs. She says consumers want to be sure that all animals being raised for food are treated with respect and are properly cared for during their lives. “The families…
First 2017 Crop Report has Little Lingering Drought Effects
…that they could expand their herds again, and they did in many ways expand those herds…we’re glad to see our grazing lands are really supporting a strong cattle industry again,”…
Final Countdown for 2017 Census of Agriculture
…small food animals, count in the survey if $1,000 worth of those products were sold,” Rater says. She said the census is a critical tool that gives producers an important…
Senate Passes Farm Bill, Next Stop: Conference
…little fanfare in major changes, compared to the current bill that expires later this year. The bill includes Senator John Thune’s amendment to allow partial haying and grazing on Conservation…
Assembly Bill Looks to Address Wild Pig Problem
…of the legislation is actually supported by animal welfare and environmental groups. The bill prevents the use of poison bait to kill pigs, which could inadvertently hurt other animals. The…
Groups Respond to House Passage of 2018 Farm Bill
…funding a Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccine bank. FMD is an infectious viral disease that affects cloven-hooved animals, including cattle, pigs and sheep; it is not a food safety or human health…
Bill Sets Up Group To Study Trucking Regulations
…realities of transporting animals in a practical, common sense manner,” Heimerl said. “As we’ve pointed out, a trucker hauling livestock can’t just pull over and go ‘off-duty,’ leaving animals unattended….
NACD Reacts To Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Draft
…Reserve Program (CRP) while not taking funds from other conservation programs and allows increased grazing on CRP acreage. However, the Senate bill includes language that shifts funding from working lands…