…with last month. Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy: The 2016 forecast of total red meat and poultry production is raised from last month as higher forecast beef production offsets lower poultry…
Most U.S. Farms are Family Operated
…production has shifted to midsize and large-scale farms. However, small family farms did produce a relatively large share of two commodities in 2015: 57 percent of all poultry and eggs…
Agri View: Corn Affecting Meat Prices
…pork, poultry and milk. This year, federal cattle prices have already dropped $20 per hundred weight. That trend is forecast to continue for the next two to three years. Big…
Weather Radar Helps Researchers Track Bird Flu
…Poultry Federation, the Pacific Egg and Poultry Association and Point Blue, an organization that focuses on conservation science. Image credit: NEXRAD Radar at the WSR-88D Radar Operations Center, Original Photograph…
Hot Dog and Sausage Council Unveils Searchable Ingredients Guide
…hot dogs include “everything but the oink,” today’s wieners are made from exactly what is listed in the ingredients statement on the package. Ingredients combined with meat and poultry in…
Poultry Industry Fears RFS Increase Will Alter Grain Prices
The U.S. poultry industry is concerned the Renewable Fuel Standard targets for 2017 and 2018 will increase feed prices for poultry farmers. Set by the Environmental Protection Agency, the RFS…
Farm Income Drops 17 Percent in 2016
U.S. farmers will see their net incomes drop in 2016 for the third consecutive year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says weaker cash returns on livestock, poultry, and dairy farms…
November 2016 Farm Income Forecast
…product receipts; crop receipts are forecast essentially unchanged from 2015. Nearly all major animal specialties—including dairy, meat animals, and poultry/eggs—are forecast to have lower receipts, including a 14.8-percent drop ($11.6…
Bird Flu Expanding Across Europe
…the Ukraine – have launched bans on poultry and poultry products from some of the affected nations. The spread comes less than one month after the first reports of H5N8,…
Agri View: Reducing Meat Consumption
…pork and poultry, it’s just cancer. There are other dietary problems that can cause death. Reducing meat consumption is just like losing weight. It isn’t difficult, you just have to…
Food Safety Tips
…washing raw meat and poultry before cooking because doing so can cause bacteria to spread up to three feet away. Whether you bake, broil, boil, fry or grill your meat…
Turkey Sector: Background & Statistics
…the poultry industry, see the monthly newsletter Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook. Production, Consumption, and Trade Value of turkey production: 2012: $5.45 billion 2013: $4.84 billion 2014: $5.30 billion 2015:…
Five Tips for a Food Safe Thanksgiving
…the public washes whole turkey before cooking it. USDA does not recommend washing raw meat and poultry before cooking. Washing raw meat and poultry can cause bacteria to spread up…
Stuffing, Outside of the Bird
…and Poultry Hotline still insist they are going to stuff that turkey. “and so, we’re hear to make sure to do it the safest way possible and that means taking…