Sales of organic poultry, meat and fish have reached over $1 billion for the first time in 2017, according to the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) 2018 Organic Industry Survey. Sales…
USDA Appoints Members to National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board
…appointees represent a cross section of the fluid milk processing industry. I know that the dairy industry will be well served by them,” said Perdue. Members serving three-year terms, July…
FDA to Hold Fake Meat Public Meeting
…fake meat products. NCBA claims that the FDA announcement disregards the authorities granted to USDA under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as well as USDA’s “significant scientific expertise and long-standing…
Agri View: What Worries People
…zoo animals. Soup Kitchen/CongerDesign/Pixabay More women than men answered the survey. If those participating had their way, there would be no meat on your table. That showed strongly in the…
Trump Administration Planning USDA Reorganization
…the Forest Service has the largest number of employees in any USDA division. Yet another proposal included combining the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service, which oversees meat, poultry, processed…
Agri View: Staggering Food Waste
…dairy products followed by meat. Meat waste totaled about 17 percent. If you put the amount you eat on your plate, the food waste would almost vanish. Think about that….
APHIS Wildlife Services Conducts First Field Trial of Feral Swine Toxic Bait
…we are committed to developing and using tools that are safe, effective and socially responsible.” Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) is a meat preservative commonly used to cure meats such as sausage…
FMD Language In Senate Agriculture Panel’s Farm Bill
…University economists, an FMD outbreak in the United States, which would prompt countries to close their markets to U.S. meat exports, would cost the beef and pork industries a combined…
Bayer Closes Monsanto Acquisition
…owner of Monsanto Company. Monsanto shareholders are being paid 128 U.S. dollars per share. J.P. Morgan assisted Bayer with processing the purchase price payment for the largest acquisition in the…
Celebrating National Veggie Burger Day
…5th is National Veggie Burger Day. A veggie burger is a patty resembling a hamburger but is made with vegetable protein, soybeans, or anything else that does not contain meat….
Agriculture Groups Oppose Tariffs
…pork is expanding production to record levels. Five new pork processing plants have recently opened or will soon begin operations, increasing U.S. pork production capacity by approximately 10 percent from…
Brazil Trucker Strike Disrupting Ag Exports
…have failed. If they begin to starve, chickens will start eating each other, so meatpackers have had to cull their flocks quickly. Some 70 million chickens had died as of…
Agri View: Healthy Foods or Not
…for a longer time than any other food. Beef is still the most consumed meat in the world. It is still under attack. Remember when eggs were targeted. I almost…
Beef Supply Facing Mounting Market Pressures
…percent through mid-April from a year ago, driven by ongoing dry pasture conditions, and the likelihood of forced herd liquidation during the coming grazing season, as reported by meat industry…