…24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached…
Agri View: World Health Organization Condemning Red Meat?
…flavor or improve preservation. Most processed meats contain pork or beef, but processed meats may also contain other red meats, poultry, offal, or meat by-products such as blood. Examples of…
Agri View: 100 Mile Yard Sale
…assortment of vegetables. Some poultry and even meat products. The entire idea was developed to promote the farmer. The “World’s Longest Yard Sale” is now being promoted for 2016. Interested…
Agri View: Avian Flu-No Small Problem
Everett Griner tells us what poultry officials are doing in an attempt to keep back-yard poultry safe from the spread of avian flu in today’s Agri View. Science is likely…
National Pork Producers Council on Tariff Announcement
…Council renewed its call for Congress to repeal labeling requirements for beef, pork and poultry. The COOL statute requires meat to be labeled with the country where the animal from…
Poultry and the Hormone Myth Video
USPOULTRY has released a video on YouTube counteracting the myth that there are hormones used in poultry production. It comes after a report found most Americans have the wrong ideas…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…below September 2014. Poultry & egg: At 120, the September index is down 12 percent from August and 9.8 percent below 2014. The September market egg price, at $1.80 per…
Turkey Thaw
…Poultry Hotline says the safest way to thaw your bird is in the refrigerator so it stays below 40 degrees while thawing so it won’t allow bacteria to grow in…
Former Ag Secretaries Urge Congress to Pass TPP
…And it even provides additional access to Canada’s poultry, egg and dairy markets. TPP is a 21st-century agreement that sets enforceable “rules of the road” for trade throughout the region,…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…The United States exported over $120 million of poultry and poultry products to Japan in 2014. Japan’s tariffs are currently as high as 21.3 percent, or 48 yen per kilogram,…
Turkey Hotline
With Thanksgiving a little more than a week away it’s a very busy time at the Ag Department’s Meat and Poultry Hotline. Cathy Isom has Tina Haynes, a food safety…
Meat and Poultry Hotline Already Getting Turkey Questions
The Agriculture Department’s Meat and Poultry Hotline is already getting calls from people with questions about that Thanksgiving turkey. Meat and Poultry Hotline Already Getting Turkey Questions…
Agri View: Avian Flu
Avian Flu is scary. It is devastating to poultry farmers and it affects practically every family in America. Everett Griner talks about how the Avian Flu may soon vanish in…
Winterizing the Chicken Coop
Want your backyard poultry flocks healthy and laying eggs this winter? An Extension expert says you need to winterize the coop. Rod Bain reports. Winterizing the Chicken Coop…