…marketing and procurement. Quality Standards USDA provides quality standards for agricultural products such as cotton, dairy, fruits and vegetables, livestock, poultry, nuts, and processed foods. Quality Standards for Grain USDA…
Agri View: Corn Facts
…for livestock and poultry feed. It also has a wide array of industrial uses, from ethanol to toothpaste. The U.S. also grows almost all of the world’s popcorn, but the…
Confusing Chicken Labels
…microbiological tests. You are invited to take a peek behind America’s dynamic poultry industry in this new video from the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. From the hatchery to the…
Agri View: Avian Flu…Again?
…Birds–Results in Exposure of Susceptible Commercial Poultry Epidemiologic and Other Analyses of HPAI-Affected Poultry Flocks 2015: June | July | September Other Materials Checklist for Self-Assessment of Enhanced Poultry Biosecurity…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…such as dairy products,meats, poultry, live animals, oilseed meals, vegetable oils, fruits, vegetables, and beverages-showed steady growth, while exports of bulk commodities tended to fluctuate more widely, particularly in response…
Agri View: Women and Modern Agriculture
…prominent role in managing poultry3 and dairy animals4 and in caring for other animals that are housed and fed within the homestead. The influence of women is strong in the…
TPP Report on Impacts to Agriculture
…over $63 billion worth of agricultural exports head to TPP countries. This includes beef to Japan, grapes to Malaysia, and poultry to Vietnam. Because every dollar of agricultural exports stimulates…
Superbowl: Food Safety
…the whole game. • Keep hot food hot and cold food cold. • Use a food thermometer to ensure that meat and poultry are cooked to a safe internal temperature….
Wetter Winter Helps Ranchers Offset Lower Prices
…prices, with record-high pork and poultry production expected in 2016. The good news, he said, is that lower beef prices have finally allowed retailers to offer more specials and deals…
First-ever UC ANR Newsmakers Seminar at World Ag Expo
…Cooperative Extension specialist in poultry food safety, based at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Sam Sandoval Solis, Ph.D. – UC ANR Cooperative Extension specialist in water resources, based…
Agri View: Agriculture Future
…several months amid lower commodity prices and lower farm incomes. It’s resulted in layoffs at some of the major farm equipment companies, including Deere. Additionally, some of the poultry companies…
Agri View: China Relations
…a major buyer of sorghum and alfalfa. Imported breeding animals and poultry are the foundation of a livestock sector that converts feed to meat more efficiently than in the past….
Ag Producers Received Lower Prices In December
The latest USDA Agricultural Prices Report shows lower prices as a whole for producers, and particularly for livestock, poultry, and egg farmers. Ag Producers Received Lower Prices In December …
Food Prices pt. 2
…at this point would be beef prices possibly staying even with last year, maybe going up by one percent. For other meats, in 2016 we expect poultry prices to rise…