…ground beef product ‘pink slime,’ while making errors and omitting other facts from the story. After the reports aired in 2012, BPI had to close three of its four processing…
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman on U.S. Beef to China
…Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts says the plan gives U.S. beef access to more than one billion consumers… Roberts told the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently that trade…
Farm Machinery Giant Acquiring Leading Road Construction Manufacturer
…milling, processing, mixing, paving, compaction and rehabilitation. Deere plans to maintain the Wirtgen Group’s existing brands, management, manufacturing footprint, employees, and distribution network. The transaction has been approved by Deere’s…
Western View: Trump and Agriculture
…federal crop insurance, drastically reshape voluntary conservation programs and negatively impact consumer confidence in critical meat and poultry inspection.” Fortunately for these important Ag interests, Presidential budgets seldom survive their…
Five Reasons to Farm to Table
…business for restaurants. Because restaurants are buying their meat and produce local, and they’re cultivating relationships with local farmers who will continue to supply them. The farm to table movement…
JBS Parent Company Paying Brazil to Settle Corruption Investigations
The parent company of JBS SA will pay $3.2 billion in a settlement with Brazil over bribery and corruption charges. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the fine will be paid…
California Processing Tomato Report
…processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Processors, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Read the full California Processing Tomato Report. (.pdf)…
Maryland Joins California in Banning Routine Antibiotics Use in Livestock
A bill passed by Maryland’s legislature makes the state the nation’s second to ban the routine use of antibiotics in livestock. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the Keep Antibiotics Effective…
Ractopamine Found in Pork Shipment from Canada to China
…reported by Reuters. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has temporarily stopped signing certificates that allow the meatpacker in question to export to China and has asked for any other shipments…
FDA Considering Nutrition Facts Panel Delay
The Food and Drug Administration is considering a delaying implementation of a revamped nutrition facts panel on retail goods. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the move would follow a request…
Must Have Tool for BBQ Food Safety
…A meat thermometer. Or, if we do, we are not using it as we should, according to Marianne Gravely, with the Ag Department’s Meat and Poultry Hotline. She says one…
Use a Food Thermometer to be Food Safe this Summer
…to ensure meat and poultry are cooked to the correct internal temperature. “The best and only way to make sure bacteria have been killed and the food is safe to…
NPPC White Paper Details Benefits Of NAFTA
…farmers and for the U.S. processing and transportation industries. U.S. pork producers would be particularly hard hit. Iowa State University economist Dermot Hayes calculated that if Mexico placed a 20…
Robust Organic Sector Posts New Records in U.S. Sales
…more encompassing benefits over natural, grass-fed or hormone-free meats and poultry is also spurring consumer interest in organic meat and poultry aisles. A whole lot of dipping – and seasoning…