…handlers are eligible to receive reimbursement for up to 75 percent of certification costs each year up to a maximum of $750 per certification scope—crops, livestock, wild crops and handling….
Public Comment Period on GIPSA is Open
…and livestock producers. The controversial rules would make it easier for producers to sue livestock companies and much harder for meat companies to cancel contracts with farmers. The rules would…
Panera Makes Animal Welfare Pledge for Broilers
…says promotes effective animal livestock care. The Standard requires no cages or crowding crates be used on animal farms. It also requires outdoor access for animals, as well as pasture…
Fair Practices Rules Protect Contract Farmers
…The “Farmer Fair Practices Rules” published, of which there is one interim final rule and two proposed rules, will provide much-needed protections to contract farmers in the poultry and livestock…
Ag Groups React to Proposed GIPSA Rules
…and lead to a lot of uncertainty and unintended consequences that would outweigh any potential benefits to changing the rules. “GIPSA’s proposed regulations governing poultry and livestock contracts and marketing…
USDA Awards $3.4 Million for Research to Increase Wheat Yields
…India; Mexico’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; France’ Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique;…
USDA Rushing to Finish Organic Livestock Welfare Rule
The Department of Agriculture is “doing everything” it can to roll out the department’s organic livestock welfare rule before the Obama administration leaves office next month. The rule is currently…
Conaway Disappointed With USDA Midnight Rule-Making
…the livestock and poultry industries remain able to do business without the constraint of unnecessarily burdensome regulations. I will make it a priority to roll back these, and other midnight…
White House Issues ‘Midnight’ GIPSA Rule
…of livestock, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of business – and increase consumer prices for meat. The National Pork Producers Council will work with…
USDA WASDE Report at a Glance
…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…
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter Review
…253 pounds. In Hawaii, 600,000 pounds of red meat were produced in October 2016, and 100,000 pounds of red meat were produced in Nevada. Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter Review. (.pdf)…
Meeting Growing Demand for Organic Products
…understanding the effects of organic practices such as crop rotation, livestock-crop integration, organic manure, mulch and/or compost additions, cover crops, and reduced or conservation tillage on ecosystem services, greenhouse gas…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations in January. Questions for the sheep and lambs are asked in the January and July Sheep and Goats Inventory surveys to provide information on…
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
Cattlefax CEO Randy Blach (Block) recently spoke at the Kansas Livestock Convention about volatility in the cattle markets, including what’s causing the downturn and what to expect in the months…