…predictions are correct, packers should have enough capacity. Two new processing operations are scheduled to open in Iowa and Michigan in 2017, increasing slaughter capacity by another six percent. The…
USDA to Require Meat Packers to Report Online Cattle Buys
The Department of Agriculture said last week it will require meat packers to report cattle purchases made through an online auction platform. Politico reports the move is an effort to…
Livestock Sales Bill Clears Senate, Heads to White House
…It would amend the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 to ensure that the law’s protections are extended to online or video livestock auctions. The bill would also ensure modern…
House Ag Committee Modernizes Packers and Stockyards Act
The House Ag Committee passed a bill on Wednesday that will change the Packers and Stockyards Act with regards to electronic transactions. H.R. 5883 clarifies the duties related to services…
Certified Organic Production Sales Up 13 Percent
…selling products to wholesale markets. Wholesale markets, such as buyers for supermarkets, processors, distributors, packers and cooperatives, were serving as the marketing channel of choice for U.S. organic farmers and…
House Agriculture Committee Advances Three Bills
The House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 470, the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act; H.R. 5883, legislation to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act; and H.R. 845, the National Forest…
U.S. Cattlemen’s Convention Discusses Industry Challenges
…beef price reporting. Two speakers in the main panel raised serious concerns about the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and meat packers. Tennesse-based commodity trader Dow McVean said the CME rigs the…
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
What will California citrus growers and packers prepare to do to eradicate a pest most have never seen themselves, and fight a disease they have only read about? Meetings held…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…years and that demand from canneries and packers is even stronger this year. “Over the years, orchards have come out and supply is now in line with demand, to the…
Ag Appropriations Bill Still Undecided
…the rule say it’s too burdensome for businesses. The House bill would block the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration rules giving contract protections to poultry growers while they negotiate…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…buying and selling of livestock and poultry – the so-called GIPSA Rule – from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. The platform calls the U.S….
Avocado Growers Face Obstacles but Harvest More Fruit
…279 million pounds, well short of the “nice sized” crop of 300 million to 350 million pounds growers and packers prefer to see going to market, said Tom Bellamore, California…
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Deal Goes to A Vote
…cattle producers, sheep and goat producers, along with beef, pork, and poultry packers and processors. Global Affairs Canada also notes significant opportunities in agricultural machinery and livestock management technologies. Global…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule Would Wipe Out TPP Benefits
…exports and jobs created from TPP will be negated” if the rule is implemented. Dr. Howard Hill The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is…