…and Canada has previously voiced opposition to the idea. The two countries argued against the original law, saying the labeling discouraged American meatpackers from purchasing their livestock and created an…
Keeping Up with Competition in the World Prune Market
…fruit to be fully mature is also advised to allow for maximum sugar content. Niederholzer noted that larger fruit is “what packers tell me they want, but growers, of course,…
New Indoor Heat Illness Regulation Draft Lowers Temperature Thresholds
…February 22. “It is incredibly valuable for employers themselves; for growers, packers, shippers, processors, farm labor contractors themselves to speak up and send in comments. In particular, what will the…
Meat Inspectors, Price Reporting Staff Still On The Job
…produce the twice-daily livestock mandatory price reports, which are the sole source of market information on sales to packers of cattle, hogs and lambs and on the subsequent sale of…
Court Agrees with USDA in GIPSA Ruling
…Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration known as GIPSA. The rules were initially scheduled to take effect in February 2017 but were first delayed by USDA before being completely withdrawn later…
Perdue Details USDA Functions in the Event of a Lapse in Federal Funding
…projections. Investigation of packers and stockyards related to fraudulent and anti-competitive activities. Assistance for the control of most plant and animal pests and diseases unless funded by cooperators or other…
Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2018 Accomplishments
…major wildfires in 2018 conjointly with local authorities. Customer Service USDA successfully merged the Agricultural Marketing Service, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, and the Farm Service Agency’s Commodity Operations…
R-CALF Looking for COOL in NAFTA
…of USA,” multinational beef packers “wallow in higher profits” because they can import lower-cost cattle into the U.S. market. The organization claims that Since NAFTA, the U.S. imports on average…
Meat Companies Accused of Artificially Inflating Pork Prices
…accuses the meat packers of conspiring with the service to exchange “detailed, competitively sensitive, and closely-guarded non-public information.” The buyers claim that the scheme boosted prices by more than 50…
Getting Prepared for the Bovine General Order Implementation
…types of operations are covered by the order including stockyards, calf ranches, auction yards and others that confine animals for more than 45 days a year. While auction yards and…
Beef Industry Leaders Release National Framework for Beef Sustainability
…cattle auction markets, feedyards, packers, processors, and retail and food service organizations in their efforts to continuously improve the sustainability of U.S. beef. Roundtable chair, Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, says the framework…
GOA Issues Report on Cattle Markets
…daily transaction data with the Packers and Stockyards Program. And if USDA determines the statute does not permit such sharing, and it is advisable, submit to Congress a proposal to…
USDA Launches MARS
…for consumers across the country and around the world. The MARS project applies the best data management practices to make that data available when and where farmers, packers and processors…
NPPC Commends USDA for Maintaining Essential Livestock Market Programs
…by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, is the sole source of market information on sales to packers of cattle, swine and lambs and on the subsequent sale of meat products. Inspection…