Cathy Isom has five food safety tips you need to know before starting to cook that holiday meal. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Food Safety Tips Here…
Report Highlights Scientific Research
…National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Rural Development (RD), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Grain inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Food Safety and Inspection service (FSIS) and…
Pro-GMO Labeling Group Fined
Food Democracy Action was fined more than $320,000 for campaign finance violations regarding the group’s support of a ballot measure in Washington state to require GMO Labeling. Farm Journal’s AgWeb…
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…safety net for producers. Prevented planting coverage provides producers protection if they are unable to plant an insured crop by the final planting date. When adverse weather prevents planting, a…
Inconclusive Results Hint at More HLB
…The disease has only been found in two residential areas of Los Angeles County. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has found two PCR-positive trees in Hacienda Heights and…
Cost of Thanksgiving Meal
…what we’ve all known about food prices here in America and that is that U.S. consumers have access to an abundant high-quality and low-cost food supply. We spend about 10…
Brexit May Open British Farmers to GM Crops
…in the future. Great Britain’s Agriculture Minister said: “The government’s general view remains that policy and regulation in this area should be science-based.” Numerous scientific studies have shown the safety…
Canada Confirms More Bovine TB cases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed five more cattle from southeastern Alberta have been infected with the bacteria that causes bovine tuberculosis. Ag Canada reports the five animals were…
Agri View: Food Cost
Everett Griner talks about Economic rise led by food cost in today’s Agri View. Food Cost Well, the USDA has released information that will shock not many, if anybody at…
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
…UC’s Office of the President, with additional funding from the Russell L. Rustici Rangeland and Cattle Research Endowment and the UC School of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Food Animal Health….
Bird Quarantine Facility in California Closing
…a full renovation that would cost approximately $2.3 million in order to meet current safety and environmental standards. With these factors in mind, APHIS made the decision to close the…
Our Thanksgiving Meal Could Cost Less This Year
Thanksgiving food shoppers will have at least one thing to be thankful for. Gary Crawford has the story. meal-could-cost-less…
Five Tips for a Food Safe Thanksgiving
…FoodSafety.gov to learn more about how to safely select, thaw and prepare a turkey. For more Thanksgiving food safety tips, follow FSIS on Twitter, @USDAFood*]}*Safety, or on Facebook, at Facebook.com/FoodSafety.gov.…
Stuffing, Outside of the Bird
…meal with all of the trimmings… like stuffing. One of my favorites. While some may think stuffing has to be cooked inside the turkey. Most chefs and food safety experts…