…supply shortages are being reported stemming from the ban on live hog transportation that was enacted to prevent further spread of the disease. The potential for radical change could “impact…
Agri View: BFTP-Standing Around the Meat Counter
…about what you hear, and why, standing around the meat counter in today’s Agri View. Everett brings out different key points about the food label. BFTP-Standing Around the Meat Counter…
Industry Seeks Additional Tariff Relief as USDA Reports Increased Milk Production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) noted increased milk production in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for October. Milk production forecasts for 2018 and 2019 have been…
USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables
…post online tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2028 for major U.S. crops and livestock products and will include supporting U.S. and international macroeconomic assumptions. The short-term…
Federal Agencies Combine Resources for Food Waste Initiative
…percentage of our food supply is lost or wasted,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said in a news release. “As the world’s population continues to grow and the food…
Only Out of Control African Swine Fever Will Hurt U.S. Prices
…the U.S., even with the high duty rates. Dermot Hayes of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at Iowa State University says that would only come about if “the…
USDA/FDA Meeting on What to Call Cell-Cultured Meat
…the products are effectively meat and should be labeled as meat. Mike Selden is CEO of Finless Foods, a cell-based seafood company. He says the term “lab-grown meat,” which has…
Celebrating National Oatmeal Day
In today’s program, Cathy Isom is celebrating America’s favorite breakfast food. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Celebrating National Oatmeal Day Whether it’s for breakfast, lunch, or dinner,…
Federal Reserve: NAFTA 2.0 Won’t Help Dairy Industry
…still needs congressional approval, Canada agreed to drop restrictions, allowing U.S. producers to supply up to 3.6 percent of Canada’s dairy market. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Grain Industry Seeks to Modernize Global Ag Commodity Trade
…post-trade execution processes, as they represent a highly manual and costly part of the supply chain, with the industry spending significant amounts of money every year moving documents around the…
USDA Announces 2019 Agricultural Outlook Forum
…domestic and foreign. Concurrent sessions will explore topics such as global trade trends, innovations in agriculture, developments in animal and crop biotechnology, frontiers in conservation, and outlooks for food and…
China Blames Food Scraps for ASF Outbreak
China says the outbreak of African swine fever likely stems from the feeding of food scraps to pigs. China’s agriculture ministry Wednesday moved to ban the feeding of kitchen waste…
China-owned Smithfield Foods Eligible for U.S. Trade Relief
…trade mitigation plan in August, while also announcing $1.2 billion in purchases of surplus food to distribute through food banks across the country. The plan is an attempt to ease…
HLB Detections Nearing 1,000, Priorities Refocused
…trees in Garden Grove and Anaheim,” said Interim Citrus Program Director with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Victoria Hornbaker. “A lot of what we’re finding is in response…