…with Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture to allow access for U.S. beef and beef products to the Brazilian market for the first time since 2003. Brazil’s action, according to USDA, reflects…
U.S. Grains Council Elects New Chairman
…Corn Producers Board, at-large director Mark Seastrand, North Dakota Barley Council, barley sector director Jim Stuever, Missouri Corn Merchandising Council, at-large director The new board will serve until July 2017….
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
…California companies as buyer numbers and purchasing power continues to grow, establishing our region as a global agricultural powerhouse. The 2017 Fresno Food Expo will be July 27, 2017. The…
Dollar General Buys Walmart Express Locations
Dollar General Buys Walmart Express Locations, Will Expand Meat Offerings Dollar General announced this week the discount retailer has purchased 41 former Wal-Mart Express locations across 11 states. Dollar General…
Effects of Agricultural Conservation
…more in-depth survey that will take place between October 2016 and February 2017. The privacy of all respondents is safeguarded, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified,…
Agri View: Food Production
…increased demand for meat, eggs, and dairy, boosting pressure to grow more corn and soybeans to feed more cattle, pigs, and chickens. If these trends continue, the double whammy of…
The California Kitchen: Nectarine Pork Roulade
…Yellow Onion 1 T Garlic 2 Sprigs Thyme 1 Cup Spinach Transglutaminase (Meat Glue) To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen:…
Virtual Representative for Small and Very Small Plants
…will benefit most from this valuable resource.” FSIS inspection personnel are assigned to establishments nationwide to ensure the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome,…
Drought Resistant Plants
…and the global food system came along? They ate a lot of meat, to be sure. But they also foraged for and eventually domesticated a great number of edible plants,…
Organic Symposium Proceedings Now Available
…now planning the 2017 symposium and it will build on the cutting edge research shared by scientists this year.” In the opening address, president of Organics International, André Leu, said…
First-Ever National Academy of Sciences Prize
…2017, NAS will recognize one annual prize recipient for an extraordinary contribution to agriculture or to the understanding of the biology of a species fundamentally important to agriculture or food…
NPPC Opposes Proposed Animal Welfare Changes
…for veal calves, and cages for laying hens. It would also prohibit the sale in-state of meat and eggs from confined animals. NPPC believes this prevents producers from caring for…
National Hot Dog Day
…one stands out above all the rest. It’s rich, it’s savory, it’s the smell of a thousand mysterious meat products put into one delicious sausage casing, broiled up on a…
IndexBox Marketing: Orange Market In Crisis
…oranges produced in Brazil and the U.S. were processed in 2010, this value decreased by 2014, to 72% in Brazil and to 67% in the US. Yield reduction largely affected…