…facilities that produce veal meat. With this change, FSIS will begin to require that veal calves that are brought to slaughter but cannot rise and walk be promptly and humanely…
Western View: Calling Out Media Bias
…Calling Out Media Bias It said “Meat is Horrible” and referred directly to an item in the Washington Post, as if it were a news story. The Washington Post item…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…This adaptive management effort will occur in the spring and summer of 2017 and 2018. In 2016, Reclamation will provide 85 thousand acre-feet (TAF) to 200TAF additional outflow above what…
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
…a workforce that will advance our nutritional security, our energy self-sufficiency, and the health of Americans. The President’s 2017 budget request proposed to fully fund AFRI for $700 million; this…
Strong May Results for U.S. Beef, Pork Exports
Red meat exports from the United States gained momentum in May with shipments of both beef and pork increasing significantly. Data released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the…
MAIZALL, USTR Urge Cooperation on Biotech Trade
U.S. farmer-leaders of MAIZALL, the international maize alliance, urged global cooperation on biotech trade at last week’s Global Agribusiness Forum in Brazil. The farmers called on the agriculture sectors and…
Ireland Allowed to Ship Beef for Grinding to the U.S.
Ireland’s government announced last week that beef processors in the country can now also ship beef intended for grinding to the United States. Meatingplace reports improved access for Irish processors…
Foodkeeper App Improved
…it easier for Spanish and Portuguese speakers to use its storage recommendations for 400+ items covered by the tool, including various types of baby food, dairy products and eggs, meat,…
Global Food Prices Rise in June
…was led by a surge in the price of sugar and more moderate increases for cereals(grains), dairy and meat. The dairy index increased 7.8 percent compared to May, but compared…
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Legislation
…the Federal Meat Inspection Act which are inspected by the Food Safety Inspection Service. This means that muscle cuts, ground product, etc. will not be covered by this law. 3….
National Hot Dog Month
…for their favorite hot dogs, a copy of “Wurst of Lucky Peach: A Treasury of Encased Meat,” a National Hot Dog and Sausage Council t-shirt & bumper sticker. First runner…
Almond Forecast Up
…interval is from 1,890 million meat pounds to 2,210 million meat pounds. This means that the results of our sampling procedures will encompass the true mean 80 percent of the…
Brexit Could Bring Market, Policy Impacts for U.S. Grains
…to a lesser extent, the global economy, affecting demand for grain and the meat it produces. However, the largest and longest-term impacts of the Brexit on grains could come from…
Tools to Help Dairy Farmers
NMPF Offers Updated Tools to Help Dairy Farmers Enrolling in Margin Protection Program for 2017 The National Milk Producers Federation has updated its Margin Protection Program website –futurefordairy.com – with…