…students pursuing careers at the ranch, in meat science, in a research lab, or supporting agricultural business and marketing. The Colvin Scholarship Fund recognizes students for the commitment and energy…
Decertification Action Necessary to Maintain Integrity of California LGMA
…by routine audits. If an audit uncovers noncompliance, the member company must submit corrective actions to the LGMA Compliance Officer. Failure to meet full compliance standards will subject the member…
First Round of Meat Industry Investments Announced
…areas. Industry groups have been largely supportive of the efforts to try and address issues of competition in the meat industry. “For decades, consolidation in meat processing has put the…
Farmers Say Cover Crops Are On 40 Percent of Cropland
…a sizable increase from the 15.4 million acres of cover crops listed in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The USDA’s Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations 2021 Report says a large number…
Report Shows Rise in Plant-Based Meat Market, Some Health Concerns
…meat market. However, compared to animal meat, plant-based meat products may not contain essential omega 3 fatty acids, protein, and other nutrients. Also, some of the plant-based meat products are…
New Report Shows Decade of Trends in School Meals
…frozen—rose from 9.4 percent of total USDA Foods spending in 2012 to 15.4 percent in 2017. Vegetables obtained from USDA’s AMS slightly rose from 2012 to 2017. As the spending…
Data in Consumer Perceptions of Pork
…head of Ag Economics at Purdue University, said looking at conversations on meat has led to online data dashboards. “We have about between 1500 to 2000 mentions of pork every…
Alexis Taylor Advances Through Senate Agriculture Committee
…Taylor, an outstanding nominee who has strong, bipartisan support on Capitol Hill,” U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom said in a press release. “USMEF had many…
DLSE Reviewing FLC Exam Results After Discovery of Discrepancies
…DLSE is conducting the audit and reaching out to FLCs to update them on their results and issuing any defect notice or next steps that they need to take. No…
Study Highlights Economic Impact of Fresh Produce Industry
…percent decline in the absolute number of employees from 1.18 million workers in 2017. More than half the states in the U.S. support more than 10,000 jobs related to the…
Value of Insured Specialty Crops Nearly Doubles Over Last Decade
…9,000 in 2020. The report notes that FCIP or NAP insured a large portion of acreage for some crops in 2017. About 93 percent of dry pea acreage, 87 percent…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 09-26-22
…granting certain audit authority to USDA and a court ruling that reinstates modernized endangered species rules. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen…
Federal Order Proves Valuable for California Dairy Farmers
…of Agriculture had the power to audit manufacturers to obtain factual cost accounting for important conversion formulas. Vanden Heuvel describes the issue as being “fairly significant” in the overall administration…
Executive Order Seeks to Advance Biotechnology Investment
…raised questions about some of the priorities of the order. While supportive of the provisions for technology such as gene editing, groups questioned how the order addresses imitation meat products….