Livestock producers follow careful food safety practices, but when it comes to meat, there is a golden rule the consumer needs to remember as well – don’t use the same…
Growers/Processors Learn about Food Safety
…gave presentations and topics from possible contamination from compost in the orchard, to sanitizing practices when it comes to shoes and floors in processing facilities. Grower Dave Phippen says as…
Consumers May Pay Less for Pork
Supermarkets may have incentives this holiday week to mark down prices for that “other white meat”. Gary Crawford explains. Click to open or download audio report…
Almond Crop Forecast
…or download audio report The forecast at 1.85 billion meat pounds, which down 7.5 percent from May’s subjective forecast and down 2 percent from last year’s crop. Production for the…
Backlash from M-COOL Rule
…Council and the American Meat Institute all have significant worries about the new Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling program – or M-COOL. The pork producers council says it doesn’t expect…
Practice Food Safety While Marinating Meat
A USDA food safety expert offers tips on how to use marinades on meat and poultry while applying food safety. Rod Bain has more. Click to open or download audio…
Meat and Poultry Production
U.S. red meat and poultry production in 2014 is projected to be above 2013, according to the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Randall Weiseman has more. Click…
USDA, Dairy Agreement to Help Environment
…objective of the MOU is to increase the construction of anaerobic digesters and explore innovative ways to use products previously considered waste streams from dairy production, processing and handling. For…
USDA, Dairy Producers Renew Agreement
…to increase the construction of anaerobic digesters and explore innovative ways to use products previously considered waste streams from dairy production, processing and handling. USDA support for agricultural and waste-to-energy…
United Fresh Nominations for Board Officers
…group of companies. Since then, sales have nearly tripled with Klare at the lead. He was also a main driver of diversifying the company into many areas, such as processing,…
Names of Meat Cuts Changing
What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to meat – apparently a lot. Rod Bain reports on why some names of cuts are changing. Click to open or download…
Poultry Inspection Plan Still Controversial
It’s been more than a year since Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack proposed major changes to the way poultry is inspected for safety at poultry processing plants. The plan is still…
Fruit Growers Seeing Higher Prices
…and pears have seen the biggest increase, while prices for processing oranges are also up due to the citrus crop problems in Florida. Strawberries and seedless grape prices are also…
No Meat Inspector Furloughs Coming
Congressional action makes it possible now for the Agriculture Secretary to transfer funds to keep meat inspectors on the job. That news is certainly welcomed by the meat industry. Gary…