…issues for both fresh market ad processing tomatoes. Turini suggests taking an integrated management approach to the problem. A good sanitation program will help to address the vector of the…
USDA Encourages Safe Food Handling on Thanksgiving
…USDA encourages the use of a food thermometer even if the turkey has a pop-up temperature indicator. The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline can provide food safety advice at 1-888-MPHotline…
Disappointing Table Olive Harvest Highlights Deeper Industry Issues
…to ship olives to the U.S. for processing while avoiding tariffs on raw unprocessed olives. Bell-Carter Foods contends that the abysmal table olive harvest “underscores the necessity for Bell-Carter Foods’…
Renewable Natural Gas Milestone Reached by CalBio
…to come online early next year. The biomethane projects send dairy biogas to a centralized processing facility to be converted into RNG and used by local utilities. The RNG is…
Farmer’s Inspiration Leads to Large Squash Donation to Central California Food Bank
…crops and conventionally tilled without cover crops. Since it was established, the research plots have been managed in an annual rotation of cotton, processing tomatoes and, more recently, sorghum, garbanzo…
Week in Review: Increased ACP Trap Finds and Ag Rallies to Defeat Prop 15
…potential in combatting catastrophic wildfires. The North American Meat Institute lost its appeal against Proposition 12, but other efforts to prevent the measure from being implemented in 2022 continue. The…
Industry Groups Encourage Mandatory Labeling for Cell-Based Meat
Industry groups are encouraging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support the mandatory labeling of cell-based meat. The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and the Alliance for Meat, Poultry,…
Beef Industry Challenges to Be Addressed Through USDA Initiatives
…from market information. USDA will be removing the word “estimated” from its daily national livestock slaughter report. “Because a majority of meat packers are included in the data collected by…
Groups Rallying to Defeat Proposition 15 As Ballots Go Out
…be affected by the tax increases that would result from the passage of the proposition. “That’s absolutely inaccurate, it does affect agriculture. It affects all of our agricultural processing operations….
Prop 12 Challenge Meets Defeat in Appeal Court
…according to California standards, regardless of where the products originate from. The law was approved in 2018 and was more recently challenged by groups including North American Meat Institute (NAMI)…
Proposition 12 Still Scheduled for 2022 Implementation, For Now
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) has lost its appeal against Proposition 12 after a Ninth Circuit panel recently upheld a district court’s initial ruling. Prop 12, or the Prevention…
Legislation Introduced to Enhance Meat Processing Infrastructure
New legislation introduced by Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jeff Fortenberry aims to strengthen the meat processing sector. The Strengthening Local Processing Act looks to address processing issues on a more…
PRICE Act Looks to Improve Cattle Market Conditions
…Holcomb, KS and the supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the issues of price transparency in the cattle markets and beef processing capacity to a boiling…
Farm Groups Encourage Continued WTO Membership
…Federation, National Meat Institute, WineAmerica, and U.S. Dairy Export Council. The group notes that the transition in WTO leadership presents an opportunity for essential reform. In selecting the next WTO…