…Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Cattlemen’s Beef Board Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education Meat Import Council of America National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Livestock Producers Association North…
California Sued for Violating Constitution with Proposition 12
…Farm Animal Confinement Initiative. The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the constitutionality of…
Things You Shouldn’t Throw into the Compost Bin
…product that comes from an animal is also a no-no, and that includes any meat. The smells of the decomposing meat will only act as a magnet for rats, foxes,…
Farm Bureau Releases Milk Program Recommendations
…sharing across the supply chain in the product pricing formulas by adjusting the “make allowance” (a fixed deduction or credit for processing milk into finished dairy products) to be variable…
NCBA President Jennifer Houston Testifies on State of Cattle Industry
…Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Topics ranged from the effects of the recent fire at a Tyson beef processing facility in Kansas to the pending reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading…
Dealing with Maggots in the Compost Pile
…to Put In: Dairy or meat Diseased plants Noxious weeds The discovery of maggots in compost isn’t the end of your pile, and there are things you can do to…
Reasons to Consider Pressure Canning Meat
…meat. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Reasons to Consider Pressure Canning Meat Pressure canning meat can be a bit intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be scary….
Perdue Comments on Administrative Actions to Streamline H-2A Process
…to accept online submissions of the current Form ETA-9142A (and job orders uploaded using the current Form ETA-790, Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order) through the iCERT System until October…
Former Agriculture Secretaries Announce Support for USMCA
…upon our existing markets to expand United States food and agricultural exports and support food processing and rural jobs. Canada and Mexico are our first and second largest export markets…
Beef Tongue Means More in Japan
…U.S. producers. The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently visited Sendai, Japan, a location that’s key for U.S. beef producers because of the value of beef tongue. USMEF Vice President…
NPPC Welcomes New Swine Inspection System
…codifies the advancements we have made into law, reflecting a 21st century industry.” The NSIS, which has been piloted at five pork processing plants, was developed overmany years of research and…
USDA Modernizes Swine Slaughter Inspection for the First Time in Over 50 Years
…swine slaughterhouses to demonstrate that they are controlling for pathogens throughout the slaughter system. Additionally, FSIS is amending its meat inspection regulations to establish a new inspection system for market…
The Western View: Could farmers be the heroes of the 21st century?
…increasing the productivity of land, wasting less food and shifting diets away from meat. It says we need a major re-evaluation of land use and agriculture worldwide. We want the…
Report Shows Licensed Hemp Acreage More Than Quadrupled in 2019
…476 percent over last year. There was also a substantial increase in the number of hemp processing licenses that have been issued. While licensed hemp acreage has dramatically increased, the…