U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith recently introduced legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) the responsibility of regulating, inspecting, and labeling cell-cultured meat products. The Cell-Cultured Meat and…
Wonderful to Run Entirely on Renewable Energy by 2025
…in the country at the time. That project alone generated nearly 15 percent of the energy needed for the company’s pistachios and almonds processing facility. The company also installed rooftop…
New Report Highlights the Scale of Industry Concentration in Agriculture
…understanding of the issue. Between 1986 and 2015 the market share for the four largest poultry processing businesses grew from 35 percent to 58 percent. The biggest four hog processors…
Monitoring Southern Blight in Colusa County
…the late plantings with tomatoes, it created a lot of problems for processing tomatoes and southern blight kind of showed up in a lot of places and it’s generally not…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 03-21-19
…livestock group is calling beef trade with Brazil Risky, more news on the Tulare County olive growers processing contracts and details about another court case against Monsanto and its weed…
Closing the Trade Loophole That Has Devastated California Olive Growers
…ownership in Bell-Carter Foods the company was able to ship olives from Spain and Argentina to the U.S. for processing while sidestepping tariffs. The ability to acquire significantly cheaper olives…
Farm Bureau Seeks Action for Olive Growers
The recent announcement of table olive processing contracts being cancelled by Bell-Carter Foods on nearly 4,500 acres of olives grown in Tulare County has Tulare County Farm Bureau paying attention….
Study Clarifies U.S. Beef’s Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
…the next six months, the team will combine the results of its IFSM analysis with postharvest data from other sectors of the beef supply chain—namely, processing, packing, distribution, retail, consumption…
Formal Lab-Grown Fake Meat Agreement is “What Consumers Deserve”
…Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on lab-grown fake meat oversight: “The formal agreement announced today (03-07-19) solidifies USDA’s lead oversight role in the production and labeling of lab-grown fake meat…
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Overcoming Resistant Genes
…where actually the vast majority now is Sw5 in both fresh market and processing tomatoes,” said Turini. Research will continue through this season, with testing alternative varieties for resistance capabilities…
Broccoli Byproducts Showing Benefits as Poultry Feed Additive
…are typically discarded after processing appear to cause egg yolk color to deepen when fed to hens. “My research focuses on use of horticultural byproducts from processing because these byproducts…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 02-08-19
…is fighting for truth about fake meat and get an ACP update from the recent annual citrus day. Also in the show, you’ll hear from the 2019 World Ag Expo…
NCBA Announces Campaign for “Fake Meat Facts”
Fake Meat Courtesy NCBA The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) launched a new campaign highlighting critical questions about the production of lab-grown fake meat. The Fake Meat Facts campaign will shine a…
Gardeners Preserving with a Pressure Canner
…chicken without worrying about poisoning. A pressure canner allows for shelves of safe, wholesome, summertime vegetable (or meat-based) soups to be stocked in your pantry for easy meals. And you…