…whom are training to be educators and key members of the Central Valley ag industry.” The gift has already provided for a revamped welding area this fall with new multi-processing…
U.S. Gets WTO Win on Indonesia’s Beef Import Requirements
…Meat Export Federation says the WTO report found that all 18 of the import measures challenged by the U.S. were inconsistent with WTO rules governing trade. The ruling marks the…
Organic Livestock Rule Delayed Until January
…poultry that will produce meat to be labeled “Certified Organic.” The USDA announcement says during the course of reviewing the rule, officials discovered a material error in the record and…
Leftover Produce Accounts for a Fifth of All Food Waste
…wasted foods were dairy and eggs at one percent, along with meat and fish which were responsible for three percent of weekly food waste totals. The amount of food that…
China Online Mall To Buy Large Amounts of Beef and Pork
…to witness the signing ceremony. Meat products are a fast-growing category for JD. In the first half of 2017, volume from direct sales of meat on JD increased more than…
Agri View: Pork Does What?
Everett Griner talks about pork, and some of the other uses we have for it besides meat on the table in today’s Agri View. Everett tells us how pork is…
Grain Exports Provide $55.5 Billion in Economic Output
…at the farm, ethanol production, and meat production levels. That’s even before accounting for losses in linked industries along the food production chain. Deb Keller, USGC Chair and a farmer…
Global Food Prices Reported Lower
…down. The vegetable oil, sugar and meat price sub-indexes all decreased, while cereal grain prices were up a half a percent, led by higher rice prices even as wheat quotations…
Celebrating National Sandwich Day
…meal breaks while playing cards. He ordered his servants to bring him slices of meat between two pieces of bread which he could eat at the gambling table without using…
Cargill Aiming for Birth to Burger Beef Audit
…publication Meatingplace. Using RFID tags for cattle, they will be tracked from the time producers tag them, through processing at Cargill’s High River beef plant in Canada. A Cargill spokesperson…
China Pork Imports to Increase
…countries, including China, will likely maintain steady import growth. China’s pork imports were down 27 percent in the first eight months of this year. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports China’s…
Campbell Soup Company Joins Plant Based Lobbying Group
…an industry giant acknowledging retreating consumer demand for meat and dairy-heavy food. The company maintains its move to leave the Grocery Manufacturers Association wasn’t in preparation to join PBFA, but…
Insurer Suing ABC over BPI Settlement
…not, in fact, covered by its policy with AIG. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports AIG said that its policy specifically excludes coverage for legal claims that allege “malice,” which BPI’s…
Breeding Resistant Chickens for Improved Food Safety
…pathogens and signs of infection than the resistant group. Ultimately, such resistance could mean fewer pathogens remaining on birds at the processing plant and improved consumer safety, Swaggerty notes. Swaggerty…