…price reporting laws; or 4. a packer that owns 1 livestock processing plant. Grassley has introduced similar versions of the packer ban in previous Congresses. He has long-standing concerns about…
Livestock Groups, Roberts, Praise GIPSA Rule Delay
…to consolidation of the livestock industry, putting farmers out of business and increase consumer prices for meat.” NPPC, along with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and others, is calling on…
Egg-Citing News – Food Prices Down for Easter
…to lower exports or changes in supply,” he said. “As farm-gate prices for livestock products have declined and remained lower, prices in the retail meat case have become more competitive,”…
Canada Closes a Door on U.S. Dairy Farmers
…to milk used for further processing (Class 5, also known as the special classes). The price of milk in the special classes is based on international dairy commodity prices. A…
Pork Producers Applaud White House Action on GIPSA Rule
…the buying and selling of livestock, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of business – and increase consumer prices for meat.” A notice in tomorrow’s…
Hog Prices Expected to Increase in 2017, Despite Challenges
…first is that meat and poultry competition will be high. In addition to three percent more pork, beef production is expected to be up four percent and poultry production up…
China Lifts Barricade Against U.S. Beef
…Trump and China President Xi (she) Jinping over the weekend. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the opportunity for U.S. beef exporters could be significant. The greater China region, which includes…
Ag Confidence Grows as Latest DTN/PF Survey Suggests Strong Future
…a huge boost to farm spirits. Like a growing number of farmers, he is concerned about the rhetoric around trade, particularly with key U.S. grain and meat customers such as…
Brazil Investigation Leads to Processor Closures
Brazil’s tainted meat corruption probe uncovered tainted meat samples and will result in the closure of some processors. As part of the investigation, the nation found eight samples of meat…
March FAO Food Price Index Slips
…from February and 17 points (12 percent) higher than in March 2016. Quotations for the individual categories of meat were little changed. Slight increases for bovine meat and pigmeat were,…
USDA Announces $1.2 Million to Support Aquaculture Research Projects
…production, processing, and distribution services in Southern New England. The project will transfer cultivation techniques of Saccharina latissima (sugar kelp) from the academic laboratory to commercially viable farms, introduce processing…
Survey: Consumers Baffled by Food Labels
…online meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the survey shows 82 percent of consumers said they buy organic products mainly because they believe the foods to be pesticide-free. But, In reality,…
Agri View: Cattle Grazing Cost
…beef. It is back at the top of meat consumption list. That stabilizes prices. And it pays the extra pasture rent. That is good for everybody involved. That’s Agri View…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…from the trees? If you were going into the orange juice business, would you build your processing plant in Maine, thousands of miles from the citrus groves of the Gulf…