…USDA is now requiring audits to ensure optimal biosecurity is practiced by large poultry facilities. The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), a cooperative state, federal and industry program for controlling…
Grains Exports on Track to Set New Record
…well as beef, pork and poultry meat exports. Mike Dwyer, Grains Council chief economist, predicts grains in all forms exports could top 116 million metric tons, or 4.57 billion bushels,…
NAFTA Negotiations: Mexico Close, Canada Talks Not Close
…poultry supply management programs. The negotiations with Canada have been very difficult, with Doud adding that “We’ve got to get to a situation where we can bring Canada on board…
U.S. Poultry Gains New Market Access in Morocco
…USDA works to expand markets around the globe.” The United States is the world’s second largest poultry exporter, with global sales of poultry meat and products of $4.3 billion last…
Farm Groups Appeal to Trump to Address Lab-Grown Meat Substitutes
…for lab-grown meat alternatives. “If cell-cultured protein companies want the privilege of marketing their products as meat and poultry products to the American public, in order to ensure a fair…
Agri View: Meat Production Outlook for 2019
The mid-year outlook has been released. Everett Griner takes a look at the beef, pork, and poultry production outlook for 2019. He also discusses the outlook for meat prices in…
Groups Want “Fake Meat” Regulated by USDA
Seven groups that represent meat and poultry producers, as well as processors, wrote a letter to President Trump asking him to place cell-cultured protein products under USDA regulation. The meat…
Turkey Industry Reviewing Salmonella Controls Amid Outbreak
…about the investigation can be found on the CDC’s website at https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks.html. Consumers looking for safe food handling information can visit www.eatturkey.com, Fight Bac! or USDA’s Meat & Poultry Hotline….
U.S. Pork Calls for Level Playing Field as FDA Makes Regulatory Land Grab
…antemortem and postmortem inspection of source animals and other requirements, as conventionally produced red meat and poultry products. “While we know very little about the production methods of laboratory-produced cultured…
First 2017 Crop Report has Little Lingering Drought Effects
…spinach. While not in the top-ten in terms of overall value, livestock and poultry experienced significant growth in 2017 with a 26 percent increase in value. “They had new grass…
Grant Awarded for Studying Livestock Antimicrobials Impact
…between antimicrobial use in poultry and human antibiotic-resistant infections. The research will benefit from work already underway and funded by the National Institutes of Health. The Wellcome Trust is self-described…
Worst Garden Pest to Watch Out For
…Especially after a rainfall. Chickens and guineas reportedly give good control by gobbling grasshoppers, but keep an eye on your poultry helpers to make sure they don’t harm crops. Cucumber…
USDA Issues Warning of Newcastle Virus to Commercial Poultry
…Inspection Service to issue a warning to commercial poultry operations. The infected backyard chickens were found in Los Angeles and San Bernardino in May and June. In the USDA statement,…
Sales of Organic Poultry Hits New Record in 2017
…of organic poultry from 2016 to 2017 was more than four times that of conventional poultry, nearing nine percent. There were over 19 million organic broilers and 410 thousand organic…