While the outgoing administration dumped a last-minute organic animal welfare rule on agriculture, Congress seems poised to block the new regulation, according to Politico. Bipartisan leadership from both the House …
USDA Strengthens Integrity of the Organic Label
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced a final rule that strengthens the integrity of the organic label by clarifying production requirements for organic livestock and …
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter Review
United States Commercial Slaughter Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.43 billion pounds in October 2016, up 3 percent from the 4.31 billion pounds produced in October 2015. Sponsored ContentCIR …
Lab System Aims to Protect State’s Livestock
Poultry veterinarian Gregg Cutler recalled the day in early 2015 when one of his clients reported an unexpected increase in bird mortality at a turkey farm in Stanislaus County. The …
Pacific Region Cattle/Livestock Review
California Cattle on Feed Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in California for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 405,000 head on September 1, …
Livestock Review
Pacific Region Livestock Review United States Cattle on Feed Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more …