A new agricultural magazine will give students inside and outside the classroom an education in beef production. The Ag Mag, a newspaper-style reader developed by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and funded in part by the Beef Checkoff, features information about beef production, nutrition and related careers, and encourages discussions about the industry in the classroom and at … Read More
Iowa Avian Flu Conference Summary
The “Avian Influenza Outbreak…Lessons Learned” Conference was held recently in Des Moines, Iowa. There USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, Dr. John Clifford, chief vet officer for USDA APHIS among others addressed those in attendance. USPOULTRY provided the following summary. “Two hundred and thirty-two enterprises and operations have been hit by avian influenza since early spring with … Read More
USDA Hearing on CA Federal Milk Marketing Order
The USDA has scheduled a hearing to consider proposals to establish a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) in California. The hearing will begin on September 22, 2015 at 9:00 am at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District Building and is expected to last days, if not weeks. In response to the announcement, Milk Producers Council General Manager Rob Vandenheuvel issued the … Read More
Formaldehyde in Vietnamese Swai and Chinese Tilapia
NBC-TV Charlotte, Greensboro, NC, reported unnaturally high amounts of formaldehyde in four of 15 samples of imported frozen white fish species purchased in national food retail store branches. This evidence was found by a NBC affiliated consumer reporter and a North Carolina laboratory. The Catfish Farmers of America published the following release on the issue. Formaldehyde-laced Vietnamese swai (a catfish-like … Read More
USDA Market News: Drop in Cow Meat and 90 % Trim
The cow cutout dropped $12 yesterday. The biggest product from cows, ninety percernt trimmings, dropped $23. According to Ed Czerwien, USDA Market News, this indicates they are having problems moving ground beef items and may have had to dump some products. This might point towards longer term issues. The Cow Cutout down 12 dollars and those Ninety percent trimmings which … Read More
Restocking of 1st HPAI Site
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and U.S. Department of Agriculture have announced that a turkey farm that was infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has started restocking their barn with birds. The farm completed the cleaning and disinfection process and has negative environmental tests. They have also announced they are begining the process of lifting 69 … Read More
Army Corps Criticizes EPA for Flawed Rulemaking
The Army Corps of Engineers serves as the primary regulator over Environmental Protection Agency’s “waters of the United States” rule. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released internal memos stating the Corp doesn’t believes the rule will not hold up in the courts and it misinterprets data. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has called for the EPA to immediately … Read More
NCBA's Beltway Beef Weekly Audio
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) Beltway Beef is a weekly commentary featuring NCBA members, leaders, staff and more week after week. This week we hear from Colin Woodall, NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs, is here. He discusses the recent developments surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Waters of The United States rule. Listen to this week’s Beltway Beef … Read More
WMMB Takes American Cheese Society Competition
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board continued its long-standing American Cheese Society winning streak at the annual competition in Providence, Rhode Island. They captured more awards than any other state for the eleventh consecutive year. This year’s competition garnered 101 ribbons for America’s Dairyland, including two Best of Show awards. Wisconsin cheesemakers, along with the state’s butter and yogurt makers, claimed 28 … Read More
Registration Now Open for the 2016 IPPE
You can now register for the 2016 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE). IPPE has secured more than 1,000 exhibitors and is expecting to attract more than 28,000 attendees through the collaboration of the three trade shows – International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo and International Meat Expo – representing the entire chain of protein and feed production and processing. … Read More