The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) teamed with Audubon California and the Western United Dairymen organizations to announce an innovative new conservation project to boost habitat and outreach work for the threatened Tricolored Blackbird. The partnership was announced at an event held at the Sacramento Zoo, which has been collecting donations to help the struggling bird. “We are excited … Read More
Feed Demand Remains High in FAPRI Outlook
The bumper corn crop this year means lower prices for the grain, but feed demand will continue to be strong… while demand to turn grains into biofuels will stagnate. That’s the mixed bag of information attendees of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 96th Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show heard from Patrick Westhoff, director of the Food and Agricultural Policy … Read More
Secure Beef Supply Plan Development
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has been actively involved in the industry effort to develop a Secure Beef Supply Plan. Designed to provide business continuity in the face of a foreign animal disease outbreak, like Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Secure Food Supply plans are a collaboration between industry, state governments, academia and USDA APHIS and plans currently exist for pork, eggs, milk … Read More
January 2015 Dairy Market Report
The January 2015 Dairy Market Report brought to us by Dairy Management Inc. and the National Milk Producers Federation is out. Milk prices in 2015 will be significantly below last year’s record level, as last year’s tight market conditions continue to reverse themselves. Imports by the major dairy-importing countries are well below levels of a year ago, while milk production … Read More
Increased Dairy Supply and Lower Prices
Milk prices at the farm level are expected to be about $6 a hundredweight lower than the record prices in 2014. “That is not going to be fun for producers,” says Joe Horner, University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist. “But it is not as bad as it has been some years in the past.” Horner told the MU Ag Marketing … Read More
New Measures to Reduce Poultry Contamination
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed new federal standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in ground chicken and turkey products as well as raw chicken breasts, legs and wings. Development of these new standards is a major step in FSIS’ Salmonella Action Plan, launched in December 2013 to reduce Salmonella illnesses from meat … Read More
World Dairy Expo Unveils Complete 2015 Judges List
World Dairy Expo’s slate of sixteen dairy cattle judges is now complete. Each of the eight shows will have a team of two experienced judges to evaluate, sort and rank each class. More than 1,200 dairy cattle exhibitors will bring more than 2,500 head of their very best cattle to Expo. These judges will select the Grand Champions of seven … Read More
Lamb Roasting Tips & Twists for Spring Celebrations
Spring celebrations wouldn’t be the same without one classic centerpiece: roasted lamb. The American Lamb Board offers inspiration and simple guidelines for preparing the perfect roast, along with a fresh twist on the beloved mint jelly. Roasting is a dry heat cooking method, well-suited to lamb cuts such as leg, crown roast, loin, shoulder and rack. The perfect roast results … Read More
Poultry Industry Leader, Don Dalton, Passes Away
Don Dalton, retired president of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, died Monday, Jan. 19, at his home in Mayflower, Ark. Details on the arrangements will be posted on the USPOULTRY website as soon as they are available. As a leader in the poultry industry in the 1970s, Dalton was vice president and general manager of Valmac Industries, a broiler processor … Read More
American Agri-Women Leader Joins Ag Advisory Committee
Doris Mold, First Vice-President for Resolutions and Vital Issues for American Agri-Women, was recently appointed to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Agricultural Advisory Committee. Mold owns and operates a dairy farm in Wisconsin and an agricultural consulting business. She also teaches farm and agri-business management courses at the University of Minnesota. Mold has served on numerous agricultural committees on … Read More