As part of their ongoing commitment to bringing customers innovative solutions to the challenges facing the industry, Novus International used the 2016 World Pork Expo as an opportunity to debut Project Horizon, which aims to help producers navigate through the transition to antibiotic-free production. “We’ve had in-house expertise in terms of gut health and nutrition throughout the 25 years that … Read More
Interior Appropriations Bill Advances through Committee
The Public Lands Council (PLC) and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) report that the House Committee on Appropriations favorably voted the FY 2017 Interior and Environment appropriations bill to the House of Representatives by a vote of 31-18. The bill addresses a number of priorities for the livestock industry, including language regarding the Greater Sage Grouse and full defunding of … Read More
DeLaval Releases Video On Innovation
As a part of National Dairy month, DeLaval has released a video, titled “Your Future is Our Why,” that highlights the company’s long term commitments to sustainability and innovation in the dairy industry, and showcases how those two concepts are incredibly interconnected. “We’re the innovation engine of this industry and we’re not going anywhere,” the video states. “We’re gonna be … Read More
NPPC Also Represented at Trade Hearing on Capitol Hill
The pork industry was also represented at the congressional hearing on trade this week. U.S. pork must continue to grow its exports and do so through free trade agreements such as the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, which would eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers to U.S. products, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) reiterated in congressional testimony the House Committee … Read More
NMPF Talks Trade at Congressional Hearing
At a congressional hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, National Milk Producers Federation Chairman Randy Mooney said that well-negotiated trade agreements have the potential to increase export opportunities for America’s dairy farmers, but he warned that the terms of free trade agreements must be tenaciously enforced. Mooney, a dairy farmer from Rogersville, MO, told the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee … Read More
PMI Nutritional Additives and Nuscience Announce Partnership
PMI Nutritional Additives and Nuscience Group have announced a strategic partnership that will focus on identifying and developing leading feed technology products for the USA livestock industry. “Through this partnership, we’ll be exceptionally well positioned to provide novel functional feed components. By understanding modes of action and combining the components in an accurate way, this collaboration will help deliver optimized … Read More
U.S. Meat/Poultry Equal $1.02 Trillion in Total Economic Output
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) conducted a new economic impact analysis, along with John Dunham & Associates, identifying the U.S. meat and poultry industries account for $1.02 trillion in total economic output or 5.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The meat and poultry industry is responsible for 5.4 million jobs and $257 billion in wages, the report found. … Read More
Extended Comment Period for Organic Livestock & Poultry Rule
U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committee leadership announced the USDA granted their request for an extension of the public comment period for the agency’s proposed rule regarding revised organic livestock and poultry production standards. “We are pleased the USDA acted immediately to allow producers, consumers, retailers and animal health experts more time to offer their comments on the proposed rules,” … Read More
Farmers Host International Meat Buyers
Teams of meat buyers from across the globe recently received a firsthand look at U.S. livestock and grain production before attending the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Board of Directors Meeting and Product Showcase in St. Louis earlier this month. Wayne Humphreys hosted a team of buyers from Hong Kong and Taiwan at his farm near Columbus Junction, Iowa, where … Read More
Be the Next Face of Farming & Ranching
You can be the next face to farming and ranching. U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) is looking for the next class of Faces of Farming & Ranching to tell their stories about how today’s food is grown and raised. The USFRA team was out in full force during the recent World Pork Expo and we caught up with them … Read More