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In an effort to “recharge America,” USDA announced this week it is developing a regional strategy to help achieve the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standards.
President Barack Obama’s budget plan for fiscal year 2010 contains more problematic details than most expected. At least one of the ag provisions is labeled dead on arrival. The provision: Deny direct payments to farmers with gross sales of more than $500,000—and shift those dollars to nutrition efforts.
The cost of calling a local renderer is likely to go up in the very near future.
John McCoy, of Orthman Manufacturing Inc. and President of the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, said the Association is among the many agricultural groups urging the Ways & Means House Committee to make permanent the five-year depreciation schedule for agriculture equipment
California dairy producer groups want the state agriculture department to reconsider its recent decision to remove the whey factor from the milk pricing formula.
Consumer wishes and wants travel quickly up and down the food chain and can drastically alter the entire food system. “Consumers in the developed world have come to look at the food system, I think, as something as a utility,” says William Hallman, of the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers University. “You turn on the faucet and orange juice comes out, you got to the supermarket and the food is just there.”
USDA’s spring wheat planting progress rating for the week ended May 23.
USDA’s spring wheat planting progress rating for the week ended June 13.
An estimated $7 billion of investment needed to meet 2025 goal of companies that want cage-free eggs.
One of the world’s largest food and beverage companies is investing heavily in sourcing of cage-free eggs and focusing on sustainable production practices for numerous additional commodities.
Tyson Foods announces bonuses due to federal tax overhaul
New rules on ammonia reporting for poultry farms need more time to properly analyze, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
The next few days are big for eggs, with egg hunts and Easter on Sunday.
13 states sue to stop cage free eggs law in Massachusetts
A Pennsylvania fire that killed 7,000 turkeys has been deemed an accident.
Thousands of turkeys died at a Vermont farm.
Here’s another excuse to pig out this Thanksgiving: turkey prices are down.
How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently.
Mexican chain will add chicken shell to capitalize on trend.
Tennessee reported avian-influenza discovery last week, and now three poultry flocks in northern Alabama are being investigated.
Tyson Foods Inc. will invest $320 million in a new chicken-processing plant in northeastern Kansas employing 1,600 people so that it can keep up with a growing consumer demand for fresh poultry, the company and state officials announced Tuesday.