Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report
U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 3 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,696,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier. The no change in...
View ArticleYum! Brands Chairman and CEO Novak to Become Executive Chairman; Taco Bell...
Yum! Brands announced yesterday that David C. Novak, its chairman and chief executive officer, will become executive chairman on January 1, 2015. Novak has served as CEO since 1999, building a global...
View ArticleUSTR Doherty, Director of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Affairs, to Move to FSIS
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Jane Doherty, director of sanitary and phytosanitary affairs, will be taking the international affairs liaison position at USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service,...
View Article“Added Solutions” Rule Sent to Office of Management and Budget
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) final rule on the common or usual name for raw meat and poultry containing added solutions has reached the White House Office of Management and Budget...
View ArticleRegister by May 19 to Attend NCC’s Marketing Seminar and be Eligible to Win a...
Those interested in attending the National Chicken Council’s Chicken Marketing Seminar this summer in Georgia should consider registering by Monday, May 19 and be eligible to win a free suite upgrade...
View ArticleMaintenance and Refrigeration Employees at OK Foods’ Oklahoma Plant Decide...
OK Foods, Inc. announced today that the maintenance and refrigeration employees at its Heavener, Oklahoma processing facility have decided against the need to be represented by the United Food and...
View ArticleChina on Path to Become World’s Largest Corn Importing Country, USDA Says
China is on a path to become the world’s largest corn importing country in 10 years, surpassing Japan, as the nation expands its livestock production to provide for growing meat demand, according to a...
View ArticleU.S. Poultry Products Granted Full Market Access by Uruguay
Uruguay has granted final approval for that country to import U.S. fresh and frozen poultry and poultry products, (including U.S. fresh chicken), effective April 21, 2014, according to a USDA’s Animal...
View ArticleMaryland Files Brief in Support of EPA’s Right to Set Pollution Limits for...
Maryland is joining three other jurisdictions in supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the legal battle with the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) over setting pollution...
View ArticleWorld Health Organization Issues First Report on Antimicrobial Resistance
In its first global report on antimicrobial resistance, released Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) says “a post-antibiotic era–in which common infections and minor injuries can kill–is a...
View ArticleAgriculture Secretary Vilsack Discusses Highlights of the Updated Census of...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the updated 2012 Census of Agriculture data. The census includes data at the national, state, and county levels on a range of topics,...
View ArticleUSTR Expresses Optimism about TPP in Testimony before Senate Finance...
United States Trade Representative Michael Froman testified yesterday before the Senate Finance Committee on the President’s 2014 trade policy agenda, saying that the administration is pursuing the...
View ArticleNCC Supports Majority of House in Effort to Block EPA Overreach on Clean...
More than 200 members of the House of Representatives, from both parties, have joined together to tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to back off its plan...
View ArticleNCC’s Roenigk Discusses “State of the Chicken Industry” in Testimony Before...
Bill Roenigk, NCC consultant and former NCC senior vice president and chief economist, testified on Wednesday before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development and Credit...
View ArticleU.S. Poultry Products Granted Full Market Access by Uruguay
Uruguay has granted final approval for that country to import U.S. fresh and frozen poultry and poultry products, (including U.S. fresh chicken), effective April 21, 2014, according to a USDA’s Animal...
View ArticleMaryland Files Brief in Support of EPA’s Right to Set Pollution Limits for...
Maryland is joining three other jurisdictions in supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the legal battle with the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) over setting pollution...
View ArticleWorld Health Organization Issues First Report on Antimicrobial Resistance
In its first global report on antimicrobial resistance, released Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) says “a post-antibiotic era–in which common infections and minor injuries can kill–is a...
View ArticleAgriculture Secretary Vilsack Discusses Highlights of the Updated Census of...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the updated 2012 Census of Agriculture data. The census includes data at the national, state, and county levels on a range of topics,...
View ArticleUSTR Expresses Optimism about TPP in Testimony before Senate Finance...
United States Trade Representative Michael Froman testified yesterday before the Senate Finance Committee on the President’s 2014 trade policy agenda, saying that the administration is pursuing the...
View ArticleNCC Supports Majority of House in Effort to Block EPA Overreach on Clean...
More than 200 members of the House of Representatives, from both parties, have joined together to tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to back off its plan...
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