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Monday, September 20, 2010
Proposal to Amend Livestock Exportation RegulationsUS - The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the livestock exportation regulations to eliminate pre-export tuberculosis and brucellosis...
Friday, September 17, 2010
PA State Investments Help Poultry, Pig Producers PENNSYLVANIA, US - The Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved nearly $6.3 million in low-interest loans that will help farmers and tourism-related businesses across the state expand, purchase new...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Price Reporting Act Reauthorised; Vet Bill PassesUS - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday applauded the House for approving legislation to reauthorise the law requiring meat packers to report to the US Department of Agriculture the prices they...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Market Preview: GIPSA Provision is a Bit MurkyUS - In this week's US Market Preview, published in National Hog Farmer's Weekly Preview, Steve Meyer, Ph.D. of Paragon Economics, Inc., writes about the proposed Packers and Stockyards Act rule...
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Tyson's Waterloo Plant Temporarily Stops ProductionIOWA, US - Concerns over livestock herding have resulted in slaughtering operation disruptions at a Waterloo meat-packing plant.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Pig, Cattle Producers Rally Against GIPSA RuleCOLORADO, US - Beef and pork producers rallied against USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed federal rule on the buying and selling of livestock at a public...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Action on Farmer and Rancher Bill of RightsUS - As the USDA and Department of Justice (DOJ) workshop on livestock approaches, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson urges NFU members and all livestock producers to attend. The workshop is...
Friday, August 20, 2010
Agriculture Pays Price for Inaction on Mexican TrucksUS - Mexico’s trade retaliation against the United States is expanding in size and scope due to the US government not meeting obligations to allow Mexican trucks to operate in the United States.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Pork Now Part of Mexico's Trade Retaliation ListUS - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday expressed its strong disappointment with the US and Mexican governments’ actions related to allowing Mexican trucks into the United States.
Monday, August 09, 2010
Senate Approves Price Reporting ReauthorisationUS - The Senate last night approved legislation to reauthorise the law requiring meat packers to report to the US Department of Agriculture the prices they pay producers for animals.
More Animal Disease Traceability Public MeetingsUS - The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will be holding three additional public meetings on the animal disease traceability framework approach.
Monday, August 02, 2010
US Retaliates Over EU Import BansUS - American farmers are calling on the US administration to take a more aggressive stance on trade promotion, particularly targeting what they regard as the EU’s unnecessary restrictions on imports...
Caution Urged on All Offal Exports to Viet NamUS - Earlier this month, a decree was issued by the prime minister of Viet Nam declaring a temporary ban on all imports of red meat offal and poultry offal.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Bill Reauthorising Price Reporting Law AdvancesUS - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday applauded the House Agriculture Committee for approving legislation to reauthorise the law requiring meat packers to report to the US Department of Agriculture...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Extension of GIPSA Comment Period Pleases AFBFUS - Bob Stallman, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) yesterday said that the organisation is pleased that the Agriculture Department’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration...
Friday, July 23, 2010
Meat and Poultry Industry Measuring Food Safety US - The meat and poultry industry has focused efforts to reduce pathogen risk by embracing the hurdle concept of microbiological control.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
NPPC Urges Restoration of Animal ID FundingUS - Calling it vital to the United States livestock industry’s ability to more quickly control and eradicate foreign animal diseases and keep export markets open, the National Pork Producers Council...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
GIPSA Rule Concerns Agricultural PanelUS - Members of a House Agriculture subcommittee expressed deep concern with the US Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule on livestock and poultry contracts and marketing arrangements, a regulation...
Friday, July 16, 2010
NPPC: Antibiotics Indirectly Improve Human HealthUS - All antibiotic uses improve animal health, and healthy animals improve human health, says the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Market Preview: GIPSA Rule Creates Unintended ConsequencesUS - In this week's US Market Preview published in National Hog Farmer's Weekly Preview, Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D. of Paragon Economics, Inc. explains the impact of a new GIPSA rule on pig producers...
Pew Pushes Congress to End Overuse of AntibioticsUS - Pew is urging Congress to end the overuse of antibiotics in food animal production.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Groups Urge Immediate Action on FTAsUS - An ad hoc coalition of agricultural and food organisations in a letter sent yesterday urged members of Congress to work with the Obama administration to remove any remaining impediments to a “rapid...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
NPPC Seeks Extension on GIPSA Comment PeriodUS - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday asked for an extension of the comment period on a proposed federal rule that could limit pork producers’ options in selling pigs to processors.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Environmental Management Standards Up for ReviewUS - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday announced a public review of five American National Standards (ANS) that address the environmental management of concentrated livestock operations.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Where’s Science Behind FDA Antibiotics ‘Guidance’?US - “Guidance” on the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could lead to the elimination or costly review of previously approved...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
FDA Seeks to Limit Growth-Promoting DrugsUS - The USDA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance on the judicious use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals, including a statement that the use of drugs...
Friday, June 25, 2010
US Risks Losing Export Market to Colombia US - While the United States sits on the sidelines, competition for market share in Colombia heats up as US competitors negotiate free trade agreements (FTAs).
FTA with Colombia Approved; US Producers Lose OutUS - The Canadian Senate late Monday gave final approval to a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia, ensuring that exports of Canadian pork products and many other food and agricultural commodities...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Processors Endangered by New Regulatory CostsUS - Small and independent meat processors are at significant economic risk due to increased regulatory costs included in a preliminary draft guidance document issued by the Food Safety and Inspection...
CME: GIPSA's Livestock and Poultry Marketing Rule US - USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administation (GIPSA) released on Friday a proposed rule to define the terms of Section 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, write Steve...
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