EPA Told Changes to RFS Could Affect Ag Prices
US - Comments submitted on Friday (25 September) to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the American Meat Institute (AMI), National Turkey Federation, National Chicken Council and FarmEcon LLC...

President Obama Commended on USTR Nomination
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday praised President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Islam A. Siddiqui as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative, an agency...

Call for Data on Antibiotic Use in Animals
US - Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, Chair of the House Committee on Rules, asked the Government Accountability Office to review federal efforts to collect data on antibiotic use in animals.

NPPC Briefs US Trading Partners on H1N1 Flu
US - At a briefing on Monday evening, the National Pork Producers Council told foreign officials that the US pork industry and the US government are gearing up for a return of the novel H1N1 flu and that...

Input on Use of 'Natural' in Labelling Products Sought
US - The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced through the publication of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that it is soliciting additional public comment to define the conditions...

Call Flu 'H1N1' Not 'Swine' Flu, USDA Demands
US - US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday in a media briefing on the novel H1N1 flu urged reporters to refer to the virus by that name and not "swine" flu.

NPPC Congratulates Harkin and Welcomes Lincoln
US - The US National Pork Producers Council has praised as a “true friend” of America’s pork producers the out-going Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, from Iowa, and welcomed long-time...

Antibiotic Ban Would Compromise Food Safety
US - The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation has written to Congress, opposing a future ban on the use of antibiotics for farm livestock on the grounds that such a ban could compromise food...

USDA Agrees To Help US Pork Producers
US - The National Pork Producers Council commended US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for his decision to lend assistance to the US pork industry to help it weather a nearly two year old economic crisis...

Major USDA Purchase Boosts Pork Producers
US - Embattled pork producers who have seen a stream of losses for two years learned Thursday that the US Department of Agriculture would buy $30 million worth of pork immediately.

AFBF Urges Obama to Support Pork, Dairy Sectors
US - America’s pork and dairy producers have lost much of their equity over the last year. With a wave of restructuring and forced herd sales expected over the next few months, the American Farm Bureau...

AMI's Boyle Meets with President Obama
US - AMI President J. Patrick Boyle was invited to the White House today to give the meat industry's perspective on comprehensive immigration reform.

NPPC Asks USDA to Save US Pork Industry
US - Asking for help to save the US pork industry and thousands of jobs, the National Pork Producers Council yesterday urged the US Department of Agriculture to lend assistance to US pork producers to...

Coalition Voices Opposition to Animal Antibiotic Ban
US - A coalition of 20 organisations related to animal agriculture sent a letter to the White House over the current proposal to curb the use of animal antibiotics in farming.

Korea Lifts Restrictions On US Hogs, Pork
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday hailed the Republic of Korea’s decision to inspect only a sample of US pork exports rather than 100 per cent of them and to lift a ban on live hog imports...

Governors Urge Obama to Help Pork Producers
US - The National Pork Producers Council has commended the governors from a number of the nation’s top pork-producing states for urging President Obama to take immediate action to help US pork producers...

CME: Governors Urge Assistance for Pork Sector
US - USDA will release yet another highly anticipated Crop Production report (and the accompanying World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates or WASDE) on Wednesday, 12 August at 8:30 a.m. EDT,...

Codex Review Harmful Feed Additive
US - The latest session of the U.N. Codex Alimentarius ended without final adoption of a maximum residue level for ractopamine, a feed additive widely used in pork and beef production.

President Commends House over Food Safety Bill
US - The House has passed the Food Safety Bill, which is aimed at cutting food-borne illness.

NPPC 'Pleased' Food Safety Bill Has Passed
US - The House yesterday passed food safety legislation that the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) recognises is much improved from the version that was approved by the House Energy and Commerce ...

The Right Time for New Food Safety Legislation?
SEATTLE, US - Food safety advocate and attorney Bill Marler spoke today from his office in Seattle on the importance of passing HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.

Ag Secretary Announces International Grants
US - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack has announced more than $3 million to enhance international science and education grants to allow for new innovations in agriculture to meet future global demands.

No Antibiotics Amendment, Groups Urge Speaker
US - A group of agricultural organizations, including the National Pork Producers Council, on Friday urged the Speaker of the House not to allow a bill to ban certain animal health products to be tacked...

Tim Bierman Selected to Lead National Pork Board
US - Tim Bierman, a farmer from Larrabee, Iowa, has been elected by his fellow board members as president of the National Pork Board. Dr. Gene Nemechek, a veterinarian with Tyson Foods in Springdale, Arkansas,...

AMI Continues to Oppose Animal Antibiotics Ban
US - In a follow up to last week’s hearings, AMI, as a member of the Coalition for Animal Health, is asking Congressional leaders to ensure that H.R. 1549, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment...