Consumer prices for livestock and poultry products in the United States are impacted by many factors, from consumer willingness to pay to the supply/demand impacts of export market changes.
Foreign meat and chicken sold in the United States would no longer be labeled as from another country, under emergency steps taken in Congress to avoid the threat of financial penalties.
Senators try to push through measure to amend WOTUS rule
The ongoing battle over the U.S. EPA’s proposed rule regarding waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) continued last week, as the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works moved forward on legislation that would force the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to rewrite the Clean Water Rule that became final last month.
Farmers seek aid from STB to settle grain rate disputes
In the first of three public hearings before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) over a Congressional mandate to establish a unified rate structure for shipping grains last week, the farming industry called for the government’s help to resolve questionable rail shipping rate charges.
CDC: Infection possible for those who work with HPAI birds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this month issued a health advisory for people "with close or prolonged unprotected contact with infected birds or contaminated environments" to be alert to the possibility of human infection from highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI.
Chronic wasting disease in deer a dire threat to Michigan
It may be a while before we feel the ripples – and we hope we never will – but Michigan’s suffered a severe blow this week. For the first time in the state, a free-ranging deer was found to be suffering from chronic wasting disease.
Rep. DeLauro defends COOL at a House speech last week
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), a member of the subcommittee responsible for funding the USDA, on June 10 spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in opposition to legislation that would deny consumers information about the origin of their meat and poultry.
Going local is the new food craze. Restaurants are listing where they source their food, retailers are setting up sections of locally produced products, and some food zealots are pushing the all local diet.
As daylight faded, the growing, mid-August thunderstorm chased us eastward across the Kansas plains. In the rearview mirror, it looked like something out of the Wizard of Oz, a rolling mass of perfect fury.
