NASDA, Alliance comment on role farmers play in climate mitigation

Nov 22, 2019

Sustainable Food Policy Alliance and NASDA submit comments to House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

USMCA fate again less certain

Nov 22, 2019

President Trump points finger at Pelosi for holding up USMCA bill for six months over labor concerns.

Risk, opportunity ahead for global pork sector in 2020

Nov 22, 2019

ASF to continue to spread, limiting production, as Asia-Pacific attempts restocking.

Bumble Bee Foods files chapter 11, selling assets

Nov 22, 2019

Company has paid "tens of millions" in legal defense fees associated with price-fixing scandal.

Ohio State explores reducing Lake Erie algal blooms

Nov 22, 2019

Results showed progress in reducing phosphorus, but none met reduction goals for dissolved reactive phosphorus.

Michigan signs into law new cage-free egg standards

Nov 21, 2019

All eggs sold in Michigan must be from cage-free hens by 2025 to align with customer commitments.

Ag immigration bill advances out of House committee

Nov 21, 2019

Many Republicans remain concerned about wage rates and potential frivolous lawsuits that could result from H.R. 5038.

Smithfield Foods responds to shooting at processing facility

Nov 21, 2019

The suspect, an employee of a third-party vendor associated with the plant, has been arrested.

BDC to purchase Perdue AgriRecycle facility

Nov 21, 2019

Partnership involves 20-year supply agreement for poultry organics to create renewable natural gas and natural soil amendments through anaerobic digestion.

Japan agreement sets poor precedent

Nov 21, 2019

Exclusions of fresh poultry and dairy products in Japan trade deal could lead future negotiations down similar path.