Pork producers reaffirm choice on sow housing
At the National Pork Industry Forum last week, pork producers approved a resolution reaffirming the industry's position that producers should be able to select a sow housing system.
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USDA plans sporadic, same-day furloughs for all meat inspectors
All U.S. meat inspectors will be furloughed on the same days as the federal meat safety agency shaves its budget by $53 million under automatic spending cuts, Agriculture Undersecretary Elizabeth Hagen said on Wednesday.
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Bobcat Company offers new utility vehicles
Bobcat Company, a leader in compact equipment, is breaking new ground in the utility vehicle market with superior performance and productivity with the 3600 and 3650 hydrostatic drive utility vehicles.
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AccuWeather says most of U.S. setting up for good growing year
The spring weather pattern for the United States looks greatly improved from a year ago, when drought was both widespread and severe, which is good news for agricultural producers, a private weather forecaster said on Wednesday.
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Commentary: Sick people are anti-farming activists
The University of North Carolina (UNC) academic environmental activists are leading the way in giving opponents of hog farming manure and sewage sludge fertilizers a national audience. This week “epidemiology researchers from the Gillings School of Global Public Health” at the university published their findings that such “fertilizers” spread on fields are making people horribly sick.
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Smithfield one of world's most-admired food production companies
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest hog producer, has been named one of the most admired global food production companies.
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Peterson statement on Ryan budget: This isn’t serious
U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., made the following statement regarding the Republican budget proposal for fiscal year 2014.
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Republicans seek farm subsidy cuts, mull food stamps to cash
Republicans in the House of Representatives proposed $31 billion in farm subsidy cuts and the conversion of food stamps into a cash benefit program, as a way to help balance the federal budget in 10 years.
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Corn, soybean profit margins could be squeezed to nothing
If you are a Corn Belt farmer, how will you be making enough money to survive a decade from now?
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As cuts loom, U.S. farm groups look for lower-cost crop subsidies
U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically and end regional infighting ahead of new congressional demands for cuts in a farm bill now costing $10 billion more than planned.
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COOL: It’s back
It’s been more than a decade since mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for meat products turned up in the 2002 Farm Bill, and the issue remains as contentious as ever. The latest round in the COOL debate began last week, when USDA issued a new proposed rule for meat labeling, intended to strengthen the policy and bring it into compliance with a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling.
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