Meat industry news
2024-11-01
USDA Scientist Recognized for Transforming Food Safety Systems and Protecting the World’s Food Supply
USDA scientist
Joseph Capobianco, a research engineer for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has received a 2022
Arthur S. Flemming Award for his innovative research that enhances the... Read more
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2024-07-11
Scientists Build a Healthy Dietary Pattern Using Ultra-Processed Foods
Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS)
Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center led a
study that demonstrates it is possible to build a healthy diet with 91 percent of the... Read more
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2024-05-01
Former Tyson Foods chicken farmers face high costs switching to eggs
A switch to eggs, which carries high costs, reflects the tough choices former Tyson suppliers around the country must make following the company's 2023 decision to shut plants. Read more
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2024-05-01
Study shows fruit & vegetable growers using wide range of environmentally sustainable practices
GUELPH – A new study shows that over the last two decades, Ontario’s fruit and vegetable growers have been widely adopting a range of practices that support sustainable local food production. Read more
2024-05-01
Demand for Meat Goats Continues to Grow
The nuances of the meat goat market make numbers harder to track compared to other livestock, but demand definitely continues to rise, according to a
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Read more
2024-05-01
Livestock Producers Start Ranch-to-Restaurant Supply Chain
On opening night of The Union restaurant in downtown Helena, heat pulses off a wood-fired grill where chefs sear steaks, pork chops and thick slices of sourdough bread.
Every ounce of meat served... Read more
2024-05-01
Sioux Falls slaughterhouse strike brought fistfights, rocks, riot police
Ultimately, the strike was deemed a 'failure' by some scholars, who noted the tough environment for labor unions in the 1980s. But it marked a dividing line for Sioux Falls. Read more
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2024-05-01
Interstate Movement Requirements for Dairy Cattle During H5N1 Outbreak
Guidance has been updated below to reflect the allowance of lactating dairy cows consigned to a sale barn in Nevada for subsequent interstate movement to a slaughter facility to move without a... Read more
2024-05-01
Sioux Falls slaughterhouse strike brought fistfights, rocks, riot police
Ultimately, the strike was deemed a 'failure' by some scholars, who noted the tough environment for labor unions in the 1980s. But it marked a dividing line for Sioux Falls. Read more
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2024-04-30
Missouri Celebrates Soy Foods Month
During the week of April 8, 2024, customers enjoyed more than 1,700 soy lattes at two coffee shops in downtown Jefferson City, Coffee Zone and High Rise. On Monday, Jefferson City Mayor Ron Fitzwater... Read more
2024-04-30
Maple Leaf Foods releases 2023 Integrated Report
MISSISSAUGA, ON,-
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX:
MFI), today released its
second annual Integrated Report, building on over a decade of sustainability reporting and bringing together its 2023... Read more
2024-04-30
IL Farmers on Costly Hold Amid Legislative Foot Dragging
During the 2023 harvest season, one of Jake Lieb’s tractors quit working. A week later, his combine stopped working, too. Both were new — and he was locked out from making any repairs himself because... Read more