Articles Tagged with ''pork''

The ag sector and lawmakers aren’t letting up pressure for another trade deal with China, especially since China’s purchase agreement ended Dec. 31, but the Biden administration still has its focus squarely on the “phase one” deal that was struck during the Trump administration.

Tyson Foods, one of the country’s largest meat companies, is reporting net earnings per share of $2.87 for the latest quarter, up 48% for the same period a year earlier.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture cannot enforce the state’s animal housing law for pork products against certain parties until six months after it issues final regulations, a state court judge has ruled.

Grocery prices rose again in December, but some easing in beef and pork prices helped keep the increase below what it had been in the previous three months, according to the latest Consumer Price Index.

India is ready to allow imports of U.S. pork, removing a long-running trade irritant between the two countries, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday.

The Senate returns to work this week with key elements of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda in peril, while the Supreme Court decides whether to hear several cases important to agriculture, including the latest challenge to California’s Proposition 12 standards for hog and poultry production.

U.S. pork exports to the Philippines rose sharply this year following the country’s decision to temporarily increase its import quota and reduce tariffs, and the National Pork Producers Council believes the improved trade conditions may extend through 2022.

Massachusetts is delaying implementation of new animal welfare standards until the summer while reworking and expanding the requirements for laying hens.

Supermarket prices jumped 0.8% in November, pushing the inflation rate for food costs to 6.4% over the past year, the largest increase for a 12-month period since 2008. The White House claims meatpackers bear a lot of the blame.

Smithfield Foods has announced the first participants of its contract grower program for Black and minority farmers.