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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, May 02, 2024
BELGIUM, August 9, 2017 - Millions of eggs are being recalled in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany after they have been found to be contaminated with the insecticide Fipronil.
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - Speed is of the essence when it comes to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, a panel of witnesses told the House Agriculture Committee today. That’s because the uncertainty surrounding the overhaul has some importers – mostly in Mexico – turning to other suppliers to get the chicken and grain they need.
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service continues to move forward on lifting the U.S. ban on Chinese chicken, undaunted by legislation that some say is a threat to the efforts that have been wrapped into the U.S.-China Comprehensive Dialogue that concludes today.
Perdue Farms, the fourth-largest U.S. poultry company, this week announced changes in its animal welfare practices that it says will make its facilities more humane and allow its chickens to live better lives.
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 – The House Appropriations Committee advanced a fiscal 2018 funding bill for the Agriculture Department that directs the agency to ensure the safety of imported chicken from China before allowing shipments to begin.
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2017 - American egg farmers face more challenges than just building new chicken housing as they convert, as now projected, up to half of their 375 million laying hens from cages to open barns, called aviaries, or pastured-based systems of housing by 2025 or so.
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2017 – When President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping about a month ago, they agreed on a 100-day action plan to address trade barriers between the two countries. Now those discussions appear to be clearing the way for more U.S. beef and biotechnology.
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2017 - Tyson Foods stock took a tumble today after the company said its net income for the quarter ending April 1 was down 21 percent from a year ago and also revealed it was being investigated by the Florida attorney general for possible anticompetitive practices.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - Six months after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced China’s intention to lift its ban on U.S. beef, the two countries remain far apart on a deal that would actually open up trade, according to government and industry officials.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2017 - New EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has only been on the job a few days, but he’s already making big plans for changes at the agency he sued 14 times as former attorney general of Oklahoma.
