Items Tagged with 'Pure Prairie Poultry'

California Rep. Jim Costa is challenging David Scott of Georgia to lead Democrats on the House Ag Committee in the next Congress. Costa says some committee members urged him to consider the move.

Lee Zeldin, who served as a congressman from Long Island for eight years before leaving to run a tight but unsuccessful race for governor of New York in 2022, is likely to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Nine Republican lawmakers are seeking additional insight into the USDA’s $45.6 million investment in Pure Prairie Poultry, which closed early this month, and the steps the agency has taken to help growers. 

A Wisconsin poultry grower who contracted with Pure Prairie Poultry tells Agri-Pulse to expect lawsuits to be filed today over the company’s closure. The shutdown has resulted in roughly 2 million chickens left without fed and growers without a processor able to take them.

The goal of turning corn ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel is a little closer with the announcement that Gevo has secured a conditional, $1.46 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. It’s the department’s first such commitment for an alcohol-to-jet fuel facility.