As tensions ratchet up over France’s ban on using ‘meat-related’ labeling for veggie analogs, butchers shops around the country are being vandalized by vegan activists.
Farms, processing plants and other locations involved in the process of producing meat, poultry, milk and eggs need to prepare in case of an activist incident.
With a new farm bill in the works, trade upheavals around the world, a recent surplus of rain in the Midwest and a mountain of pork to sell this fall and winter, it’s easy to see why producers are nervous.
AgriTalk host Chip Flory gets the rundown from the guys at Pro Farmer. Editor Brian Grete, and new Sr. Market Analyst Jeff Wilson joined the show on Tuesday. Newsman Davis Michaelson covered the day’s action.
Zoetis adds a monovalent swine vaccine with two PCV2 genotypes, Featherlite makes improvements to its new models, and Hypor adds Charlie McKenzie to its sales force.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue wrote an op-ed piece for USA Today Monday focusing on trade tensions and telling farmers he’s working on tools to help ease the burden.
The World Food Prize will be awarded this year to two men who have dedicated their careers to improving the availability of nutritious food for pregnant women and children in developing countries.
In early June 2018, African Swine Fever (ASF) was detected in the samples collected from smallholder swine farms in several villages in a part of the country that had not previously been infected with ASF.
Host Chip Flory brings in Maria Zieba and Dustin Baker from the NPPC to talk trade and vaccines, Pam Johnson and Mike Dwyer to talk ethanol trade with Brazil, and Steve Nicholson for the bottom line on all the issues.
Restaurant chain IHOP’s contrived campaign to morph into IHOb — to convince customers its menu offers more than just pancakes — drove a lot of discussion, but not a lot of dining.
Tell a story, save a life. That’s the idea behind a new project inserting injury prevention messages into first-hand accounts of farmers and others impacted by agricultural trauma incidents.
A shortage of carbon dioxide that has already drawn warnings from beer makers about potential production problems is also hitting meat processing companies.
On Monday afternoon, the Senate voted 89-3 to limit debate on the 2018 Farm Bill, reports Joy Philippi, and columnist on policy for Farm Journal’s PORK. Floor debate will begin on Tuesday.
The Iowa Pork Producers Association has hired an experienced agriculture communications professional, Dal Grooms, to lead its future communications efforts.
