Growth in the global and domestic beef cattle herd also means supply is on the upswing and the beef industry is gaining momentum through cattle prices.
In looking at the last 12 months of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recall data, we noticed some definite trends.
Continuing to overcome a number of difficult challenges during the past few years has resulted in positive production increases for the chicken industry.
Lower sheep inventory has translated to steady to lower domestic production year-to-year, yet increasing import volume has led to higher domestic lamb availability. While lamb supplies increase, demand remains strong.
The last year has been one of change. We have a new administration, which includes a new acting undersecretary for food safety and a new acting administrator.
This year, the turkey industry hopes fall will be a season in which it finally begins to shake the after-effects of market disruption that dates back to the 2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak.
The U.S. chicken industry is poised to set production records by the end of 2017, and based on the upward momentum in egg sets and chick placements, it’s hard to envision 2018 not exhibiting further production gains.