The American Meat Science Association greeted over 750 total attendees at the opening session of the Reciprocal Meat Conference at Kansas State University Monday morning.
A new Mountaire Farms Inc. could emerge as a branded Eastern Shore poultry label with new labor standards after a major expansion and legal wranglings over compensation for line workers in processing plants, reports Delmarva Now.
Registration is open now for NAMP’s Outlook Conference, Sept. 15 – 18 at L’Auberge Del Mar in Del Mar, Calif, a 30 minute drive north of San Diego. Visit the NAMP Web site at www.namp.com to view and download the registration material.
The closure of L&L Food Centers in December 2010 left a void for fresh meat products in the Okemos, Mich., area, and a new business is aiming to fill the need.
Smithfield Foods Inc. reported record fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year results. Sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 were $3.1 billion, up 7%. Fiscal 2011 sales increased 9% to $12.2 billion.
Livestock and poultry organizations today praised House lawmakers for approving an agriculture funding bill that prevents the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from finalizing its proposed regulation on livestock and poultry marketing contracts.
In bipartisan actions, both the House of Representatives and the Senate overwhelmingly approved two separate amendments that would reduce the federal government’s support of corn-based ethanol.
Swift Beef Co. will pay $1.3 million to settle violations of the federal Clean Water Act and state law at its processing plant in Nebraska, officials said.
The U.S. House of Representatives, by unanimous voice vote, passed an amendment intended to restore funding to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN), which protects the nation's food supply from foreign animal diseases.
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