U.S. beef exports posted another strong performance in February 2022, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation, led by excellent value growth in key Asian and Latin American markets.
Preparing for and preventing foreign animal diseases, addressing an agricultural labor shortage, and increasing pork exports are the top public-policy issues pork producers lobbied their congressional lawmakers on, from April 6–7, 2022.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial pheasant flock (poultry) in Erath County, Texas.
The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) will be welcoming the meat science community to the 75th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) June 12–15, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), along with 50 of their colleagues, have introduced the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act.
Duravant President & CEO Mike Kachmer has announced that Jim James, who previously served as senior vice president of service operations for Foodmate US, has been promoted to president.
In 2022, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) estimates MLB fans will consume 19.1 million hot dogs and nearly five million sausages at games this season.
CloverLeaf Animal Welfare Systems is an international consulting, auditing, and certification firm based in the United States that has successfully leveraged different digital and virtual tools to hold conferences and training courses in addition to the Remote Animal Welfare Manager support.
As of March 1, there were 72.2 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 2% from March 2021 and down 3% from Dec. 1, 2021, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.