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Consumer demand is best illustrated by providing choices
Watt Ag Net | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Food NewsActivists groups are pushing slower-growing broilers as a higher welfare alternative to modern breeds, but they don't seem to be willing to let consumers demonstrate that they want them at the cash register. When questioned about what consumers want, Super said, “What the majority of consumers actually want is choice. Slow-grow, conventional, raised without antibiotics – each of these production practices dictate choices about how chickens’ living conditions are managed.
Perdue invests $12 million investment in composting
Meatingplace (free registration required) | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Agriculture NewsPerdue Farms announced it has expanded its $68 million investment in nutrient recycling on Delmarva with the addition of a $12 million capital investment in a composting operation. The AgriSoil composting facility, which started operation next to Perdue AgriRecycle’s organic fertilizer plant in Blades, Del., increases the company’s capacity to handle surplus poultry litter from Delmarva chicken farms and adds the capability to recycle other agricultural by-products that were previously land-applied.
Mall Closures Ripple Through Small Town America
Wall Street Journal | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Rural NewsThe Fort Steuben Mall in this former steel town on the edge of the Ohio River is battling a double whammy of store closures that have thrust it into a fight for survival. On one side of the mall is an empty space that housed a Sears department store and automotive center until the struggling retailer closed the location last June. On the opposite side sits a Macy’s set to close in early spring, the retail chain said early this month, as part of 100 closures announced last summer. Fort Steuben Mall is being swept up in a wave of store closings that is buffeting landlords across the U.S.
Colorado Premium to create 190 jobs in Carroll County
Georgia Governor Press Release | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Rural NewsGov. Nathan Deal announced that Colorado Premium, a manufacturer of premium protein products, will create 190 jobs and invest $15 million in a Carroll County food processing plant by the end of 2018. The company purchased an existing 130,000-square-foot building in Carroll County for the new processing facility.
Nestlé investigating Chinese fake food factories
Food Manufacturer | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Food NewsNestlé has joined Chinese authorities in investigating factories suspected of producing £12M worth of counterfeit food seasonings and sauces, including fake Nestlé products.
British meat firms peparing to export to US
Food Manufacturer | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in NewsUK meat exporters are preparing to break into the lucrative US market, after receiving training on US beef and lamb import regulations last week, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) revealed.
Belgium horsemeat call after drug found in Brazilian imports
Global Meat News | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Energy NewsA discovery of Brazilian horsemeat laced with naproxen in Belgium has sparked calls for tough controls over EU imports of horsemeat.
North Dakota Landowners Sue Over Dakota Access Easements
ABC News | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Energy NewsA group of about two dozen North Dakota landowners is suing the developer of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline for alleged deceit and fraud in acquiring land easements. Already, landowners in Iowa await a state judge's ruling in another easement case regarding the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline. Other court battles are playing out in federal court in North Dakota and Washington, D.C. The Morton County landowners in the lawsuit, filed this month in U.S.
FDA wants to regulate gene edited animals
FDA | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Federal NewsFDA is issuing this draft revised Guidance for Industry to clarify its approach to the regulation of intentionally altered genomic DNA in animals. This guidance addresses animals whose genomes have been intentionally altered using modern molecular technologies, which may include random or targeted DNA sequence changes including nucleotide insertions, substitutions, or deletions, or other technologies that introduce specific changes to the genome of the animal.
USDA Analysis Reaffirms Ethanol Benefits
25 X 25 Blog | Posted onJanuary 22, 2017 in Energy NewsBe assured that industry leaders were elated by the report, A Life-Cycle Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emission