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Study: antibiotic use in India’s chicken industry is a looming disaster
The Fern | Posted onJuly 29, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsPoultry farms in India are dosing their chickens with antibiotics at such high rates that 94 percent of meat chickens and 60 percent of laying hens tested in a new study harbored multi-drug-resistant bacteria that can cause grave human infections. In the study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers from Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Minnesota and several institutions in India interviewed farmers and collected samples on 18 farms in northern India.
Water Law Webinar from the National Ag Law Center on Sept. 6th
National Ag Law Center | Posted onJuly 29, 2017 in Agriculture NewsWednesday, September 6th at Noon EDT. This webinar summarizes recent legislative developments and case law from around the country that impact agriculture and agribusiness. The status of the Waters of the United States Rule will be analyzed. Recent case law on exempt wells, water rights and regulatory takings, and other important topics will be discussed. The webinar will include an analysis of the possible impacts of Des Moines Water Works decision. Practical impacts for the producer and agricultural law will be emphasized throughout the webinar.
Secretary Perdue to announce new mentorship initiative in Iowa August 5, Register Now!
Farm Services Agency | Posted onJuly 28, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsOn August 5, 2017, Secretary Perdue plans to announce an initiative that will increase access to business mentorships by farmers, ranchers and small business entrepreneurs. Please join us for this announcement and a panel discussion on supporting the next generation of farmers and ranchers!
American Farmland Trust releases new guide on Growing Local
American Farmland Trust | Posted onJuly 28, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsToday American Farmland Trust and Growing Food Connections announced the publication of GROWING LOCAL: A Community Guide to Planning for Agriculture and Food Systems. The national guide showcases ways communities can strengthen their food systems through planning, policy and public investment. It includes the most comprehensive collection of local policies ever assembled to support local farms and ranches, improve access to healthy food, and develop needed distribution and infrastructure.
Senators push for end to Chinese poultry ban
Feedstuffs | Posted onJuly 28, 2017 in NewsA bipartisan group of 37 senators, led by Sens. Thad Cochran (R., Miss.) and Mark Warner (D., Va.), wrote to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue calling for the swift reopening of the Chinese market after U.S. exports of chicken and turkey were banned in 2015. China instituted the ban in 2015 after the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a wild duck, and the ban continues to be enforced today, in contradiction to World Organization for Animal Health standards. ANd yet, China can ship poultry to U.S.?
New York meat plant to close despite grant money
Meatingplace (free registration required) | Posted onJuly 27, 2017 in Agriculture NewsValue-added and portion-controlled pork and veal products maker Delft Blue will close its pork processing plant in New York Mills, N.Y., just months after announcing it would expand its operation and add 22 jobs in exchange for a $330,000 government grant, according to local media reports. According to NewYorkUpstate.com, the expansion never happened, and now Delft Blue plans to close the plant and lay off its 83 employees, filing a notice under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act saying it will shut its plant in October.
‘Slow-growing’ chickens don’t have to be the next ‘antibiotic-free’ trend
Meatingplace (free registration required) | Posted onJuly 27, 2017 in NewsThe chicken industry can blunt the increasing calls from consumers for slow-growing broilers before the trend takes off like antibiotic-free has if companies change the way they market to millennial consumers. “Slow-growth will be the next antibiotic-free,” Richard Kottmeyer, senior managing partner of Farm 2 Fork Advisory Services, told attendees here at the Chicken Marketing Summit.
Food Sovereignty
Maine Public | Posted onJuly 27, 2017 in Food, SARL Members and Alumni NewsMaine has a new law that allows towns to regulate local food production without requiring state and federal rules. We’ll learn what this means for Mainers and how it ties into the national food sovereignty movement.
Chris Hardie: We've come a long way in rural Wisconsin ... but we're not there yet
LaCrosse Tribune | Posted onJuly 27, 2017 in Rural NewsSince then we had another time when phone service was out for more than 36 hours and internet service was out for two days. No explanation, just frustration.A few years ago legislation was passed in Wisconsin that gives phone companies an out if they no longer want to provide landline service. Yes, I understand in our cities and villages that landlines have gone the way of eight-track tapes.But in many parts of rural Wisconsin — particularly in the Driftless Region, where we have many bluffs and valleys — cell phones don’t work or are unreliable at best.
Why the new organic egg welfare rule won’t raise prices
Watt Ag Net | Posted onJuly 27, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsA new final rule establishing stricter animal welfare standards for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program are being delayed until at least November 2017, but Mid-States Specialty Eggs and Eggs “R” Us Inc. argue the final rule – originally published in January 2017 – won’t hamper the organic egg business or send prices skyrocketing as some are predicting.