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Iowa leaders petition USDA to provide CFAP funds for egg producers

Staff Edit - June 4, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa — In a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on June 2,, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni...

Business

Perdue Farms shares CDC report following Virginia facility tours

Staff Edit - June 3, 2020

ACCOMAC, Va. — To share and demonstrate the extensive incremental safety measures Perdue Farms has implemented to protect associates from COVID-19 beginning in early...

Regulatory

USDA and USTR announce continued progress on China trade deal

Staff Edit - May 26, 2020

WASHINGTON — The USDA and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) have announced additional progress in the implementation of the agriculture-related provisions...

Regulatory

USDA to provide $1B in loan guarantees for rural producers

Staff Edit - May 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced that the department is making available up to $1 billion in loan guarantees to...

Business

Rep. Collins visits Fieldale Farms, discusses challenges facing poultry industry

Staff Edit - May 12, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) on May 8 visited Fieldale Farms Further Processing plant in Gainesville, Ga., to observe the extra...

Processing

USDA applauds Missouri court ruling on meat processing plants

Staff Edit - May 8, 2020

WASHINGTON — On May 6, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded the decision made by the District Court of Western Missouri which ruled...

Processing

CDC releases new guidelines to keep poultry processing employees safe

Staff Edit - May 5, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have released industry-specific interim guidance aimed...

Processing

President issues executive order to keep meat processing plants open

Staff Edit - April 29, 2020

Plant closures place a potential threat to meat supplies By David B. Strickland Poultry Times editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com WASHINGTON — With processing plant closures, panic buying and a contagious...

Health & Safety

NIFA invests in rapid response research on COVID-19 impacts on agriculture

Staff Edit - April 23, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced that it is investing in research on the impact...

Health & Safety

USDA announces $19B coronavirus assistance program

Staff Edit - April 21, 2020

WASHINGTON — On April 17 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new USDA program will take...

Health & Safety

USDA confirms H7N3 avian influenza in a S.C. commercial turkey flock

Staff Edit - April 9, 2020

WASHINGTON — The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza (HPAI) in a...

Associations & Federations

NCC joins in urging Congress to support food industry workers in next aid package

Staff Edit - April 3, 2020

WASHINGTON — On April 3, the National Chicken Council joined a broad group of food industry associations in a letter requesting that Congress support...

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