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Additional direct assistance to farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus

Staff Edit - October 6, 2020

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue have announced up to an additional $14 billion dollars for agricultural producers...

Housing & Production

USDA announces modernization of egg inspection system

Staff Edit - September 18, 2020

WASHINGTON — USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Sept. 9 announced that it is modernizing egg products inspection methods for the first time...

Health & Safety

OSHA and FDA develop coronavirus checklist to protect food employees

Staff Edit - September 9, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have developed a...

Feed & Nutrition

USDA forecasts U.S. corn and soybean production up from 2019

Staff Edit - August 24, 2020

Soybeans up 25 percent Corn up 12 percent WASHINGTON — The recent “Crop Production” report issued by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has forecasted soybean...

Associations & Federations

NAMI and OSHA establish alliance to protect meatpacking workers from COVID

Staff Edit - August 18, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an alliance with the North American Meat Institute to provide...

Health & Safety

Michigan governor signs executive order outlining workplace safety guidelines for meat and poultry processing facilities

Staff Edit - July 20, 2020

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on July 9 signed Executive Order 2020-145 which outlines workplace safety guidelines for meatpacking plants to keep...

Associations & Federations

USAPEEC honors APHIS, CDFA for efforts to eradicate virulent Newcastle disease

Staff Edit - July 16, 2020

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), at its recent virtual 2020 Annual Meeting, recognized the efforts of the...

Health & Safety

OSHA notes importance of working safely in summer heat

Staff Edit - July 2, 2020

WASHINGTON — Throughout much of the U.S., high temperatures and humidity in the summer season can create hot and hazardous working conditions, both outdoors...

Health & Safety

FDA, USDA release joint statement on food safety and exports pertaining to COVID-19

Staff Edit - June 29, 2020

WASHINGTON — On June 24, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Food & Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, issued the...

Regulatory

USDA trade mitigation purchases surpasses $2B

Staff Edit - June 25, 2020

WASHINGTON — The USDA has announced that it has purchased more than $2.2 billion of meat, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops and dairy products in...

Regulatory

Poultry company executives indicted by DOJ on antitrust charges

Staff Edit - June 12, 2020

By David B. Strickland Poultry Times editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com DENVER — On June 3 a grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colo., returned an indictment...

Health & Safety

USDA issues first Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments

Staff Edit - June 8, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on June 4 announced the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already approved more than $545...

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