FYI on Poultry

Social media is all about building relationships, a key
component in Ohio Farm Bureau’s mission to create a
partnership between farmers and consumers.

Cattle producers are trying to educate Congress about the use of antibiotics in the beef industry.

Michael Apley, a Kansas State University veterinary clinical pharmacologist, recently went to Washington, D.C., with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) representatives to address the issue.

In the two days preceding the 2010 International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, Sealed Air’s Cryovac brand invited customers and supply partners to attend the “Poultry” 101 training event at the Duncan, S.C.-based company’s Packforum Americas innovation center, located minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.

Egg Processing Plant Carts Can Harbor Bacteria

Plywood-shelved carts that are used to transport eggs into processing plants can harbor Enterobacteriaceae, according to a microbial survey conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Athens, Ga.

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With recent national media reports painting grim pictures of the dairy industry and the use of antibiotics in farm animals, it seems the agriculture community has become a serious target in media circles run by the likes of CBS Evening News Correspondent Katie Couric. And whether we like it or not, Couric is a 
strong voice in millions of family homes across the United States, 
unfortunately she is sure to make an impact on consumers choices.

Feb. 11, 2010 – Soyatech, LLC, the leading soyfoods industry intelligence resource, announced today that early results from its annual landmark study Soyfoods: The U.S. Market indicate that the soyfoods industry had a tough year in 2009.

Are the American farmers heading towards the same fate as America’s auto industry?

If we want to fix our broken food system—a system that isn't working for farmers, consumers or the environment—changing government policy is essential. In the U.S., policy set by Congress and implemented by government agencies deeply affects what, and how, food is produced and consumed. Most food system reformers have rightly zeroed in on the USDA and the 5-year farm bill as the main targets for change.

Three recent college graduates were hired as fellows by Bon Appétit to gather information about best labor and sustainability practices on the farms that supply the company’s 400 cafés in 30 states across the country. The fellows are now visiting college campuses to share information about the company’s supply chain with students, faculty, staff, and chefs and kitchen workers who prepare the food in the cafés.

Activity and skepticism have been the first by-products of Walmart's audacious plan to create a label that would tell a shopper the environmental toll of every product it sells, from the greenhouse-gas emissons of an Xbox to the water used to produce your Sunday bacon.

ATECH is an arm of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center—the largest university agricultural bioscience research center in the U.S.—and Ohio State University Extension. With a 1,000-member outreach team and a presence in every Ohio county, Ohio State University Extension is a vast network of professionals specializing in knowledge delivery of agricultural bioscience research. We are the only agricultural bioscience business development department of its kind.

U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Monsanto – Antitrust Enforcers Probe Business Practices Surrounding Biotech Soybean Seed