Farm Bill

PoultryCast 0300 Show Notes:

• This breakdown of the current status of livestock provisions in the Farm Bill discussion is specially pertinent. Anne Hazlett, chief counsel to the Senate Ag Committee, and Pete Thomson, senior professional staffer with the House Ag Committee, provide the highlights.  The Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholder Summit in Arlington, VA marked the organization's 25th year of raising awareness of the value of animal agriculture to legislators and media.

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Information To Help Your Operations

1. Audio: Washington Gridlocked, Farm Bill, and You - House Ag Committee Chair Congressman Frank Lucas recently spent some time walking through the current climate in Washington, D.C. and gave his thoughts on the next Farm Bill, where it stands and what might happen. Please pass this one to others in your organization [audio].
2. Video: Public Health, Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare - Initiatives to Ensure Public Health, Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare of Antibiotic Use in Food Animals - Dr. Tom Shryock, Senior Research Advisor of Microbiology, Elanco Animal Health, from the 2011 Antibiotic Use In Food Animals conference, October 26-27, 2011, Chicago, IL, USA [video].
3. Video: Antibiotic Product Development Challenges - Dr. William Flynn, Deputy Director for Science Policy, Food and Drug Administration, shares how the U.S. FDA is approaching antibiotics in food-producing animals. Dr.

PoultryCast 0297 Show Notes:

• House Ag Committee Chair Congressman Frank Lucas recently spent some time walking through the current climate in Washington, D.C. and gave his thoughts on the next Farm Bill, where it stands and what might happen.  Please pass this one to others in your organization. 

Using software and people to highlight issues is not new. But using it in agriculture is picking up steam. Food+Tech Connect and Gojee brought together journalists, tech designers, food/ag policy experts, and data gurus to explore the 2012 US Farm Bill. The goal was to highlight issues and extract data to support conversations and debate.

PoultryCast 0218 Show Notes:

• A conversation with Agri-Pulse publisher Sara Wyant, moderator for the upcoming Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholders Summit.  (Register here)

PoultryCast 0125a Show Notes:

• Special post-election insight on new administration's transition and impact on agriculture 

PoultryCast 0109 Show Notes:

• NCC connects with the Colonel in the new Showcase of Chicken site
  
• ARS finds Borax to be an excellent odor reducer
• 2008 Farm Bill first to have a livestock title... and what that means
• Specialist in multicultural relations, Jorge Estrada joins us today to discuss working more efficiently and effectively with our Hispanic workforce

PoultryCast 0104 Show Notes:

• What's behind what's up with weather
• Tax provisions in the new farm bill you need to know from Iowa State's Roger McEowen
  
• Don Tyler's suggestions for finding employees that work for you
  

PoultryCast 0094 Show Notes:

• Prospective plantings not good news for growers
• Farm bill deliberations expected to exceed recent extension. Secretary Schafer says another is possible if discussion keeps moving forward.
• Glycerin studies at University of GA presented at IPE
• Wells Fargo economist looks at major changes in ag price influencers
• Avian Influenza issues extend far

PoultryCast 0085a Show Notes:

• FSIS preparing to publish sample sets from Cat 2 and 3 slaughter establishments
• Penn State's Terry Etherton visits with poultry producers at IPE to encourage industry to hold onto technology gains. Visit Terry's Blog
  
• Ag Sec Shafer's thoughts on Farm Bill discussion