Articles Tagged with ''USDA''

The early-release tables will be in MS Excel format and posted to the Office of the Chief Economist's (OCE) website.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service program fulfills requirement of the 2014 Farm Bill.

US agriculture and related exports to China totaled $25.9 billion in fiscal 2015, comprising approximately 16 percent of all US agricultural exports.

Leaders from five state departments of agriculture and 26 US agribusinesses are traveling to sub-Saharan Africa this week.

FSIS released new guidelines to assist meat, poultry and processed egg product producers.

An animal rights group turned over its undercover video footage to USDA.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week it awarded contracts to two companies to manufacture doses of avian influenza vaccine.

President Obama has signed a measure reauthorizing the Livestock Mandatory Reporting law, which requires meat packers to report to USDA the prices they pay for cattle, hogs and lambs.

 Food loss in the US accounts for approximately 31 percent of the overall food supply available to retailers and consumers. 

Pork processing, like any live protein processing, is not a nice environment for humans or machines.