Congressional Chicken Caucus co-chair Jim Costa (D-CA) this week joined several key Members of Congress in the reintroduction of the Agriculture Export Promotion Act, which would significantly increase funding to the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) program.

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This week, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the termination of the 2023 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela. The designation will officially end work authorization for all TPS recipients on April 6, 2025.

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NCC this week on social media

On February 7, 2025, in Social Media, by Tom

NCC is active on all major social media channels! Follow the NCC and Chicken Check In accounts on NCC Twitter, Chicken Check In Twitter, InstagramLinkedInYouTube, Facebook, and TikTok. Click through to see a few recent posts.

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The U.S. announced this week that it is imposing an additional 10 percent tariff on certain imports from China, while China has responded with additional targeted tariffs.

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Comments are due Monday, February 10, in response to the Scientific Report released last December by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services as they work to finalize the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans later this year.

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The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is changing its name and those of its operating units on February 14, when it will become known as Humane World for Animals.

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Chicken exports in December 2024 decreased 17.8 percent in quantity and decreased 1.8 percent in value when compared with December 2023, according to USDA.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 8, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,640,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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