Foster Farms, based in Livingston, California, has been selected as 2016 Processor of the Year by The National Provisioner, a leading meat and poultry trade publication that has been covering the industry for 125 years.
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Dave Reichert (R-WA), House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman, has announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Expanding U.S. Agriculture Trade and Eliminating Barriers to U.S. Exports” on Tuesday, June 14 in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
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Amid reports this week that Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and ranking member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) were meeting to discuss a compromise on the labeling of genetically modified food, the Coalition for a Safe Affordable Food Supply and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture this week called on lawmakers to make a deal so that the Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling law, the first in the nation, does not go into effect on July 1, 2016.
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Global food prices rose 2.1 percent in May, the fourth straight monthly increase, but stayed approximately 7 percent below 2015 levels, according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). FAO also said that food commodity markets are on a stable path for the year ahead, with solid production prospects and abundant stocks pointing to broadly stable prices and supplies.
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Visits to restaurants are increasing minimally quarter-after-quarter, resulting in an average lift in traffic of one percent annually, according to The NPD Group. The restaurant industry has been conducting business in a one-percent world since 2010 and will continue at the same pace for several more years, said NPD, based on their ongoing foodservice market research.
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