Livestock News

Potential environmental benefits per 1,000 cattle include savings equivalent to annually removing 35 passenger cars from the road, say Syngenta officials.

“The line speed rule is one of several rules and regulations that fall under the regulatory freeze memo issued last week by the White House,” said the USDA.

The largest U.S. poultry producer,?Tyson Foods, said on Wednesday it would pay $221.5 million to settle antitrust litigation that accuses it of price fixing in the sale of broiler chicken meat.

The Trump administration, in a move sought by the hog industry, pushed through an interdepartmental memorandum before leaving office that allows the USDA to regulate food-bearing GE livestock.

Ahead of the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit, Perdue's Bruce Stewart-Brown provides a snapshot of challenges facing the industry and how technology can play a role.

“After more than half of the industry shut down in April, we saw a slow but steady recovery in late April through June,” says Geoff Cooper, CEO of Renewable Fuels Association.