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Georgia Sheep and Wool Association to Hold Annual Meeting

Dan Livestock, Sheep-Goats

The American Sheep Industry Association wants to remind those interested that the Georgia Sheep and Wool Association will hold their Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 10 at the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital Education Center in Athens, Ga. The event, which will run from 10:00am until 2:00pm, includes an excellent line up of speakers along with various opportunities for attendees to take part …

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ASI Endorses Animal Health Legislation

Dan American Sheep Industry Association (ASI), Legislative, Livestock, Regulation, Sheep-Goats

Livestock producer trade groups, including the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI), recently offered their support for the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023 (H.R. 3419 and S. 1666). The bipartisan and bicameral legislation would continue making critical investments in foreign animal disease response programs currently overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ASI President Brad Boner of Wyoming said, …

ALB

Lamb Board Releases Final Video in Lamb Quality Series

Dan American Lamb Board (ALB), Sheep-Goats

The American Lamb Board (ALB) released the final video in its five-part series emphasizing lamb quality. The final video’s title is “Retail Meat Yield.” The overall goal of the video series is to help the U.S. lamb industry provide a consistently high-quality product for Americans’ dinner plates. “By emphasizing lean meat growth in U.S. sheep, we can make lambs with more muscle …

ALB

Nomination Open for American Lamb Board Members

Dan American Lamb Board (ALB), Sheep-Goats

Nominations for new members of the American Lamb Board must be submitted by certified nominating organizations and are due to the USDA’s Ag Marketing Service by May 5. The Secretary of Agriculture appoints the board members from the nominations. USDA is looking for a producer with 100 or fewer lambs, a producer with more than 500 lambs, a feeder with …

Power of Meat

2023 Power of Meat Research Released at Annual Meat Conference

Dan Beef, Cattle, Livestock, Marketing, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats

During the recent Annual Meat Conference, research from the latest Power of Meat Study showed consumers’ meat usage, attitudes, and trends was released. The report says 2022 meat sales rose 5.7 percent versus 2021, and almost 87 percent of all home-prepared dinners featured meat or poultry. Also, more than 98 percent of shoppers make meat purchases. Inflation is becoming an …

alabama

Grant Awarded to the Alabama Agricultural Development Authority for Meat and Poultry Processing

Dan Alabama, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI), Beef, Cattle, Livestock, Marketing, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats

(ADAI/MONTGOMERY, AL/March 17, 2023) — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $15 million to the lender Alabama Agricultural Development Authority (AADA) to support meat and poultry slaughter and processing businesses in Alabama. The USDA Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP) is awarded to the lender, AADA, in the form of a grant. Businesses engaged in the processing of …

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Meat Plants Employed Nearly 31% of U.S. Food Workers in 2021

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Livestock, Marketing, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats, USDA-ERS

The latest federal data shows that in 2021, the U.S. food and beverage manufacturing sector employed 1.7 million people, or more than 1.1 percent of all U.S. nonfarm employment. Within the U.S. manufacturing sector, food and beverage manufacturing accounted for the largest share of employees, 15.4 percent. USDA’s Economic Research Service Monday announced the data, noting that these employees help …

october

Pork Exports Robust in January; Slow Start for Beef Exports

Dan Beef, Cattle, Exports/Imports, Livestock, Pork, Sheep-Goats, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

According to new data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), U.S. pork exports maintained momentum in January after a strong finish last year. But U.S. beef exports, after a record-breaking 2022, slowed late in the year and that trend continued in January. Shipments of U.S. beef were well below the large totals from a year ago. …

asi

ASI Spring Trip Dates Set for March 27-29

Dan American Sheep Industry Association (ASI), Sheep-Goats

The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) spring trip to Washington, D.C. is set for March 27-29. Sheep producers from state and national associations across the U.S. will visit our nation’s capital to meet with their congressional delegations on issues of interest to the industry. The trip will also include meetings with our ASI partners at the U.S. Department of Agriculture on lamb …

agriculture covid

USDA Developing New Ways to Track COVID in Wild and Domestic Animals

Dan Beef, Cattle, Coronavirus, Dairy, Equine, Livestock, Pork, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep-Goats, USDA-APHIS, USDA-ARS

Scientists with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are developing new tests to identify and track the COVID virus in wild and domestic animals. Funded by the American Rescue Plan, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is implementing $300 million to conduct monitoring and surveillance of susceptible animals for the COVID virus. Through the initiative, ARS, in partnership with …