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Under Secretary for Food Safety Shares Some Insight on the Humane Handling of Livestock

January 07, 2011 Under Secretary for Food Safety, Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Food Safety and Inspection Service

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is making significant changes this year to strengthen humane handling enforcement-making it a more objective, and less subjective, measure. As a public health agency, FSIS is responsible for ensuring that America’s supply of meat and poultry...

Health and Safety

USDA Market News – the Eyes and Ears of American Agriculture

January 07, 2011 Terry Long, Market News Branch Chief, Agricultural Marketing Service

Since 1915, the Market Reporters of USDA have tracked and reported the markets for agricultural products on a daily basis, both domestically and internationally. With hundreds of daily reports, Market News provides timely, reliable and unbiased information that helps facilitate the efficient...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Alabama Landowner Grows Produce in Winter, Models Conservation Practices

January 07, 2011 Fay Garner, NRCS Alabama

On a recent December day, Earl and Clarisse Snell, of Skipperville, Alabama, proudly showed off the summer squash and tomatoes they were still growing at the start of winter thanks to the seasonal high tunnel they built earlier in the year. Also called hoop houses, seasonal high tunnels look a lot...

Conservation