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Additional time offered for swine inspection plant trials

03/08/23 6:03 AM By Jacqui Fatka

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has extended until Nov. 30 the trial period for a study on the impact line speeds have on workers at swine processing facilities.

Vilsack pledges action on China ag trade concerns

Biden has 'variety' of options, secretary says

01/20/22 3:07 PM By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack assures lawmakers the Biden administration is holding China to account for its failure to fulfill “phase one” trade commitments, but he stopped short of saying what steps the administration would take.

New trial program will allow faster line speeds at pork plants

11/12/21 5:54 PM By Steve Davies

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will allow up to nine pork plants to operate at faster line speeds in a year-long trial so long as they implement worker safety measures.

Daybreak Feb 8: Direct payments down, but still historically high this year

02/08/21 9:44 AM By Steve Davies and Philip Brasher

Government farm payments are still likely to fall significantly this year, but the cliff won’t be quite as stiff as it once looked like it would be.

New criteria to increase poultry line speeds likely to spark lawsuit

10/03/18 6:24 AM By Steve Davies

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's new criteria for allowing young chicken slaughter plants to increase their line speeds from 140 birds per minute to 175 bpm are likely to prompt a lawsuit from food safety and worker protection groups.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 20, 2024: Todd Van Hoose on Farm Credit System, farm economy

The Farm Credit System has experienced many changes in recent decades to better support rural America. Todd Van Hoose, retiring president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council, discussed the viability of lenders in 2025 and looked back at a historic farm bill advocacy push. Christy Seyfert will succeed Van Hoose in January.

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