LIVESTOCK & POULTRY: The forecast for 2022 red meat and poultry production is raised from last month as higher beef, broiler, and turkey forecasts for the fourth quarter are partly offset by lower pork. Beef production is raised with higher expected cattle slaughter as well as heavier ...
In the data that was released, daily cattle slaughter estimates showed that there was a27,000 dropin heads of cattle compared to last week. JBS alone handles about 22,500 cattle each day,according to Bloomberg. The JBS statement said the company's backup servers ...
“The USDA is shirking its duty as a regulatory agency by refusing to initiate rulemaking to amend the HMSA, particularly when many of the causes of inhumane slaughter are well known and easily addressed,” Dena Jones, the AWI’s farm animal program director, said in a statement....
As you enter the typical food manufacturing plant it immediately becomes apparent that the early steps in the process are highly automated (with the exception of animal slaughter and processing) and the human interaction with the food components is quite limited. As the completed food product exit...