11/20/2009 03:16PM
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) is pleased that the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed to Canada's request for the creation of a Dispute Settlement Panel to rule on the United States’ (U.S.) mandatory Country-of-Origin Labelling (mCOOL) law.
11/20/2009 01:22PM
The Star Tribune reports that a former manager of a cooperative south
of St. Paul has pleaded guilty to faking $1.4 million in cattle sales
in four years and losing the money by gambling at a local casino.
11/20/2009 01:08PM
A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud.
11/20/2009 10:50AM
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest in the suffocation of 3,800 pigs at a hog operation near Hull in northwest Iowa.
11/20/2009 10:47AM
Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers as part of a national effort, asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal.
11/20/2009 07:42AM
Authorities say eight cows that escaped from a trailer after a collision in northeast Iowa have been rounded up.
11/20/2009 07:18AM
The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against William F. Nickle of North East, Md., for allegedly selling veal calves for human consumption that contained illegal drug residues in edible tissues.
11/20/2009 07:05AM
“Oh, Lord, Stuck in Lodi again.” That old Creedence Clearwater Revival tune got earwigged in my head as I read the latest in a long line of same old/same old.
11/19/2009 08:24PM
Today, U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) led a bipartisan group of Senators to urge the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reinstate senior nutrition programs’ ability to receive bonus commodities. This will allow programs such as Meals on Wheels to better serve our nation’s seniors.