Hancock Gourmet Lobster Introduces New Package Sizes

Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co. has introduced new package sizes for three of its best selling products. Products include Port Clyde Lobster Mac & Cheese, Linekin Bay Lobster Corn Chowder and York Harbor Lobster Risotto. The Lobster Mac & Cheese and the Lobster Risotto are now available in a singleserve 9oz. container. The Lobster Corn Chowder is now available in a 16oz. container.

Buckhead Beef Building New Processing Center In College Park, GA

Buckhead Beef Company, a Sysco Corporation company, is moving its plant location farther south, according to the College Park director of economic development.

USDA GIPSA Proposed Marketing Rule Creates Long-Term Dangers For Family Farmers

National Turkey Federation (NTF) President Joel Brandenberger told a House of Representatives Small Business Subcommittee that the Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed marketing rule would have devastating impacts on the poultry and livestock industries should the regulations be implemented as currently written by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Butterball Donates 145,000 Pounds Of Turkey, Over $25,000 Dollars For Storm Relief

July 11, 2011 Butterball, LLC

Since the onset of the spring storms, Butterball, LLC, the nations largest turkey producer, has contributed a total of 145,000 pounds of turkey products to food banks in the severely affected areas of eastern North Carolina, western Alabama and southwestern Missouri, as well as supplies for relief efforts. Additionally, the company established a Butterball Disaster Relief Fund to provide for the immediate needs of its affected employees.

Collier, Lee County Nurseries Not Yet Worried About New Whitefly Pest

The new nuisance fly soon could be buzzing in Southwest Florida, but so far local nurseries, garden centers and landscaping businesses say they haven’t had a problem with the rugose spiraling whitefly.