Fire Destroys Western PA Meat Packer Dayton Packing
Fire destroyed a meat packing business in Armstrong County Wednesday morning. The fire started around 1:30 a.m. at Dayton Packing on Slaughterhouse Road in Wayne Township, just outside of Dayton. …
Month: September 2014
Rep. Slaughter Calls On FDA & Congress To Act On Antibiotics
In light of new data from a groundbreaking Reuters report showing widespread, indiscriminate use of antibiotics in meat production, Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), the only microbiologist in Congress, renewed her call for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action to protect antibiotics for human use. Slaughter is currently leading legislation to stop the indiscriminate use of eight critical classes of antibiotics in meat production, as well as a bill requiring the FDA to collect and publicize more data about antibiotic usage from the agriculture industry. …
Beef Checkoff Sets FY2015 Plan Of Work
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest about $39 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications in fiscal year 2015, if this week's recommendation of the Beef Promotion Operating Committee is approved by USDA, following review by the full Beef Board. …
New Jersey Ag Secretary Celebrates NJ's Public Gardens, Encourages Garden Visits, Fall Planting
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher today visited Willowwood Arboretum in Chester and encouraged public garden and arboretum visits this fall. He also reminded residents and visitors that fall is a great time to tend to home gardens with new plantings. …
Deliflor Chrysanten Recaps A Busy Month
It all began on August 13th when Deliflor LatinAmerica attended Marco Island FL, for the annual convention of SAF (Society of American Florists). It was a great 3-day meeting in which we were attending educational conferences and meetings with some of our clients, as well as with customers of our clients. As every year, the convention attracted the most important characters in the world of flowers for America. We had the pleasure to enjoy warm conversations, very interesting debates on our world of flowers, plus we got a few awards. …
