Bill Roenigk, NCC consultant and former NCC senior vice president and chief economist, testified on Wednesday before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development and Credit about the current state of the chicken industry.
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United States Trade Representative Michael Froman testified yesterday before the Senate Finance Committee on the President’s 2014 trade policy agenda, saying that the administration is pursuing the most ambitious trade agenda in decades with the negotiation of high-standard trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region and with the European Union.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the updated 2012 Census of Agriculture data. The census includes data at the national, state, and county levels on a range of topics, including farms, land, agricultural practices, economics, demographics, and production, as well as energy, organics, conservation, specialty crops, and more.
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In its first global report on antimicrobial resistance, released Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) says “a post-antibiotic era–in which common infections and minor injuries can kill–is a very real possibility for the 21st century.”
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OK Foods, Inc. announced today that the maintenance and refrigeration employees at its Heavener, Oklahoma processing facility have decided against the need to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) conducted election.
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