Food grading hearings set for Ames and two other cities
The USDA will hold informal public hearings on July 1 at Fisher Theater in the Iowa State Center Ames to gather comments on proposed food grading changes. Ames is one of three sites St. Petersburg July 16 and San Francisco August 7. Penny Gentilly notes the aim to collect opinions during the rule making step and address widespread grading confusion. The FSQS will compile comments and draft final rules.
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Ames
St. Petersburg
Fla
San Francisco
Calif
Gentilly
USDA
Federal Register
Iowa Hogs Ship to Dominican Republic for Repopulation
About 250 Iowa hogs leave Des Moines to aid the Dominican Republic swine herd recovery after African swine fever. A total of 800 hogs will be sent over weeks as quarantined stock from the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Dr. Jerry Eber of APHIS notes the plan awaits destruction of infected hogs before the new stock is tested for disease absence.
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UPI
Iowa
Dominican Republic
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Jerry Eber
U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Dairy price supports push surpluses toward record levels
U S dairy price support program drives large government purchases of butter cheese and non fat dry milk in May the largest since 1971. CCC buys 60.8 million lb butter 48.9 million lb cheese 88.8 million lb non fat milk in May likely costing over $1 billion this year.
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U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
USDA
Bergland
National Milk Producers Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
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Judd Scrabble
Linn Health Service
Agriculture
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William Cullen Bryant
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Triumph
Hillside
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