The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering a temporary emergency standard that would mandate six feet of separation at meat and poultry facilities, despite if other mitigation efforts are utilized. However, the pork industry fears if enforced the standard would increase food prices, create potential meat shortages and result in financial losses for farmers.
While speaking on a media call hosted by the National Pork Producers Council, incoming President Jen Sorenson explains that worker safety is paramount for the industry. She notes due to new worker safety practices, procedures, investments and a better understanding of the coronavirus, COVID cases at meat and poultry plants were five times lower in December 2020 versus May 2020, while infections for the general population increased by nine times during that same period, according to detail released by the North American Meat Institute.
Meat industry concerned on extra COVID worker requirements
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KBHB Radio - Cattle Market Transparency Act reintroduced to mixed support from producer groups
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After the Holcomb fire and fallout from the COVID pandemic, cattle producers went looking for answers on improving market transparency. In an ongoing effort to provide a legislative response, Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., joined with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to offer the Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021 to ensure robust regionally negotiated cash trade and provide producers with more pricing information.
The bill builds off the recommendations provided by USDA in its Boxed Beef and Fed Cattle Price Spread Investigation Report and discussions producers across the U.S. are having in response to historically low cattle prices and a dysfunctional marketplace. In response to the introduction, the bill was welcomed by industry players including the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association and the American Farm Bureau Federation, but each group left the door open for the need for additional discussion on the hotly debated topic that has varied by region and producer type.
Trotter Joins Cattle Hall of Fame
Trotter Joins Cattle Hall of Fame AQHA Past President Johnny Trotter to be inducted into Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. Johnny Trotter, pictured accepting an Eastex Handicap trophy, joins another hall of fame. PHOTO: Dustin Orona Photography March 1, 2021 | News and Publications , Racing , Racing | Racing , Racing
AQHA Past President Johnny Trotter on August 9 will be inducted into the Cattle Feeder Hall of Fame at the annual Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association trade show in Nashville.
The co-owner of Ruidoso Downs is already a member of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame. He is the president and g