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Gov. Noem announced Thursday that SD and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service have entered the Cooperative Interstate Shipping agreement.

Carrie Stadheim If Americans learned one thing from the Covid pandemic, it should have been that we need a more secure food system. That is what North Dakota State University’s professor Kalidas Shetty, with the Global Institute of Food Security and International Agriculture, told TSLN. A reported ransomware attack over Memorial Day weekend affecting JBS shut down all of their US beef plants and slowed pork and poultry processing in this country. Shetty, a biochemist, said “The lesson from all of this is that the more centralized and more concentrated any part of the production system is,...

Sherpa Foods LLC, of Burlington first to participate in the Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) Program Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) is excited to announce the selection of Sherpa Foods LLC, of Burlington as the first food processing establishment in Vermont to participate in the Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) Program, allowing them to locally process and ship its products outside of Vermont. The 2008 Farm Bill created the CIS program, an agreement between USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) and participating state meat ...

RazoomGames/Getty Images MARKETING OPPORTUNITY: Livestock producers can take out the middleman by direct marketing of their own meat products, as long as they follow state and federal guidelines for meat inspection and proper labeling. Labeling and inspection are key components to a program’s success. Livestock producers looking to cut out the middleman by marketing meat products directly to consumers need to adhere to state and federal regulations. Nathan Kroh, information coordinator for the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s meat and poultry inspection p...

USDA ARS Angus cows graze on grass and forage kochia in Utah. Small processing plants that position local beef as a premium product are a financially feasible option. Feb 01, 2021 In a report released Jan. 20, 2021, researchers from Utah State University Extension and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) assess the potential for expanding meat processing capabilities in Utah and examine the potential demand for Utah beef. Researchers conclude that there is growth potential for Utah beef processing and sales, and that Utahns desire local beef products. S...