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Initiative Demonstrates Commitment to Animal Care

The Center for Food Integrity and the U.S. pork and dairy industries have launched “See It? Stop It!? Animal care starts with you,” a proactive demonstration of agriculture’s commitment to farm animal care. The initiative empowers, and in fact, demands that if signs of animal abuse, neglect, mishandling or harm are witnessed, anyone working on a farm or in a farm setting has an obligation to report it immediately.  

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  • May 17, 2013
    News

    Tyson Forms Independent Animal Welfare Panel

    As part of Tyson Foods’ commitment to proper treatment of farm animals, the company Thursday announced the formation of an independent Farm Animal Well-Being Advisory Panel. Members will serve as advisers to the Tyson FarmCheck program, a comprehensive initiative designed to ensure responsible care and overall well-being of farm animals....More
  • May 13, 2013
    Article

    Senate Approves ADUFA

    The Senate passed by unanimous consent the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA). Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) said, “This legislation will make certain that the Food and Drug Administration has the resources it needs to ensure the safety of animal drugs, and to approve products in a timely fashion. Fast, predictable approval of animal drugs, and their generic equivalents, benefits both the animals themselves and the people who depend on them.”...More
  • Dr. Temple Grandin.
    May 10, 2013
    blog

    Temple Grandin Guides Video Tour Behind “Glass Walls” of Pork Processing Plant

    This week the American Meat Institute (AMI) released a video tour of a pork slaughter plant hosted by leading animal welfare expert Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University....More
  • May 8, 2013
    News

    Iowa Farm Bureau Funds Entrepreneurship, Animal Care Programs

        The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) has provided $150,000 to support two programs in the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. One encourages budding entrepreneurs to return to rural Iowa and another supports the expansion of swine welfare training. The Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative will receive $100,000 and the animal science department’s applied research in animal care and well-being project will receive $50,000....More
  • Canadian retailers wish to move to alternative sow housing.
    May 3, 2013
    blog

    Do Producers Truly have Choices When it Comes to Animal Care?

    This week the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) reported that many of the largest supermarket companies across the border have decided to stop procuring pork produced in systems that use gestation stalls. The new procurement specifications will be phased in over the next nine years by retailers including Costco Canada, Wal-Mart Canada, Loblaw, Metro, Sobeys, Co-op Atlantic and Federated Co-operatives. The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) responded by saying producers will continue to focus on their first priority, which is the welfare of their animals, while working on a new set of animal care standards....More
  • Canadian pork producers respond to announcement about gestation stalls.
    Apr. 30, 2013
    News

    Producer Group Responds to Canadian Retailers’ Position on Sow Housing

    The chair of the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) says the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) commitment on sow housing provides an opportunity for productive dialog between farmers and retailers. “As a farmer, my first priority is the care and welfare of the animals. I am proud that my farm helps the Canadian pork industry provide consumers a healthy and safe food supply,” says CPC chair Jean-Guy Vincent. “Any change on farm must be done in a way that protects the welfare of the animals and keeps Canadian farms strong.”...More
  • Proposed egg legislation is being debated in Washington.
    Apr. 29, 2013
    Article

    HSUS-UEP Egg Bill Introduced

    Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) have introduced the “Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013.” This legislation, known as the “egg bill,” would codify the 2011 agreement between the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the United Egg Producers (UEP)....More
  • Apr. 19, 2013
    News

    Group Supports Animal Welfare, Not Humane Education

    Domesticated animals deserve respect and care. That’s animal welfare – and a priority of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA), an organization comprised of livestock, equine, poultry and aquaculture producers, producer organizations, veterinarians, extension personnel, academicians, scientists, federal and state regulatory agencies and allied industry. Jim Fraley, Livestock Program Director for Illinois Farm Bureau and co-chair of NIAA’s Animal Care Council, stresses that animal welfare and animal rights, however, are not the same....More
  • Apr. 11, 2013
    Article

    Could PETA Drones Hover Over Your Farm?

    In a recent People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) press release, the group claims it will soon have new “weapons” at its disposal to watch hunters. According to the release, the group is shopping for one or more drone aircraft with which to monitor “those who are out in the woods with death on their minds.” Farmers take note. The press release also says PETA intends to fly the drones over “factory farms,” popular fishing spots, and other venues where animals, “routinely suffer and die.”...More
  • Mar. 28, 2013
    News

    Kentucky Ag Board Okays Farm Animal Care Standards 1

      Over objections from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the Kentucky Board of Agriculture approved standards Tuesday for the care of farm animals, according to a report by Janet Patton in the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader. HSUS said Agriculture Commissioner James Comer had promised a public hearing before a vote....More
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