Pork producers attending the National Pork Industry Forum in Anaheim, CA were interested in the outcome of the Arizona ballot initiative that banned the use of gestation stalls and veal crates. Although livestock and farming organizations campaigned vigorously and decreased the margin significantly from early polls, the measure passed with a 62 percent majority.

Charlie Arnot of CMA, who served as consultant to the agricultural groups, e...

Societal expectations of food production have undergone fundamental changes in recent years.  During the same period, agriculture has changed in ways that consumers no longer recognize and or understand. The result has been an increasing disconnect between food producers and consumers. This topic was e...

Feedstuffs reported that pork producers are adopting an "anticipatory issues management" (AIM) strategy to identify the"dots" and connect them early enough to mitigate the potential for emerging issues to become costly problems.