Religious support for Humane Society goals; Bible calls for humans to be `stewards' of the earth.
Byline: Bronislaus B. Kush The video, taken at a California slaughterhouse, graphically shows a number of prone cattle - some crippled and others ill - being beaten about the head with brooms, poked in the eyes and face with electric prods, dragged by chains and rammed by...

Playing dinner table roulette.
After a year of major recalls of contaminated foods--peanut butter, ground beef, canned chili, and even pet food--February brought the Godzilla of all recalls. The U.S. Department of Agriculture negotiated a recall by Westland/Hall mark Meat Co. of 143 million pounds of beef (mostly from aging dairy...

More companies discontinuing farm-animal confinement.
More companies around the world are adjusting their farm-animal confinement policies, largely in response to U.S. voter-led initiatives and to the implementation of European Union farm-policy reforms. Forcing chickens, pigs, or young cattle into tight cages, crates, or pens is common in the United States, Europe, and...

MDA is ready to turn the corner.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SIXTY YEARS AGO, the term "muscular dystrophy," even though it designates a group of devastating diseases, was meaningless to most people. Today, it almost is a household word thanks to a dedicated group of people--led by a deeply committed show business star--determined to make a...

DA waives lab, inspection fees for meat exporters.
Byline: MARVYN N. BENANING Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has ordered the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) to waive the collection of laboratory and inspection fees on pork and pork products. Yap said the Department of Agriculture (DA) will also establish regional laboratory facilities in the...

My master plan.
NO MATTER WHAT Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, or the rest of those pinko bastards say, America is still the greatest country in the world. Why, you ask? Because our shit is big, that's why. We got the biggest cars, the biggest malls, the biggest muscles, and the biggest bombs....

USDA tells Lane schools to pull beef.
Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Thirteen of Lane County's 16 school districts, including Springfield and Bethel, received shipments of ground beef from a California meat packing plant that was barred by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week from supplying school lunch programs. The USDA...

Meat processors vow to rein in prices.
Local meat processors have expressed willingness to cooperate with the government in keeping prices of meat products affordable, in response to the call of Vice President Noli de Castro who spoke at the 19th anniversary of the Philippine Association of Meat Processors, Inc. (PAMPI) PAMPI, which is...

Exempting factory farms.
Byline: The Register-Guard Every day, the waste from tens of thousands of dairy cows at Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardman releases more than 15,000 pounds of ammonia into the atmosphere. The toxic emissions pose a potential health threat to people living and working nearby, and they contribute...

Tyson Foods Sets Date for 1st Quarter Earnings Conference Call.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-15 January 2007-Tyson Foods Sets Date for 1st Quarter Earnings Conference Call(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Tyson Foods said that its first quarter 2007 earnings conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet on Monday, January 29, at 9 a.m. Eastern. ...