After more than a month since widespread flooding and blizzards devastated cattle producers in Nebraska and surrounding states an animal rights group is using the tragedy to push a vegan diet.
The House of Representatives has debuted their own Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act, which is similar to the Senate version and grants greater hours of service flexibility to livestock haulers.
Livestock haulers could get another year-long extension to implement Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) through an amendment to the Senate's spending bill.
The Senate passed an extension to Electronic Logging Device (ELD) implementation for livestock haulers that would potentially give more time for regulators and Congress to fix hours of service rules.
It's the glorious man-made foodstuff billed as the cure for everything from global warming to animal cruelty to flat feet. What's not to like about fake meat - unless you have an allergy?
Five start-up food companies marketing cell-based/cultured meat, poultry and seafood have formed the Alliance for Meat, Poultry & Seafood Innovation (AMPS Innovation).
Celebrities wearing faux furs gathered at Paramount Studios in Hollywood to eat fake meat and recognize themselves for phony accomplishments. The money, however, was real.
Marketers of fake meats already know that how lab-grown products are advertised has a big impact on consumer perceptions, which is why they pivot away from science to claims about helping save the planet.
U.C./Davis professor Frank Mitloehner told AgriTalk host Chip Flory the ingredients in plant-based burgers are very similar to the ingredients in dog food.
The Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act has been reintroduced by a bipartisan group of Senators and could provide some fixes to hours of service requirements for livestock haulers.
A petition from groups representing livestock haulers has the support of 59 members of Congress and could be a potential fix to hours of service regulations.
