NCC Applauds Introduction of House Ag Labor Reform Bill

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., today unveiled a bill to expand and modernize the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. The Securing Agriculture’s …

NCC Statement on Delay of Poultry Payment Rule

NCC today released the following statement in response to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service’s announcement of an 18-month delay of the “Poultry Grower Payment Systems and …

China Lifts HPAI Poultry Export Restrictions for 17 States

WASHINGTON, D.C. — USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) this week updated its China export restrictions webpage to reflect that China has lifted HPAI-related …

House Passed Farm Bill Includes Provision to Include Hot Rotisserie Chicken in SNAP

Washington, D.C. – During today’s consideration of amendments to the Farm Bill, the House voted overwhelmingly (384-35) in support of Rep. Rick Crawford’s (R-AR) commonsense …

Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Introduced to Add Hot Rotisserie Chicken in SNAP

Sens. Jim Justice (R-WV), John Fetterman (D-PA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act which would allow Supplemental …

NCC Submits Comments Supporting USDA Proposal to Increase Poultry Line Speeds

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Chicken Council (NCC) yesterday filed comments with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) strongly supporting …