2012 Summit Highlights Report
We have the highlights! Read the main points and takeaways of each speaker and panel featured at the 2012 Stakeholder’s Summit.
We have the highlights! Read the main points and takeaways of each speaker and panel featured at the 2012 Stakeholder’s Summit.
The Alliance’s 2015 Stakeholders Summit took place on May 6th-7th with the theme “The Journey to Extraordinary”
Stakeholders Summit move to Kansas City a great success Presentations and highlights from Animal Agriculture Alliance Summit are available to view June 5, 2015 – Materials from the 2015 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit are now accessible online, the Alliance announced today. The 2015 Summit finished strong last month in Kansas City, Missouri with attendance…
The Alliance’s 2016 Stakeholders Summit had a theme of “Securing Animal Agriculture’s Future: Action, Please!” and took place on May 5th-6th.
Recorded presentations now available from 2016 Stakeholders Summit 2016 event sets attendance record; Summit will return to Kansas City in 2017 May 23, 2016 – The Animal Agriculture Alliance announced today that materials from the 2016 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit, themed “Securing Animal Agriculture’s Future: Action, Please!” are now accessible online. The 2016 Summit,…
Agriculture Community Embraces Call for Transparency Food and Farm Leaders Share Ways to Strengthen Relationships With Consumers May 11, 2012 – Attendees were urged to open the barn doors and showcase the importance of modern food production at the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2012 Stakeholders Summit, held May 5-6 in Arlington, VA. The eleventh annual…
Future of Animal Agriculture Relies On Collaboration, Communication May 11, 2011 – The worlds of science, politics, and agricultural advocacy intersected at the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2011 Stakeholders Summit, held May 5-6 in Arlington, VA. The tenth annual event brought together nearly 200 leaders across the food and farm sector to examine the theme: “United…
Alliance Stakeholders Summit Panelists Tackle Tough Issues; Spot Food Trends Antibiotics, Sustainability and Farm Size just a few issues discussed during first day of Summit “I don’t see that there has ever been a better time for animal agriculture,” said Nancy Kruse, President of The Kruse Company, while addressing attendees yesterday at the 13th…
Chandler Keys, Hill Staff Talk Relationship Building, Trust and Millennials Animal Agriculture Alliance Kicks off with a “Whack” Instead of a Bang May 8, 2014 –”If you’re not participating in democracy, you’re going to get whacked,” said Chandler Keys of the Keys Group at the 13th annual Stakeholders Summit which began this morning in…
College Students Discuss Cafeteria Choices, Sustainability and ‘Real Food’ College Aggies Online Scholarship Recipients also Recognized at Stakeholders Summit for “Agvocacy” Efforts May 8, 2014 –”Pick a few things that are sustainable and tell us how that works, start marketing your success to us and we’ll respond,” said Miles Milliken, a student at the…
HB 3799
Description:
Relating to the advertising and labeling of certain meat food products.
Status: Introduced 3/7/2019
Pending
HB 1081
Relating to a study regarding the prohibition of dairy farming in certain areas of the state
Description:
Would require the Texas Animal Health Commission to conduct a study regarding the current risk level for bovine tuberculosis in certain states determined by the Commission to be infected or at high risk for bovine tuberculosis. By 9/1/2014, the Commission must submit a report of the findings to the Department of Agriculture and others listed.
Status: Effective 6/14/2013
Passed
Pass Date: 6/14/2013
HB 1643
Description:
Would add a concentrated animal feeding operations to the list of facilities that drones are prohibited from flying over.
Status: Effective 9/1/17
Passed
Pass Date: 6/15/2017
HB 1819
Relating to liability for injuring a trespassing sheep or goat
Description:
Would make a person with a fence that is insufficient who kills or wounds a head of cattle, horse, goat or sheep liable to the owner of the animal for damages.
Status: Effective 9/1/2013
Passed
Pass Date: 6/14/2013
HB 334
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Livestock Care Standards Advisory Committee
Description:
Would establish a 16-member Texas Livestock Care Standards Advisory Committee. The committee would be required to research and develop standards governing livestock and poultry care, food safety, local food availability, food affordability, and best farm management practices for animal well-being.
Status: Introduced 11/19/2010; Died in Committee
Failed
SJR 22
Right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife amendment
Description:
Would amend Aricle 1, Section 34 of the Texas Constitution to include that people have the right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife, including the use of traditioal methods, subject to laws and regulations to conserve and manage wildlife and preserve the future of hunting and fishing. Would also state that hunting and fishing are preferred methods of managing and controlling wildlife.
Status: Enrolled 5/20/2015; Died in Chamber
Failed