by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 14, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Public Health, Terrorism, Weather Emergencies
Climate contrarian uncovers math error: Researchers with University of California-San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University recently walked back scientific findings published last month that showed oceans heating up much faster than...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 1, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Tariffs, Threat Intelligence
Smithfield is reassessing disaster preparedness: The biggest U.S. pork producer is reassessing its disaster preparedness following Hurricane Florence. The pork industry could relocate additional hog farms on floodplains after this month’s hurricane swamped dozens of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 25, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Tariffs, Water Safety, Weather Emergencies
Eight trillion gallons of water fell on the state: A NASA satellite is tracking flooding in the Carolinas following Hurricane Florence, and its images show dark, polluted water flowing from rivers into the Atlantic Ocean. One image captured on Sept. 19 shows the New...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 24, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Public Health, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future
Complacency breeds peril: The world changed for everyone on 9/11, including for farmers. Bob Norton says farmers must not replace due diligence with a belief that the federal or state government will stop all adversaries, since no agency has the resources and work...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 18, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Tariffs, The Future, Water Safety, Weather Emergencies
Sanderson Farms reports loss of broilers: Sanderson Farms, one of the country’s largest poultry producers, said in a notice to investors Monday that at least 1.7 million of its chickens had perished in North Carolina after dozens of broiler houses and other facilities...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 12, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies
Freight market may be washed out: Hurricane Florence is expected to disrupt freight markets, possibly disrupting supply chains and throwing the market off balance. According to FreightWaves, the storm could wreak havoc on spot rates and capacity in the market....
