Global Agtech Initiative

MAY 22, 2024

Both organizations will more rapidly develop projects that improve digital interoperability in animal agriculture applications. The post AgGateway, ICAR Sign MOU to Improve Resource Sharing on Data Interoperability Initiatives appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

Consolidation throughout the agricultural sector has made it difficult for small, independent farms like the Huttons to survive. farms now control two-thirds of total agricultural land, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. The number of farms in the U.S. Only 4 percent of U.S. Only 4 percent of U.S.

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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

State departments of agriculture, like USDA, are dedicated to protecting farmers, farmworkers, and the workforce throughout the entire supply chain. As USDA continues to respond to this outbreak, we urge you to prioritize animal health and human health in the same manner you have dealt with H5N1 in poultry for many years.

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The Farmers Daughter USA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Perdue’s latest marketing campaign isn’t subtle. In the mid-2010s, conversations about antibiotic use in animal agriculture was coming under greater scrutiny. Perdue seized on this announcement to market its own products and continuing commitment to no-antibiotics-ever. Perdue’s hubris is remarkable.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The United States Department of Agricultures Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico. There were 86.7 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of Jan.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Read more. ‘Meating’ demand: Animal-based proteins versus cell-based agriculture As demand for meat and poultry continues to grow, Food Manufacture explores what is driving sales of animal-based protein and whether or not the advent of cell-based meat is truly the herald of things to come, or a half-baked pipedream limited by a lack of resources….

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This year, at COP28 in Dubai, global food systems and agriculture were discussed more than ever before. Here are the key food and agriculture takeaways from this year’s conference, which wrapped up today. Food loss and waste poses a real challenge to agriculture, food and the climate. More than $2.5 Read the full text.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Since the inception of the VMLRP in FY2010, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has made 795 awards as new and renewal service agreements. In that time, NIFA received 2,061 applications from 1,451 unique applicants.

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Agwired

MARCH 27, 2025

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced new actions to reduce burdens on the U.S. New data from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is beginning to shed light on the impact of beef and dairy crossbred cattle on the beef supply chain. The National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA) thanked the U.S.

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NASDA

JUNE 15, 2023

The bipartisan bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to confirm a regulatory path for non-nutritive animal food ingredients that act in the animal’s gut to provide production benefits, address human food safety concerns and affect the byproducts from digestion from the animal. farmers and ranchers.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The award annually honors a person from outside the livestock communications field for actions that produce a positive change in livestock production and marketing. The National Institute for Animal Agriculture will host the 13th Annual Antibiotics Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia from November 7-9, 2023.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“That environmental focus that our generation has latched onto,” says their grandson Tom Walton, picking up the narration from his uncle in the marketing video posted by the Walton Family Foundation in 2018, “Sam and Helen taught us at an early age.” She’s also put millions of philanthropic dollars into a demonstration farm in Oregon.

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Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

“We’re living in a time when the health of our planet is in peril, and regenerative agriculture offers a beacon of hope,” Pollard tells Food Tank. “By These include economic pressures, consumer preferences and lobbying by large agricultural corporations. Founded in 2016 by Cliff Pollard in the Bay Area of California, Cream Co.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 6, 2023

“He said, ‘I’ll help you with school, but my one stipulation is that you cannot take any animal science classes. Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’ Often, meat packers—which are companies that prepare animal products for wholesale and retail—will rely on these imported products and save U.S.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The American Livestock Markets and Dealers Association (ALMDA) has formally requested that USDA-APHIS delay the implementation or enforcement of the final rule on Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle and Bison (ADT Rule), scheduled to become effective today, November 5.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 3, 2024

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) fledgling Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production, which Congress has been shorting since it was established. Of special concern is funding for the U.S. A coalition of groups have been pushing to change that in the upcoming farm bill. “We In New York City, for example, the only U.S.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Rising egg prices and increased volatility in the market are largely attributable to supply challenges brought on by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The Meat Institute announced the expansion of its legislative affairs and marketing teams with the addition of two new employees. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

Agriculture is one of the most important industries in the world. While farming may be your first thought when it comes to agricultural jobs, there are actually hundreds of different specialties and niches within the industry, from scientists to economists and more. It provides us with food, clothing and shelter.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 30, 2024

billion pounds of food waste of which more than 75% was recycled into organic, nutrient-rich animal feed or made into customized formulations to address specific dietary concerns of cattle. billion pounds of food waste into animal feed resulted in an approximate avoidance of 780,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) in 2023.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Dairy checkoff initiatives of 2024 successfully increased dairy access in schools, expanded market share for U.S. Department of Agricultures Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP). Department of Agricultures Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP). food and agricultural products.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

pork production comes from large operations with 5,000 or more pigs, according to the latest Census of Agriculture, and the animals are most often kept in crowded confinement buildings without fresh air or sunshine. farmer is 58 years old, according to the latest Census of Agriculture, compared to 50 years old in 1978.

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ProAg

OCTOBER 5, 2023

is encouraging Britain to open agricultural markets to U.S. However, negotiations have been challenging in the area of agriculture, as the U.K. objects to some animal-agriculture-related practices common in the U.S. Read more on the potential for new trade markets with the UK here. The post U.S.

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Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

When his agriculture professors taught about conventional hog production, he would ask questions like, “What about letting these animals get outside a little bit?” These big universities, the agricultural departments are pretty much paid off by Big Agriculture,” says Roberts. According to the U.S.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The board of the National Institute of Animal Agriculture recently approved forming a new Council: the Animal Disease Issues & Emergency Management Council. More than 900 farmer and industry leaders recently gathered at the Sustainable Agriculture Summit held Dec. Malcore will serve as the public relations specialist.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

But a small group of policymakers are putting this much-needed economic opportunity at risk through the misguided Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act (S.2019 Not only does the law align with our animal care values, it also creates a stable market for crate-free pork that corporate commitments alone can’t provide.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. NSAC will reserve final assessment until the full legislative text becomes available.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

They also discussed other issues facing farmers, including the importance of disaster relief, expanding markets, reducing input costs, and decreasing regulation. Department of Agriculture Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities award. in March 2025. Funding for the program comes from the U.S.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced it has joined the steering committee of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA). With the launch of a new program, Angus farmers and ranchers have the option to market their beef directly to consumers as CAB product. The deadline entry is Jan.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2024

Concentrated animal agriculture is high in emissions because of things such as improper manure management and land used to grow feed. Not only has the company not established an accurate enough estimate of its emissions , it has documented plans to increase production, which will increase emissions.

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Agwired

AUGUST 26, 2024

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) will begin accepting nominations for the fourth Cohort of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders. Members of the program work together on applied-learning, small-group capstone projects, which will incorporate topics of interest in animal agriculture.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

While contract farming, or “factory farming,” has been exposed in the media for being exploitative of animals, the farmers who sign contracts with companies like Tyson, Perdue or other big players in animal agriculture also find themselves backed into a financial corner. The other hurdle is marketing.

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Agwired

APRIL 1, 2025

Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). milk composition is poised to continue as genetic gains and market incentives will drive butterfat and protein production higher for the foreseeable future. 1, there were 74.5 million hogs and pigs on U.S. Genetic improvements within the U.S.

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Agwired

MAY 28, 2024

Central Stockyards, LLC, a livestock marketing service that hosts the weekly Fed Cattle Exchange, has expanded its team and is preparing for the addition of Canadian feedyard and packer participation in its weekly sales. Brent Difley has been named Business Development Director for Canada.

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Agwired

JANUARY 17, 2024

Rabobank’s RaboResearch F&A group is a global team of more than 80 analysts who monitor and evaluate global market events that affect food and agriculture worldwide. He brings a hands-on farming and livestock background combined with 10 years of industry experience in market research and data analysis and agricultural marketing.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

While this was common practice in the 1970s and 80s, the hog market consolidation and high land prices mean it’s no longer financially feasible for independent farmers to raise hogs and sell on the open market, and it’s extremely rare to see hogs outside of a confinement environment, the Boors say.

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Food Tank

JULY 14, 2023

“The very humane nature of how they raise their hogs with access to the outdoors, really reminded me of how I raised my 4-H animals [when I was a child]. The quality of meat, you can taste it…you can tell when an animal has been raised on bedding and dirt versus concrete.”

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

“I think collective action is key, whether it’s Food and Water Watch or any other environmental organization that’s working on factory farm issues, or environmental issues around agriculture, where you can have a sphere of influence. But beyond market-based solutions, she also encourages people to engage with legislators.

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