ProAg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will begin issuing more than $1.75 billion in emergency relief payments to eligible farmers and livestock producers. Emergency Livestock Relief Program This week, FSA will issue more than $581 million in 2021 and 2022 drought and wildfire emergency relief to eligible ranchers.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Lots of Animals, Little Space CAFOs, like the name concentrated animal feeding operation suggests, are livestock operations where a large number of animals are kept indoors, raised in confinement, and slaughtered. About 90%, maybe a bit more of it, is caused by agriculture in the state.” Even Farmers Are Alarmed.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Many of the dairy farms that have sued municipal and state governments are represented by Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, a national law firm that helped craft state statutes to weaken local control over agriculture. Livestock waste runoff has been linked to various public health problems such as cancers , infant deaths and miscarriages.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

According to the DNR, any open feedlot operation with 1,000 or more animal units needs to submit a plan to ensure the operation does not over-apply manure to surrounding cropland. And for good reason: Cattle is the top-ranked agricultural commodity in the U.S. So, when we try to farm at these very large scales.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will distribute more than $56 million to producers to enact climate-friendly practices and serve as a pilot program for a national model. This is a watershed program that helps the agricultural industry be a leader in addressing climate change.”

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