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The FDA Is Still Not Tracking How Farms Use Antibiotics

Civil Eats

Collecting that farm-level data is a critical missing piece in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) five-year plan , launched in 2019, to improve “antimicrobial stewardship” in animal agriculture, advocates say. Based on 2016 and 2017 data from 22 cattle feedlots, nearly 80 percent of antibiotics were administered in feed.

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Toxic PFAS are Everywhere, and Remain Largely Unregulated

Modern Farmer

The public didn’t know about PFAS until 1999, when a case was brought to the courts arguing that a farmer who lived near a DuPont plant noticed his cattle were dying. But You Can Take Steps to Minimize Future Exposure ] When it comes to agriculture, the cattle farmer near the DuPont plant was not a PFAS anomaly.

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Denali Changes10 Billion Pounds of Organic Matter into Fertilizer

Agwired

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. The report also notes the company collected 1.7 According to US EPA calculations, converting 1.3

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Letter supporting Innovative FEED Act

NASDA

Sweet Manufacturing Co. Synergy Feeds, LLC Texas Cattle Feeders Association Texas Grain and Feed Association The Lauridsen Group, LLC The Peterson Company Tier 1 Nutritionals, Inc. Quincy Farm Products R&D LifeSciences, LLC RP Nutrients, Inc.

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Animal Ag News 9/11

Agwired

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced it has joined the steering committee of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA). Ranch to Table , a direct partnership program between CAB and cattle operations using Angus genetics, allows ranchers to use the brand’s trusted reputation for increased gain.

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Animal Ag News 3/18

Agwired

Cattle raisers impacted by wildfires in the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma can apply for financial aid through the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Disaster Relief Fund.

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Animal Ag News 9/3

Agwired

feed and pet food manufacturers and actions the AFIA is taking to address them. The report provides an analysis of the animal food industry’s contribution to the U.S. Two projects to help small meat processors manage wastewater have been funded by the Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture.

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