Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This fall, Food Tank serves up a list of 23 new titles that explore the complex world that food eaters face today. Awaiting Their Feast, and Life and Death of the American Worker dive into some of the realities that workers face within the food system. Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health by William A.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – Today during the 2024 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Annual Meeting , United Kingdom Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss addressed the Animal Agriculture Committee on the role of animal health and disease status in trade. territories.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – At today’s National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2024 Annual Meeting , the Animal Agriculture Policy Committee hosted a panel focusing on recent outbreaks of H5 influenza in poultry and dairy populations and its impacts on “secure” plans for the livestock sector.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

NASDA prioritizes the wellbeing of livestock and public health, and we must ensure farmers and ranchers have access to approved mRNA vaccines to ensure the health of their animals and provide a safe and resilient food supply.” Currently, no mRNA vaccines are approved for administration to animals in the U.S. territories.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. Photo courtesy of Trisha and Nolan Zachman The post Sustainability Means ‘Freedom to Really Farm How We Should Be Farming’ appeared first on Food Tank. Can we please count on you to be part of our growing movement?

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Passage of the bill will also help each state address its needs for public practice veterinarians (food safety, public health, epidemiology, pathology, molecular diagnostics, virology, toxicology, immunology, bacteriology, serology, foreign animal disease preparedness, and livestock infectious diseases).

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The United States Department of Agricultures Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico. Imports are scheduled to resume within the next several days. To protect U.S. federal regulators in 2025. Sponsored by the U.S. Sponsored by the U.S.

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Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

Meats is working to create opportunities for small farms and ranches to support a more localized food system. “We’re 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 An assessment by the U.N. Pollard said Cream Co.

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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

Livestock auction barns and markets, as a result of the federal order, have faced an undue burden and a significant financial loss due to a decrease in sales. We also remain committed to protecting the food supply and ensuring consumer confidence in agriculture at large.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Pennsylvania Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence has $450,000 available for projects related to poultry, swine, sheep, and goat production in the Commonwealth. The priority areas for research in this funding round are biosecurity, animal agriculture infrastructure, applied research, and food security.

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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.

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Agwired

JANUARY 29, 2025

The National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) hailed the House passage of two significant land management bills that are strongly supported by Americas livestock producers: the ACRES Act and the Fix Our Forests Act. Grotegut Dairy Farm of Newton, Wisc.

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NASDA

OCTOBER 20, 2023

I grew up under the mentorship of my Dad, who is continuing to practice as a full-time livestock veterinarian after 51 years in practice,” Itle said. “My I have to admit that I always thought I’d follow in those footsteps because I loved practice, loved being with the animals, loved working with the producers.”

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Modern Farmer

MAY 24, 2024

If you eat food, the Farm Bill impacts you. It has huge implications for food production, nutrition assistance, animal welfare, the environment, trade and much more. In these programs, the funds sometimes go to large-scale industrial animal agricu lture, which advocates argue a re not solutions at all. “A

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Agwired

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Livestock Publications Council (LPC) annually inducts one of its distinguished leaders into the Hall of Fame. LPC’s Headliner Award Program, inaugurated in 1980, salutes an individual for meritorious service to the livestock industry. Advancing Animal Agriculture.”

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 18, 2024

We are on the cusp of the deepest, fastest, most consequential disruption in food and agricultural production since the first domestication of plants and animals ten thousand years ago. The impact of this disruption on industrial animal farming will be profound. And these think tanks continue to crank out their nonsense.

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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. of on-farm costs, with animal feed closely following at 15.5%. The report also notes the company collected 1.7

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After years of philanthropic support for fisheries, water, and education, members of his generation (along with some of their elders) are not only accelerating that environmental focus, they’re applying it to food and agriculture in new ways. She’s also put millions of philanthropic dollars into a demonstration farm in Oregon.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

“Pig farmers, they’re there 365 days a year taking care of those animals,” says McCleary, a fourth-generation farmer at McCleary Farms in West-Central Illinois. Going to Florida on vacation isn’t always an option for a livestock farmer. Today, the majority (75 percent) of U.S. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Agwired

MARCH 27, 2025

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced new actions to reduce burdens on the U.S. pork and poultry industries, allowing for greater efficiency while maintaining food safety standards. These reports were discontinued last year but have provided critical data to farmers and ranchers for years.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) confirms there is no food safety concerns about the nation’s pork supply after the detection of H5N1 influenza in swine on a small backyard farm in Oregon. Additionally, the report highlights that the company collected 1.7

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For too long, the conventional meat industry has been hyper-focused on efficiency and producing large amounts of cheap meat , while losing sight of the unintended consequences for livestock and farmers. Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 6, 2023

When packers own animals, they are able to pull from their own supply when prices go up, instead of buying from farmers on the open market. This means that many farmers aren’t able to sell their livestock, losing income when the animals grow too large. With Niman Ranch, you know what you’re going to get,” says Wahl.

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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). Livestock Marketing Association members have a front-row seat to a disturbing trend: the continued loss of livestock producers across the U.S.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2023

Experts agree that limiting meat consumption or avoiding it altogether is the best way for individuals to reduce agricultural emissions that largely come from the rearing of livestock. That’s because, despite many Western countries’ love of meat, a lot of the animal protein produced is wasted. But it’s not the only solution.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 30, 2023

A version of this piece was featured in a special edition of Food Tank’s newsletter. I just returned from one of my favorite events, the Niman Ranch Hog Farmer Appreciation Celebration in Des Moines, Iowa, at which Food Tank is honored to co-host an Educational Summit. These are stories that are too often ignored and forgotten.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Align yourself with a supporting organization Food and Water Watch addresses factory farming on a big-picture scale. Michaelyn Mankel of Food and Water Watch Iowa says connecting with others is valuable at that broader scope, too. “If Jennifer Breon of Food and Water Watch Iowa echoes this point. “I Find yours here.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 10, 2024

There’s no doubt that industrial animal agriculture carries a laundry list of sins; greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water pollution and labor rights abuses are just a few examples. What is the “right” approach to meat? Questions such as who benefits? Who holds the power?

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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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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. Photo Courtesy of Gryffyn M, Unsplash The post Leather Companies Can Play a Critical Role in Stopping Deforestation appeared first on Food Tank. Can we please count on you to be part of our growing movement?

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Agwired

JANUARY 17, 2024

Rabo AgriFinance , a subsidiary of Rabobank, a leading global food and agribusiness bank, announces the expansion and strengthening of the RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness (F&A) team in North America by welcoming Chase Beisly, Eric Gibson, Charlotte Talbott, and Matt Lewis to the growing team.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. Photo courtesy of the Boors The post Young Farmers Bring Small-scale, Humane Hog Farming Back to Iowa appeared first on Food Tank. Can we please count on you to be part of our growing movement? Become a member today by clicking here.

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Agwired

APRIL 2, 2024

Global animal feed production remained steady in 2023 at 1.29 billion metric tons (BMT), a slight decrease from 2022, according to the Alltech 2024 Agri-Food Outlook annual survey, now in its 13th year, which includes data from 142 countries and more than 27,000 feed mills.

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Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. Photo courtesy of Ethan Roberts The post A Young Farmer Makes the Business Case for Humane Hog Farming appeared first on Food Tank. Can we please count on you to be part of our growing movement? Become a member today by clicking here.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The organizations also finalized a Joint Statement of Coordination that emphasizes their collective commitment to addressing foreign animal diseases, sustainability and non-tariff trade barriers. The bus will offer fresh, local, healthy food to the public, including many families experiencing food insecurity, at pay-what-you-can prices.

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Agwired

JUNE 18, 2024

Flemming Award in Applied Science and Engineering for her contributions to the advancement of safeguarding livestock from endemic diseases and ensuring healthy and economically viable food systems and food security. FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative is pleased to welcome Michael Richter as their newest Member Services Representative.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

Agriculture is one of the most important industries in the world. It provides us with food, clothing and shelter. 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.

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