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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Food Tank

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The session, held at the Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas Pavilion, was organized in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Pegasus Capital, Producers Trust, and the Forum for Farmers and Food Security (3FS). Can we please count on you to be part of our growing movement?

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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

When Paula and Dale Boles took over Dale’s father’s farmland in North Carolina, they thought that poultry farming would be a good way to work the land until they were ready to pass it on to their children. At the same time, he is learning how to effectively grow mushrooms on his farm in the old poultry barns.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Researchers see the potential overuse of those antibiotics in agriculture as a key driver of antibiotic resistance—but they’ve often struggled to access basic information about how many animals are receiving the drugs, for what purpose, and for how long. Now, the deadline is approaching. Neither effort has proven very effective.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

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. Register here.

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Agwired

MARCH 4, 2024

Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for again extending the New Swine Inspection System line speed trials through Jan. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is pleased with the decision published by the U.S. Advancing Animal Agriculture.”

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Agwired

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) recognized six distinguished individuals for their exceptional contributions to food, nutrition, agricultural policymaking and ongoing support of the dairy industry. Poultry & Egg Association , was released today quantifying the U.S.

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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. Then there’s the Walmart Foundation, which last year gave the Nature Conservancy $1.5

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Agwired

JANUARY 2, 2024

Over 500 international animal ag tech leaders will engage in business critical discussions on implementing climate-smart farming practices, extracting the most value from animals through PLF platforms, and investigating the right funding models for innovators in the meat and dairy sectors. Poultry & Egg Harold E.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Mercy for Animals president and CEO Leah Garc é s has been an animal rights advocate fighting the factory farming system for more than two decades. Watts, a former contract poultry farmer, represented everything Garc é s was against. But her approach to advocacy changed the day she met Craig Watts.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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. Register here.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced new members of the organization’s Executive Council as well as new directors for the group’s five Industry Segment Boards. IDFA’s Executive Council is composed of executives from across the dairy foods industry and focuses on the business and operations of the association.

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Agwired

JANUARY 16, 2024

The third class participating in the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders has been selected and will convene for their first session in Chicago in February 2024. The topics will focus on poultry diseases, animal welfare and food safety.

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Agwired

AUGUST 7, 2023

poultry team. Keith Fleetwood has joined the company as a poultry account manager and feed mill specialist. In that role, he will provide support related to specialty ingredient, nutrition and premix sales for the company’s commercial poultry customers. Alltech announced two additions to its U.S. Nominations are due Oct.

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Civil Eats

MAY 22, 2024

As the impacts came into focus, advocates and experts who had been pointing to the chicken industry as a model for how food corporations could make real progress toward improving practices that threaten public health looked on in dismay. In the U.S., A 2023 report from the U.S. That’s not good for anything or anybody.”

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Agwired

JANUARY 29, 2024

International Dairy Foods Association released the first ever State of Women in Dairy report to provide IDFA members and dairy industry with data-based metrics and recommendations to support gender equality across the entire supply chain. Schreiber Foods Inc. A combination of drought and untimely rains led to much of the risk.

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Agwired

AUGUST 21, 2023

Poultry and Egg Association (USPOULTRY), has opened the application phase for its Integrator Feed Facility of the Year (FFY) program. The research was made possible in part by an endowing Foundation gift from Simmons Foods and proceeds from the International Poultry Expo, part of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE).

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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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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

Murphy Family Farms (later bought by Smithfield Foods) helped out with the loan needed to get started. Animal Outlook works with poultry farmers who have had their contracts cut, which can happen at any time. It’s important, she says, to see farmers as allies in building a different food system. “We

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Agwired

JULY 11, 2024

Andrew Jerome has been promoted to Vice President, Communications for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA). Attendees took part in a four-day, intensive educational forum to learn about the feed, pet food and feed ingredient industry from those who know it best – industry experts.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) released its annual, “Our Industry, Our Promise,” report, detailing the operational challenges facing today’s animal 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.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) is hosting two educational sessions for established and emerging meat and poultry processors this fall. USFRA is a network of farmer and rancher-led organizations and food and agricultural partners that work together to address critical issues facing U.S.

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Agwired

AUGUST 13, 2024

The National Pork Board (NPB) partnered with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) to convene a group of public health, animal health and swine professionals in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to build relationships and explore opportunities for One Health collaborations.

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Agwired

APRIL 1, 2024

A coalition of meat and poultry industry groups said the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA or the Agency) proposed wastewater guidelines will cost hundreds of millions more than Agency estimates, eliminate tens of thousands of jobs and close many processing facilities, resulting in hardship for livestock and poultry producers.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Without NPPC’s leadership and science-based voice in these discussions, by 2030, the UN could have implemented a 30 percent global on-farm reduction in antimicrobials, as well as limits on the use of certain antibiotics in animal agriculture. According to the U.S. The leader in intelligent nutrition, Novus International, Inc. ,

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Agwired

JULY 29, 2024

animal food industry with tools to support industry members in developing and advancing internal sustainability programs, the Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) has added new materials to its Animal Food Industry Sustainability Toolkit. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY).

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Agwired

AUGUST 5, 2024

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) expressed its disappointment over the Food and Drug Administration and Association of American Feed Control Officials’ (AAFCO) announcements that they will be ending their longstanding relationship for the review of new animal food ingredients on Oct.

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Agwired

JULY 10, 2023

These samples, dating from the late 1940s to the present, aim to maintain the genetic diversity of American livestock, providing genetic security and an improved understanding of genes that influence and control valuable animal characteristics.

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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. Effective hatchery and breeder management is one of many crucial factors in a successful poultry operation.

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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. poultry industry provides 2,012,560 jobs, $132.7 Additionally, the report highlights that the company collected 1.7

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In support of these efforts, USDA has finalized the first in a series of rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act, which is aimed at helping contract poultry growers compete more effectively and better understand the terms of their agreements with major processing companies. American Foods Group sponsored the event.

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Agwired

JUNE 3, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory and its past and present contributions to the livestock industry and scientific community. Consumers around the world are demanding lower-carbon foods.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As National School Lunch Week begins, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) reports that its Healthy School Milk Commitment is responsible for reducing added sugar levels by 10 percent in flavored school milk between the 2023 and 2024 school years. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the U.S.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Experimental lines of field corn developed by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists will usher in new commercial hybrids offering high-methionine grain. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) awarded the 2023 Clean Water Award to Tyson Foods in Russellville, Ark.

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Agwired

MARCH 26, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as state veterinary and public health officials, are investigating an illness among primarily older dairy cows in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico that is causing decreased lactation, low appetite, and other symptoms.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Smithfield Foods distributed 7,300 free Smithfield Spiral Quarter Hams to brighten the holidays for individuals and families in the St. Poultry & Egg Association ’s Harold E. Charles, Illinois, area.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A new Morning Consult poll, commissioned by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) , reveals that the vast majority of parents want these milk options to be available in school cafeterias, as they are at home. For 12 years, students in public schools have been unable to access these widely consumed milk options in school meals.

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