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Family Farmer Finds a Connection to Eaters Through Livestock

Food Tank

In 2016, they began pig farming by joining Niman Ranch, a network of more than 600 small to mid-sized, independent U.S. Niman Ranch members uphold high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices, and they receive a stable, premium market for their pork products. Instead, the Huttons chose a different path.

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Letter supporting Innovative FEED Act

NASDA

farms and ranches. 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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Op-Ed | California Crate-Free Law Offers Hog Farmers Economic Opportunity

Food Tank

As general manager of high animal welfare meat brand Niman Ranch , which today works with a community of 500 plus Certified Humane® crate-free hog farmers, Prop 12 is a positive development. There are countless factors at play from high grain prices, limited labor, industry consolidation and more.

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Animal Ag News 10/2

Agwired

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. Anderson continually seeks progress on his Nebraska ranch, which includes increasing the percentage of calves that qualify for CAB.

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Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Modern Farmer

Here in Wauchula, a small farming town in Central Florida, cattle ranching is king. We’re here today to sign the bill that continues our commitment to having a vibrant agriculture industry,” DeSantis announced. The potential to make meat, only without the ranch, has felt like a blow to generational farmers like Holley.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.

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The Top 10 Careers in Agriculture

Farmbrite

From working on farms to testing the soil quality in different areas, agriculture offers diverse career opportunities. Farmers and Ranchers It’s hard to talk about agriculture without mentioning farming and ranching. They are responsible for supervising employees as well as all operations on the farm or ranch.