Cattle Grain Industrial Agriculture 
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
If we’re really serious about forestalling famine, we need to stop feeding so much grain to livestock, and save the wheat, corn, and rice we grow for human consumption. Edible insects are already being used to feed poultry and farmed fish, but they could also be included in the feed of cattle and pigs. Photo submitted.
Civil Eats
MAY 1, 2024
When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 These nitrogen-based compounds, common in agricultural runoff, are linked to multiple cancers and health issues for those exposed. ppm for nitrates. coli poisoning in their water. “I
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Civil Eats
APRIL 8, 2024
The application of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash fertilizers on cropland is a foundation of industrialized agriculture. When Gilbert heard about the planned Koch acquisition, he was troubled by how Koch Industries has moved into multiple areas of agribusiness. He also raises cattle and hogs—“and two boys,” he says.
Modern Farmer
JULY 12, 2024
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 goal is to get to a point where you will not be raising cattle.”
Civil Eats
JUNE 20, 2024
But Mars believes that a regenerative paradigm shift can heal much more than the soil, transforming all parts of an industrial agricultural system that both contributes to and risks disruption from the climate crisis. Might this obscure wheat contain within it a door to my own heritage?”
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Today, the aquifer supports 20% of the nation’s wheat, corn, cotton and cattle production and represents 30% of all water used for irrigation in the United States. But for decades, the state’s regulation of water benefited its largest user and its largest industry: agriculture. But she said there’s still time to act. “If
Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
With a government shutdown looming, no agreement in sight on numerous spending bills, and a farm bill process long delayed , a debate around how organic cattle and chickens should be raised may seem like small potatoes. How the Latest Global Meat and Dairy Companies Evade Climate Scrutiny Food System Litigators.
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