The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 18, 2024

will have fallen by 50 percent and the cattle farming industry will be all but bankrupt. This is the result of rapid advances in precision biology that have allowed us to make huge strides in precision fermentation, a process that allows us to program microorganisms to produce almost any complex organic molecule.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

In Elk Creek, Missouri, cattle stand in a pond to cool their fever caused by fescue toxicosis, which costs the beef industry as much as $2 billion a year in lost production. Ranchers found the species remarkably resilient and, if not beloved by cattle, edible enough to plant. The fear of failure is a big deal,” he said.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Last year, the foundation supported the production of a report on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture , which played a significant role in the national conversation around regenerative agriculture. Those systems still involve cattle being sent to large feedlots.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

Agriculture contributes at least 11 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions , and meat is the biggest contributor among foods. “Depending on how strict the USDA inspector is, it can require the farm and the processing facility to update their HACCP plan just to capture something for us.”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Cattle grazing a warm season cover crop on Vilicus Farms (Photo Credit: Vilicus Farms) On August 16, 2022 when the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, it solidified an historic investment in addressing the climate crisis and reflected key priorities lifted up by the farmers and communities that NSAC’s members serve.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Not only does his cattle system capture carbon, but he also improves water infiltration and water holding capacity in his soils. While farmers like Fischer are avid proponents of the need to address greenhouse gas emissions, others may be less certain about that need. Rotationally grazed cattle behind an electric fence.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For example, researchers utilize the long-term farming systems trials at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service station in Beltsville, MD , to address nutrients, weeds, soil health, greenhouse gas mitigation, and net economic returns in organic field crop rotations. Continued and strengthened support for both OREI and ORG is crucial.

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The Counter

MAY 19, 2022

Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which gets released when livestock operations pool manure in open-air lagoons. million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, a standard unit for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, from being emitted annually by the end of this year.

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Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

At the same time, diets are becoming increasingly ultra-processed at the expense of nutritious whole foods. Ultra-processed foods currently make up 57% of our diets. Early warnings of the potentially damaging effects of industrial agriculture and food processing technologies upon planetary and human health provoked a vehement backlash.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

But thirsty crops and cattle have taken their toll: Amid California’s cycles of drought, excessive groundwater pumping has left Central Valley basins the most overdrafted in the state. And because the fresh fluid is costly to transport, dairy processing is highly regional, says Sumner.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

Things like automatic windows in the greenhouse are lifesavers. Implement a Crop Rotation Plan Crop rotation is the process of growing different crops in a sequential, multi-year cycle. Whether you raise cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, or something else, here are a few things to help you optimize your livestock production.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

They work on farms, in fields and greenhouses, around livestock, with plants, soil and water. They can be found all over the world doing different things: some fish in rivers; some grow coffee beans or cocoa trees; some work on farms with animals like cattle or sheep.

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CalCAN

MARCH 27, 2023

In 2020, wildfires became the second highest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the state, second only to the transportation sector. Despite these advantages, prescribed grazing has received little funding within existing state wildfire mitigation grant programs and little recognition in the state’s wildfire resilience planning processes.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. Family, land, forest, water and the desire to work — that has been our commitment, and be aware that this is not an overnight process. All these processes take a long time, but you see the results,” Gutiérrez said.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Essington Farm is situated amidst beautiful countryside with cattle and sheep grazing or resting under gnarled oak trees and well-maintained hedges along the narrow roads. Next to the entrance is an eye-catching display of bedding plants which are grown in one of the farm’s greenhouses.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Through careful observation of land and climate, Jenna and Thomas have gradually built two cabins, a greenhouse, an organic market garden, and apiary. They’re also in the process of establishing a shelter belt and heirloom flower garden. I think if we hadn’t been a small farm, we wouldn’t still be here,” admits Jenna.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 24, 2024

In overstuffing our fridges and supermarket shelves, we’re chucking a third of our food supply and [creating even more] greenhouse gas emissions. Historically, cattle would walk themselves to market—losing weight en route—and get slaughtered in the city. I think it’s a potential time bomb.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Instead, it has funded small pilot projects and is now in the process of working with the meat industry on a voluntary reporting system. But pork producers and cattle feedlots still routinely add antibiotics to feed and water, often for long stretches, and drug use in those sectors has been rising over the past two years.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The number of dairy replacement heifers has fallen almost 15 percent over the last six years to reach a 20-year low, according to data from the USDA’s most recent Cattle report. America’s families might soon see record-high beef prices at the grocery store, thanks to the lowest cattle inventory in more than 70 years. milk production.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This biennial event brings together emerging professionals in the animal feed industry to learn more about the ingredients, processes and regulations used within the industry to manufacture and sell animal feed. dsm-firmenich received market authorization for Bovaer in Canada for use with dairy and beef cattle.

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Agwired

JANUARY 13, 2025

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture will host animal agriculture leaders will discuss the current state of research and treatment for lameness across food animal species before the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia, January 27-28. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 6, 2024

It’s a reference to cow’s greenhouse gas emissions, largely produced through belching , though passing gas contributes, too. In fact, livestock is the world’s largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions , a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Mitloehner, however, stands by his research and extension efforts. “My

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

Here in Wauchula, a small farming town in Central Florida, cattle ranching is king. Conspiracy Theories and an Ongoing Culture War Dozens of peer-reviewed studies have shown that livestock accounts for anywhere between 11 and 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, much of which comes from land use and cow burps.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 8, 2024

billion Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities grant program hopes to convince farmers and ranchers to adopt practices that will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in the ground. Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 44m weekly audience across platforms NPR The Biden administration’s $3.1

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Van Eenennaam, a professor of animal biotechnology, implanted embryos this spring in a herd of cattle, which carry the SRY gene. This process gives breeders around the world “access to genetics that they would never have been able to get access to before… creating hundreds of males that all produce sperm from the elite male,” says Oatley.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Farming coops can look into partnerships with beneficial businesses for things like tractors, cattle management software , crop management software , and other helpful partnerships. Each member typically has an equal say in the decision-making process, regardless of the size of their operation.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The sectors boosters had promised to simulate the meats many of us grew up eatingbeef, chicken, and pork, minus the suffering and greenhouse gas emissions. The crocodile cells also grew too slowly to power a commercial process. But today the industry has barely any product available. But Morsel wasnt just conceptually problematic.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

And it found that despite an executive order directing agencies to consider greenhouse gas emissions in procurement, another addressing consolidation , and hundreds of millions of dollars granted to small and mid-size farms and processors over the past few years, the government isn’t exactly putting its money where its mouth is. (The

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

’s application for a farm loan in the mid-1980s, he went to a private lender who made him list as collateral all 20 of his cattle and his one bull. “I In an age of mechanized and industrialized agriculture, they face many challenges in operating a sustainable cattle farm—and there’s federal assistance to help with that.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2024

The first post details an overview of the markup process and the bill as a whole, as well as its likely (or unlikely) path to becoming law. There are a series of concerning provisions regarding competition in the meat processing sector (Sec. The second post explores the FFNSA’s impacts on local and regional food systems. 5102, 5109).

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 18, 2024

But it also has, cumulatively, released more heat-trapping greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere than any other machine on earth. Instead, in recent years, Googles greenhouse gas emissions increased 50 percent; Microsofts rose 29 percent; Metas jumped 66 percent. These corridors are the backbone of industrial development.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

But during a press conference Monday, Vilsack defended the process. A fifth rule related to creating fairer cattle markets is still in its early stages. In October, the administration unveiled a national strategy to reduce food waste , which is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Bidens USDA also invested $2.2

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Its unclear exactly how that process is linked to whats happening at USDA, but farm groups across the country report that the agency has stopped their disbursements and has been silent about when the pause might end. REAP was one of the programs that got an extra funding infusion through the Inflation Reduction Act.)

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