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Guest Post: Is the Future of Organic Food at Risk? Research Funding Holds the Answer

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

For example, ORG supports the development of fish meal in lieu of synthetic methionine supplements in poultry feed and the use of biological controls instead of streptomycin to manage fire blight in organic apple and pear production. These include: Livestock and poultry breed development for organic systems.

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Opportunities and challenges in the cattle business future

AgriLife Today

69th annual Beef Cattle Short Course set for Aug. 7-9 in Bryan-College Station Looking back at 40 years of advances in the beef industry and toward the next 40 years of opportunities and challenges will be the highlight of the general session during the 69th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course in Bryan-College Station set for.

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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. Grazing cattle on pasture for the entirety of their lives, on the other hand, is far less productive.

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Census of Agriculture Reveals the Promise of Regional Food Systems

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

The largest proportion of farms with direct sales to consumers are producing animal products , including beef cattle ranching, cattle feedlots, dairy and milk, hog and pig, poultry and egg, sheep and goat, and aquaculture farms.

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Beef cattle conference to be held Sept. 19 in Rotan

AgriLife Today

Replacement cattle, grazing and rangeland management among topics The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Beef Cattle Conference for Nolan and Fisher counties will be held Sept. The conference will be at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch, 1262U.S. Read More → The post Beef cattle conference to be held Sept.

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Letter supporting Innovative FEED Act

NASDA

farms and ranches. Dozens of countries have already approved these feed ingredients and those farmers and ranchers are safely using these products, yielding results that improve animal production and well-being, diminish pre-harvest food safety concerns, and boost sustainability opportunities for dairy, livestock and poultry farmers.

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Grilling season kicks off with high but stable meat prices

AgriLife Today

Texas A&M experts indicated a mixed bag of slight price increases and decreases for beef, pork and poultry throughout grilling season.

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