Jayson Lusk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We employ a confidential plant-level meatpacking plant data set from USDA that gives daily livestock (cattle, swine, broilers) slaughter by individual firms and their individual plants. Here’s the abstract: “ This paper quantifies the impact of the COVID-19 disruption on U.S. meatpacking production.

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ATTRA

APRIL 25, 2024

Agricultural agencies or departments competitively distribute the funds through subawards to eligible entities that support small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations in food insecure communities in areas of the United States that have significant levels of food insecurity and import a significant quantity of foods.

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Food Tank

JUNE 12, 2024

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) finds that if farmers and ranchers continue to produce the same amount of livestock, but employ tactics used by the lowest 10 percent of greenhouse gas emitters, overall emissions from the industry could decrease by 30 percent. An assessment by the U.N. Pollard said Cream Co.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This creates instability in the cultivation and overall supply and distribution of food, which affects human and environmental health. US agriculture is not just a victim, but a contributor The raising of crops and livestock is the largest emitter of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane in the US food system.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2025

Fossil fuels provide the raw materials for the plastics in packaging, and, typically, the power to transport those chips to distribution centers and supermarkets, corner stores, vending machineswherever you find them. And thats just potato chips.

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NASDA

AUGUST 23, 2023

As organizations involved in the production, processing, storage and distribution of U.S. Randy Feenstra (IA), Tracey Mann (KS), Jim Costa (CA) and Salud Carbajal (CA), with Sens. Braun (IN) and Fetterman (PA) leading the companion.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

While the motivation to reduce the amount of methane released into the Earth’s atmosphere may be admirable, the millions upon millions of dollars spent chasing the red herring of livestock rumen microbial methane emissions is not. There is fossil carbon in the form of natural gas (methane), oil and coal.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The freight trucks, locomotives, and inland barges that transport bulk harvested commodity crops and livestock significantly add to agriculture’s CO2 emissions. At large livestock facilities specifically, the lighting, cooling, heating, and pumping of water and waste consume a huge amount of electricity.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 4, 2024

We have been helping Sprouts Farmers Market to make sure that they have the right partners in each area so that food is distributed equitably,” she says. They are also exploring animal feed and have already helped farms in multiple states receive donations that they can use to care for their livestock.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Farmers will receive up to $5,000 to purchase portable, temporary fencing supplies; water transport and distribution supplies; and portable housing for grazing livestock. Practical Farmers of Iowa is offering a cost share for member farmers who wish to adopt regenerative grazing practices that improve forage, soil, and water quality.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

8-18 to the historic fairgrounds in Sedalia, offering a complete lineup of livestock shows, agricultural exhibits, concerts, vendors, carnival rides, plenty of food choices and much more. 13, when hundreds of FFA members will pack child-friendly meals that will be distributed to six food banks across the state.

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Ohio State University

AUGUST 15, 2023

Some ongoing projects include evaluating the effectiveness of programs to reduce pollution from livestock production and the Conversation Reserve Program in supporting ecosystem services. Chen's research often uses spatially explicit data (e.g., During his Ph.D., Welcome to AEDE, Dr. Chen!

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Agwired

JULY 17, 2023

Performance Livestock Analytics (PLA), a leader in data analytics solutions for livestock producers, announced its separation from Zoetis. The newly independent PLA business is led by its original founders, Dane Kuper and Dustin Balsley, and with financial investment from Builders VC.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

Background Land access is one of the biggest challenges for young and beginning farmers all across the country – whether small-scale dairy farmers in New England, livestock and grain producers in the Midwest, or specialty crop producers across the South.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

These investments focus in areas of production, processing, aggregation/distribution, market opportunities, and consumer access. These particular business development activities described below are essential elements for processing, aggregating, and distributing local products through new or growing regional markets.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Respect for animals, respect for the land and respect for each other – the foundation of a new campaign from Sysco, the global leader in foodservice distribution, and Certified Angus Beef (CAB), a brand known for its commitment to quality beef. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

Some regions have expanded their focus to include climate-smart ranching practices, including managed grazing and resilient cropping systems , which can mitigate the environmental and climate impacts of industrial livestock production. But that hasn’t been the PCC’s focus, Pheasant says.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 2, 2024

Invest in local abattoirs, packing, processing and distribution facilities to re-localise our food system. Local food Put sustainable food on the public plate by ensuring that 50% of all food served in schools, hospitals, prisons and other public sector meals is produced locally and sustainably.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Each arrangement is different, based on the land, the infrastructure, the livestock and the labour input from each party, so it’s a flexible model that can be adapted to a multitude of situations. The produce is all marketed, sold and distributed under a common core brand.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 10, 2024

Amid growing public concern, last year the state instituted limits for PFAS in soil where dairy livestock feed is grown, and set up a $60 million fund to help affected farmers. But the quest to curb how much PFAS reaches dinner tables proved far more complicated than anyone anticipated.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees into cropping and/or livestock systems, inspired by Indigenous wisdom, and it can be applied in many ways and in many different places – even in cities! Botanic Garden. USDA Plant Hardiness maps can help you determine what plants grow best in your climate.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

Grazing livestock are a key focus of the SFT’s work and the subject of our next report, due out later this year. And thanks to donations, some milk is distributed for free to school children and poor people with health problems, such as TB. Yet, many communities in the world’s drier regions depend upon a different animal: the camel.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The FDA also has responsibility for regulating the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products. This includes everything consumed in the country aside from meat from livestock, poultry, certain foods containing meat and poultry, some egg products, and catfish, which are regulated by the U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Excessive proposed cost-share payments for livestock feed management. Requires producers with confined livestock feeding operations to submit a GHG emissions reduction plan, in addition to the currently required comprehensive nutrient management plan, to be eligible to receive payments under the program.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 8, 2024

They will devour hay and other grains left outside for domestic animals and livestock. The drinkers, as the Gottenborgs call them, provide water in the higher elevation pastures during the warmer months and the shoulder seasons where natural water sources aren’t present and help to distribute wildlife across the landscape better.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

AUGUST 22, 2024

In June 2024, this company which enables AI-driven autonomous farming, announced its entry into a multi-phase partnership to collaborate on the distribution, manufacturing and integration of Bluewhite’s autonomous solutions for New Holland tractors.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2023

10-20 to the historic fairgrounds in Sedalia, offering a complete lineup of livestock shows, agricultural exhibits, concerts, rodeo and bull riding, vendors, carnival and more. With the theme, “Where Traditions Grow,” the Missouri State Fair returns Aug. Feeding Missouri will provide 4-H and FFA exhibitors with an $0.80-per-pound

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 10, 2024

One of the most common questions people ask me is “I live in an apartment; is there anything I can do to change the food system, to change the ecology, practically, to change nutrition and livestock abuse?” Two thousand families raised their hand so the town bought 6,000 hens and distributed them to the families.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Photo courtesy of Roots of Change) The term, a general reference to pasture management that prioritizes soil health and perennial plants by grazing livestock through rotated paddocks, encompasses a set of practices that advocates say results in healthier animals and pastures. Santana Diaz, Executive Chef, U.C. Davis Med Center.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The feed was stored in old barns and had to be manually filled into sacks before it could be distributed to the cattle. Checking on livestock – on a patchwork of pastures it would be impossible without a quad bike There is no knowing whether feed and fertiliser costs will go up again and what the margins on beef and lambs will be next year.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And then there’s the cornfield, which his cousin Scott Stickley planted for livestock feed. Hunting, for the hungry The VA nonprofit organization Hunters for the Hungry (H4H) accepts donations of game—mostly deer—and coordinates distribution of the meat to people in need. “In

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Todays Farmer Magazine

APRIL 1, 2024

39:00 – The 2025 Seed production plans 42:00 – Product distribution challenges. agriculture #agronomy #livestock #agribusiness #cooperative 23:00 –The process EPA has to navigate for label approval is a challenge. 25:00 – Lawsuit was a procedural challenge. 27:00 – Future possible record keeping & processes we’re heading toward.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing partnerships for a new, interagency pilot project aimed at offering more localized ground bison meat for tribal communities through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). Now they sell their finished cattle, as well as those of their customers, through Dakota Angus.

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The Lunatic Farmer

MARCH 19, 2021

On this blog I've mentioned more than once the cutting edge research in Finland regarding robust immune systems in farm kids who grow up in livestock barns. Not surprisingly, then, this snippet goes straight to Finland for its proof.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Farmers and gardeners often use livestock manure from poultry, cattle or horses. The finished product is used only on landscaping at the compost site, with no distribution to the public, says Seeman. The poop is collected by a pet waste removal service partner, which delivers it to the composting facility.

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CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

The Alternative Manure Management Program ( AMMP ) that reduces methane emissions on dairy and livestock operations includes no funding at all for 2023-24. Another challenge of these large budget swings is having the administrative systems and staff in place to distribute the funds. The budget includes no funding at all for FY 2023-24.

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