Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

When Paula and Dale Boles took over Dale’s father’s farmland in North Carolina, they thought that poultry farming would be a good way to work the land until they were ready to pass it on to their children. At the same time, he is learning how to effectively grow mushrooms on his farm in the old poultry barns.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

When you approach the poultry paddocks at Salvatierra Farms outside Northfield, Minnesota, you might not notice how many chickens are hiding among the tall grasses and young hazelnut trees at first. Each poultry flock or “unit” includes 1,500 chickens, a barn, and 1.5 And that’s by design.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

In July, a team of researchers led by Kate Tully at the University of Maryland published a paper that mapped the extent of saltwater intrusion onto Delaware and Maryland farmland on the Delmarva Peninsula for the first time.

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Farming Farming Meadow Greenhouse 140

Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The production facilities are also producing high protein animal feed and distillers corn oil which goes into poultry feed market or renewable diesel and biodiesel. Although all the speakers agreed it was likely that farmland is of higher value due to the higher value of corn, there was no known research on the implications of that.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The companies produce nitrate-rich wastewater and funnel it into open-air irrigation ditches that water the area’s farmland. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker’s Farm System Reform Act of 2023 proposed a moratorium on CAFOs, expanded country-of-origin labeling, and increased competition and transparency in livestock, poultry, and meat markets.

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Animal Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Manure 105

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

It also removes the guiding purpose of ensuring farmland is usable by the next generation. 10105) Title 12 – Miscellaneous Provides limited funding for grants and resources for small- to medium-sized meat and poultry processors to expand processing capacity through equipment upgrades.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 102

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The companies produce nitrate-rich wastewater and funnel it into open-air irrigation ditches that water the area’s farmland. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker’s Farm System Reform Act of 2023 proposed a moratorium on CAFOs, expanded country-of-origin labeling, and increased competition and transparency in livestock, poultry, and meat markets.

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Ruralism Manure Farming Farming 87

CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Transforming the food and farming system through the above domains as well as through crop insurance, agroforestry, organic farming, farmland protection, pasture-based systems, conservation set-asides, manure management, and agrivoltaic systems, the bill creates a clear focus on farm and food system resilience.

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Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The deployment of the Waltons’ vast fortune across millions of farmland acres, ocean ecosystems, and food production spaces could boost the regenerative image that Walmart presents as a company while obscuring the fact that the majority of the food on its shelves is still produced as cheaply as possible.

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Supply Chain Food Acre Agriculture 145

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

This is because productive arable farmland, that could be used for growing food to be fed directly to people, is used for growing lower grade livestock cereals, from which only 17-30% of calories are returned for human consumption as meat or milk. There are at least 1,000 intensive poultry units throughout the UK.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 22, 2024

Another notable USDA highlight included the release of its Equity Commission’s Final Report and the announcement of one of the Packers and Stockyards Act final rule s, designed to protect the rights of livestock and poultry producers.

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Acre Food Farming Farming 59

The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Farmland Prime farmland is also susceptible to corporate takeover and accumulation of too many acres in too few hands. Billionaires, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, are among the largest private owners of US farmland. Beyond meat and poultry, the larger food processing sector is similarly dominated by corporate giants.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Yet, as the world becomes increasingly urbanized, more and more wildlife habitat is being taken away and turned into housing developments or converted into farmland. Here, Harris recommends a good nighttime shelter to keep poultry and small livestock, such as sheep and goats, safe from predators.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Specific to meat supply chains, it provides grants and resources for small- to medium-sized meat and poultry processors, focusing on expanding processing capacity through equipment upgrades and worker training (Sec. 12103, 7124). This includes short-term staff training and workforce development grants directed towards community colleges.

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Ruralism Food Farming Farming 111

The Equation

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Within poultry processing, the focus on production led to increased line speeds from 70 birds per minute in 1979 to 91 in 1999 to 140 in 2015, even though there are proven and well-documented dangers of faster line speeds, making animal slaughtering and processing facilities the sixth most dangerous workplace for severe injuries.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Plantation 136

The Equation

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Within poultry processing, the focus on production led to increased line speeds from 70 birds per minute in 1979 to 91 in 1999 to 140 in 2015, even though there are proven and well-documented dangers of faster line speeds, making animal slaughtering and processing facilities the sixth most dangerous workplace for severe injuries.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Plantation 52

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

That’s farmland, equipment, and buildings. Compare that to our pastured poultry model which requires 10 ft. The difference is profound. The average American farmer is now 60 years old. In the next 15 years, 50 percent—half—of all agricultural equity is going to change hands. I’m not suggesting the U.S.

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Manure 52

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

The destruction of vital infrastructure and farmland, the mass displacement of people and the blocking of food aid has created acute food insecurity for the entire population of 2.2 Livestock including cattle, sheep, goats and poultry, were also raised. In the Gaza Strip, over a million people are facing catastrophic hunger.

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Farming Farming Livestock Food 127

National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The Farmland Access Act (S.2507)

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

After a ramp-up period, Fetterman’s legislation would require the USDA to purchase at least 20 percent of its meat and poultry from small and mid-sized processors and to prioritize contracts with regional producers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and companies that have fair labor agreements in place.

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The Equation

AUGUST 10, 2023

A product of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the first farm bills were enacted in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, which ruined farmland across the Great Plains. Could the farm bill address this problem?

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In addition to needing more time to assess the three options, NAMI President Julie Potts told Meat + Poultry that plant closures under all three options would hurt farmers and ranchers. to advocate for farm bill policies that level the playing field via proposals for fair credit, farmland access, and milk prices. We Explain Why.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

Vilsack pushed the third and potentially most significant over the finish line j ust yesterday , making substantive changes to the poultry industrys notorious tournament system. million acres of farmland are involved as of January 2025. The USDA also began stockpiling vaccines for poultry. The agency is tracking those cases.

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