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Letter Urging the Opening of Mexico International Rail Crossings

NASDA

Regrettably, we must inform you that Mexico’s livestock and poultry industry is already running low on feed. If the crossings are not immediately reopened, Mexican livestock and poultry producers will need to begin making decisions that could include depopulating animals for humanitarian reasons. Dairy Export Council U.S.

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Ask a Scientist: Stopping Big Ag from Hijacking US Farm and Food Policy

The Equation

The sector includes commodity crop traders, meat and poultry processors, fertilizer and pesticide makers, multinational food and beverage companies, giant supermarket chains, and all of their related trade associations. ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. David Scott (D-Ga.),

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Rural Drinking Water Has a Nitrate Problem

Modern Farmer

Most activities associated with farming, ranching, and forestry can be exempted from the Clean Water Act if the operator obtains a permit to pollute. A primary cause of these nonpoint sources is runoff from nitrogen fertilizer on cropland. full_link LEARN MORE Find out why climate change has intensified fertilizer runoff.

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Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Daily Yonder

Most activities associated with farming, ranching, and forestry can be exempted from the Clean Water Act if the operator obtains a permit to pollute. A primary cause of these nonpoint sources is runoff from nitrogen fertilizer on cropland.

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Animal Ag News 4/8

Agwired

These scholarships are merit-based and open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at an accredited university who are majoring in animal, meat, poultry, or food sciences; enrolled in a culinary arts program; or are interested in pursuing a career in the meat industry. Global animal feed production remained steady in 2023 at 1.29

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

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. 7110, 7113, 7213). Creates an Organic Agriculture Research Coordinator within the Office of the Chief Scientist (Sec.

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Coalition Letter Supporting USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins

NASDA

We need her leadership now at USDA to advocate for a new farm bill, stabilize an agricultural economy in decline, support the full food and agriculture and forestry value chain, and continue American agricultures long history of providing the most secure, affordable and nutritious food supply in the world.

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