National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 14, 2025

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Organic Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) The OREI program awards funds for research conducted on certified organic land to address production, marketing, and socioeconomic constraints on the growth of the organic sector and to elevate the economic and social benefits of organic farming. Managing weeds, diseases, and pests.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

His first batch of livestock included 25 chickens he processed for his family. Yet, there were few resources to help with marketing your product, finding customers, getting sales and becoming profitable. He shows poultry farmers how to build feeders, shelters, feed storage containers, transports and coolers at an affordable price.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 1, 2024

While some of Transfarmation’s farmers have laid a lot of groundwork, the path between feeding livestock and misting mushroom substrate was always bound to be muddy. He failed to woo customers at farmers’ markets before finally finding wholesale buyers with the Transfarmation team’s help. I see that as my role.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Keeping chickens and other poultry can be a wonderful way to supply yourself with fresh chicken and the best-tasting eggs around but you'll find that chickens can also be a great source of revenue. Here are a few ways to turn a profit with chicken or other types of poultry.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Livestock health and wellness can directly impact the productivity, yields, product quality, and overall safety of livestock and the community served by your farm. 6 Key Livestock Wellness Management Practices Measure & monitor the overall wellness of your herd/flock/etc.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Ownership of small livestock species, but not aggregate livestock, is associated with an increased risk of anemia among children in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysis. Poultry was associated with lower anemia risk, sheep and goats with higher risk. Cheese is moderately good for you.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

MARCH 6, 2024

While USDA’s new livestock and poultry market final rule aims to address discrimination and promote competition, critics argue it could lead to excessive regulation and higher consumer prices.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The soil is dead, new markets need to be developed, and for now, she’s planning on continuing to run Three Part Harmony, which will involve a lot of driving back and forth. The market forces were pressuring them to get out of this work that we all love so deeply. At the same time, she’s transitioning the D.C.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Passage of the bill will also help each state address its needs for public practice veterinarians (food safety, public health, epidemiology, pathology, molecular diagnostics, virology, toxicology, immunology, bacteriology, serology, foreign animal disease preparedness, and livestock infectious diseases).

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ATTRA

JUNE 25, 2024

USDA announced a new Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposed rule that would tackle longstanding challenges around interpretations of unfairness and competitive injury for the livestock, meat, and poultry sectors.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The final rule outlines more consistent standards for six key areas: outdoor space requirements for organic poultry, indoor and outdoor living conditions for livestock, poultry stocking density, preventative care practices, physical alterations and euthanasia, and transport, handling, and slaughter.

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NASDA

AUGUST 23, 2023

perishable food and agriculture exports, we believe that this legislation can help expand into new markets, promote our agricultural products, and feed the world without taking resources away from MAP and FMD. One of the largest barriers to further growing export markets for frozen and refrigerated U.S. According to the U.S.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Market Trends : Analyzing general market data helps farmers select crops that will yield the best pricing, making their planting more strategic and profitable. Monitor Livestock: Many ranches utilize livestock RFID tags to track their herd movements and easily scan and understand their health and wellness.

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ATTRA

JUNE 19, 2024

The Livestock Conservancy offers microgrants ranging from $500 to $2,000 for residents and organizations of the U.S. who are actively working with livestock and poultry breeds listed on the Conservation Priority List. Applications must be postmarked before August 15, 2024.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

livestock and other animals, APHIS halted shipments of Mexican cattle and bison in November 2024 after a positive detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in southern Mexico. Beginning in 2025, proceeds from the sales of select Zoetis products in the cattle, pork and poultry markets will raise funds for Folds of Honor scholarships.

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NASDA

JUNE 15, 2023

Currently, these products can only come to market if they go through the Food and Drug Administration’s animal drug approval process. This change will allow these products to get to market more quickly for U.S. Kansas Grain and Feed Association Kansas Livestock Association Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. farmers and ranchers.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 17, 2024

shrimp market, which imports around 90 percent of its shrimp. Some Lawmakers Want to Clean Up the Market Diving—and Dying—for Red Gold: The Human Cost of Honduran Lobster Avian Flu Spreads to Cattle. It’s the first time that the virus—which has been circulating in wild birds and poultry the U.S. The Bankrollers of Methane.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They leave our meat and poultry processing system and supply chain brittle and slow to move with changing conditions such as climate impacts, communicable diseases, or war-related barriers, all of which our agricultural markets have faced in recent years.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

AUGUST 21, 2024

This will allow regulators to better evaluate the extent to which a practice restricts a farmer’s participation in the market and determine whether a company’s conduct prevents a producer from getting the full value of their products or services.

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ATTRA

MARCH 8, 2024

Individuals (including farmers), businesses, agricultural cooperatives, nonprofits, educational institutions, local units of government, or tribal governments that intend to be or are engaged with livestock slaughter or processing are eligible for the MPEM Grant. The maximum award amount is $150,000, and the minimum award amount is $1,000.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Running a livestock operation? Whether it's a cattle ranch, a dairy goat farm, a chicken poultry business, or anything in between, can be a complex and demanding task. This all-in-one platform is designed to help you efficiently manage every facet of your livestock business, regardless of the types of animals you raise.

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ATTRA

JUNE 4, 2024

USDA proposed a rule , “Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems,” to address abuses that have occurred in grower-ranking payment systems and additional capital investment requirements that poultry companies commonly ask of their contract growers.

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Agwired

MARCH 27, 2025

pork and poultry industries, allowing for greater efficiency while maintaining food safety standards. New data from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is beginning to shed light on the impact of beef and dairy crossbred cattle on the beef supply chain. The National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA) thanked the U.S.

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NASDA

JANUARY 9, 2024

It was our second largest export market in 2022 with $28.5 Regrettably, we must inform you that Mexico’s livestock and poultry industry is already running low on feed. The Union Pacific Railway estimates $200 million in economic activity is lost every day the rail crossings are closed. agricultural exports.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

347.563.6408 Release: NSAC Welcomes Further Investments in Local Meat Processors Markets Washington, DC, September 20th, 2024 – Yesterday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced further projects from the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program.

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ATTRA

APRIL 9, 2024

Indiana Department of Agriculture (ISDA) began accepting applications April 1, 2024, for the Indiana Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program , a $15 million revolving loan program that assists small and very small Indiana meat and poultry packers and processors with access to affordable capital for meat expansion projects.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Part Three will move further along the supply chain, taking a deeper look at how federal market opportunities support the success of efficient regional food systems. These investments focus in areas of production, processing, aggregation/distribution, market opportunities, and consumer access. King’s Poultry Farm in Bradford, Ohio.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 4, 2025

It can help you test your business idea, reduce risk, and make informed decisions.For a farm, it can also help you come up with a budget, projections for the next few years on income and expenses, create a core marketing strategy, and build a solid foundation. Your Business Plan Can Change The market might change around you.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 21, 2024

While cultivated meat may hold promise for producing more humane and socially sustainable protein, it may also help solve some of the negative environmental impacts of industrial livestock production. And according to a report on human appropriation of land and food, poultry has a feed efficiency rate of 13 percent, pork 8.8

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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

As USDA continues to respond to this outbreak, we urge you to prioritize animal health and human health in the same manner you have dealt with H5N1 in poultry for many years. Livestock auction barns and markets, as a result of the federal order, have faced an undue burden and a significant financial loss due to a decrease in sales.

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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. Poultry & Egg Association , is scheduled for Aug. Poultry & Egg Association , is scheduled for Aug. 14-16 at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa in Destin, Fla.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 4, 2024

June 3, 2024 – “Today, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced a new proposed rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act to make significant reforms in the payment system, often referred to as the ‘tournament’ or ‘ranking’ system, commonly used by poultry companies to pay contract poultry growers.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

And growing meat in the lab, from cultured stem cells in bioreactors will eliminate the need for raising livestock, and all the environmental havoc that goes with it. The market for organic food, which has more than doubled in a decade, accounted for $58 billion in sales in 2021 in the United States alone.

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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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Caff

MARCH 6, 2025

Jacque Phillips: Finding Purpose in Farming Jacque Phillips, a poultry farmer in Fresno, California, finds solace and joy in raising chickens. Despite these hardships, she remains optimistic and dreams of expanding her farm to include a nursery and a farmers market that serves the local community.

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ATTRA

JUNE 17, 2024

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to agricultural producers and processors through the Meat and Produce Agriculture Development Grants program. A list of the funded projects is available online.

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