Modern Farmer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Some worried about the food supply chain, while others were simply bored. But as any poultry farmer knows, ducklings don’t stay small for long. Finally, as people returned to work after the lockdown restrictions eased, entire flocks of poultry were given up to shelters. Why not start a backyard homestead?

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Consider Lukas Walton, Tom’s cousin, who is using a $2 billion venture capital fund to invest in organic chicken, grass-fed dairy, plant-based supply chains, and ag-tech, while supporting food access and fisheries innovations with his philanthropy. She’s also put millions of philanthropic dollars into a demonstration farm in Oregon.

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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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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

State departments of agriculture, like USDA, are dedicated to protecting farmers, farmworkers, and the workforce throughout the entire supply chain. 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.

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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. If we’re really serious about forestalling famine, we need to stop feeding so much grain to livestock, and save the wheat, corn, and rice we grow for human consumption.

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Agricultural Economics Insights

JUNE 5, 2023

Supply chains, prices, and consumer preferences have been erratic in recent memory. Poultry and Pork Consumption Trends Figure 2 plots the steady increase in poultry consumption over the last six decades. Despite the upward consumption trend, poultry wasn’t immune to the Great Recession dip. Data Source, USDA ERS.

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Agwired

AUGUST 7, 2023

poultry team. Keith Fleetwood has joined the company as a poultry account manager and feed mill specialist. In that role, he will provide support related to specialty ingredient, nutrition and premix sales for the company’s commercial poultry customers. Alltech announced two additions to its U.S.

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Agwired

APRIL 1, 2024

A coalition of meat and poultry industry groups said the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA or the Agency) proposed wastewater guidelines will cost hundreds of millions more than Agency estimates, eliminate tens of thousands of jobs and close many processing facilities, resulting in hardship for livestock and poultry producers.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Monitor Livestock: Many ranches utilize livestock RFID tags to track their herd movements and easily scan and understand their health and wellness. Devices such as soil moisture sensors, micro weather stations, and livestock trackers will be interconnected to create a comprehensive data ecosystem.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 1, 2024

Builds upon the popular Food Supply Chain Guarantee Program while expanding it to also include grants for essential employee training, food safety training and certification.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

Cattle, hog, poultry and milk prices all increased in 2022. High feed costs, drought and avian influenza limited supplies, and consumer demand generally continued to be strong. in 2022 as farm commodity prices rose, labor and other costs increased, supply chain problems continued, and consumer demand was strong.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

Title 4 – Nutrition Takes a different approach to sustaining catalytic local and regional food supply chain investments than the Senate proposal. 5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program. 2202, 2204, 2302).

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Join the Livestock Publications Council for the November Coffee and Collaboration on Friday, November 22, 2024 at 12 p.m. the research is part of the Association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing. The topic is “Where Are Red Meat Exports Heading?”

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Livestock Publications Council (LPC) annually inducts one of its distinguished leaders into the Hall of Fame. USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF).

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

The FFNSA maintains the existing carveout that ensures livestock producers will receive 50% of total EQIP funding during the life of the farm bill. This long standing setaside has led to significant portions of EQIP spending going towards infrastructure practices of questionable environmental value.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 8, 2024

Livestock market updates provide farmers with opportunities to plan ahead. The USDA released livestock market updates in April, providing valuable insight into the possible paths for 2024. poultry combined with lower demand in China has resulted in a 10.2 Cattle Cattle inventory is at record lows, but production is strong.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

And energy- and livestock-intensive farming methods since then have continued to raise the sum of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the goals for soil health receive more focus on grass-based livestock systems and nutrient budgeting. These two challenges, however, can be addressed by the same suite of solutions.

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NASDA

JANUARY 9, 2024

Letter Dear Secretary Mayorkas: On behalf of the agriculture and food input supply chain, we request the immediate opening of the El Paso and Eagle Pass international rail crossings. supply chain and having negative impacts on the U.S. cannot provide a resilient and reliable supply chain.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 20, 2024

Editor’s Note: This blog post is the first post in a series highlighting how recent supply chain investments were unique and pivotal in expanding infrastructure to respond to growing farmer demand, reducing costly wait times, and reaching diversified operations.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Reducing or eliminating the use of medically important antibiotics in livestock would slow the development of resistant bacteria, experts say, safeguarding the efficacy of important drugs for longer. “It And over the past year, companies that once committed to moving their supply chains away from routine antibiotic use have been backtracking.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This final rule is an important first step that will shed light on the opaque and unfair poultry tournament system to protect contract poultry growers,” said Billy Hackett, NSAC Policy Specialist. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Seeds planted over the past two years with the Biden Administration’s billion-dollar commitment to foster a more resilient, diverse, and equitable meat and poultry processing system are now beginning to sprout across the country and U.S.

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Agwired

MAY 6, 2024

The Meat Institute has created a best practices document to help the meat and poultry industry prevent child labor and identity fraud. The document, the “Meat and Poultry Industry Best Practices: Workforce Age Verification” can be found here. trade policy can strengthen supply chain resiliency and ensure that U.S.

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Agwired

JANUARY 13, 2025

National FFA Officer Candidates will be attending the International Poultry Expo (IPE), part of the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), as a result of the USPOULTRY Foundation s ongoing initiative to further attract the best and brightest students to the poultry and egg industries.

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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. Farm Tours Farm tours have become a beloved feature of NSAC summer meetings.

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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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The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Those lesser-known companies tend to operate up the supply chain, and include Bayer and Syngenta, which sell the seeds farmers need and the pesticides they’ve come to rely on, and Nutrien and CF Industries Holdings, which manufacture synthetic fertilizers. Does any of that sound familiar?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Limiting Fair Competition One such policy rider, related to the implementation of rules associated with the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&SA), would effectively prevent the USDA from promoting fair market competition for livestock and poultry growers, both now and in the future. billion in local economic impact.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

—Grey Moran A Call to Farms: Reconnecting to Nature, Food, and Community in a Modern World By Jennifer Grayson The fragility of our food system became more prominent than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, when supply chains struggled to stay tethered due to global trade disruptions.

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Agwired

JULY 1, 2024

Department of Agriculture announced new action to support the Biden-Harris Administration’s plan for a fairer, more competitive, and more resilient meat and poultry supply chain. This will support farmers and growers, and continues President Biden’s work to lower food costs for consumers.

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Agribusiness Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Aid for Livestock and Dairy Producers Contract producers of poultry were mostly left out of the CFAP 1 and 2 since these growers did not own the birds. This bill remedies this by allocating $1 billion of direct aid for any contract grower of livestock (primarily poultry) and will cover up to 80% of losses.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 29, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) welcomes a new round of investment in the local and regional meat processing industry.

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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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Civil Eats

JULY 11, 2023

It operates 41 facilities across 11 states and exerts control over every part of the supply chain, from fleets of boats and aquaculture farms, to export shipping and distribution. Where it has truly thrived, however, is in fish, shrimp, and crab processing, and its facilities dominate along the West Coast. The list goes on.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

affected beef prices, and a multiyear avian flu impacted commercial poultry and eggs. • Build resilience in the supply chain –such as buffer stocks for grain—that would help prepare for the next disruption or emergency. There were also export restrictions on staples such as palm oil , leading to price increases. →

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

This bill defines precision agriculture as: “managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.” 6422, 6314, 6410, 6411).

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The origins of the current rise in food prices seem obvious enough: The Covid-19 pandemic caused labor shortages and supply-chain disruptions that drove up the cost of production. As the pandemic subsided, the supply chain returned to normal — but costs at the drive-through and checkout aisle didn’t come down.

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