Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Plastic-covered walk-in coolers ready to be unwrapped and filled with produce and poultry were stacked on pallets. Livestock can require more upfront capital compared to vegetables, so when Graham decided to get his poultry operation up and running, the couple turned to Foodshed Capital for help.

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AgriEpiCenter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Agri-EPI and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) visited Rastech Research CIC at the University of St Andrews in Scotland for a partner site visit to Aquanzo Production System facilities. During this […] The post Aquanzo explores sustainable marine-based poultry feed alternative appeared first on Agri-EPI Centre.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Dairy Business Association announced its priorities for the upcoming legislative session, focusing on protecting Wisconsin’s dairy industry, ensuring fair regulations, enhancing rural communities, promoting economic support, supporting clean water initiatives and building lasting agricultural transportation infrastructure.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

It was by a stroke of luck that Alvarado learned about North Carolina-based Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI), a nonprofit which helps farmers in tough situations free of charge. Bunting, now 79, runs a family farm with his son in Oak City, North Carolina, where he once raised poultry and hogs and now grows hemp and corn.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 17, 2024

He didn’t travel to the rural area for any of his job responsibilities; he was there to document injustice. It’s the first time that the virus—which has been circulating in wild birds and poultry the U.S. Read more: The Field Report: A Deadly Bird Flu Resurfaces How Will Bird Flu Affect Backyard Poultry?

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ATTRA

JUNE 11, 2024

Photo: Lee Rinehart, NCAT And we can’t forget poultry! Heat stress for chickens, turkeys, and other poultry species can cause major productivity setbacks. ATTRA has a wide range of resources on providing proper housing for poultry, including the publication Pastured Poultry: Egg Production. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Daily Yonder

MARCH 14, 2024

A long awaited rule that changes which meat and poultry goods can bear the label “Product of U.S.A.” Small farmers and ranchers in rural America especially felt the brunt of this. farmers and ranchers has been in decline in recent years as big corporations merge producers in the meat, poultry, and egg markets. The number of U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

King’s Poultry Farm in Bradford, Ohio. Building a new meat/poultry processing business or expanding an existing enterprise is extremely challenging. These are people who are really rural, and haven’t always been reached by extension like this before. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Manalo.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

farmers, and create jobs in rural areas. This marks the final investment in the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP), which has provided 74 awards totaling more than $325 million to expand processing capacity and strengthen the food supply chain.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Recent Actions In recent years, and most noticeably during the supply chain disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, several agencies within the USDA – including Rural Development and the Agricultural Marketing Service – have helped direct critical funding specifically to small and very small meat processing plants.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“USDA has the opportunity to infuse rural meat economies with hundreds of millions of dollars in new demand that will support local meat processors and independent ranchers,” stated Aaron Johnson, Program Manager, Challenging Corporate Power Program at Rural Advancement Foundation International, RAFI- USA.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Year-end inventories of major grains, oilseeds, poultry and dairy products are projected to increase in 2024. agricultural exports are slowing down, and a record trade deficit is projected for 2023. The financial imbalance is equally impactful for specialty and perishable crops.

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NASDA

MAY 7, 2024

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) commends the subcommittee for its work in support of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. In recent years, states have seen dramatic increases in the number of fully inspected slaughter establishments, many of which are subject to state meat and poultry inspection.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Each year, USDA spends billions purchasing food for schools, food pantries, and community nutrition programs across rural and urban settings. This concentration is better highlighted within poultry purchases. of all USDA’s poultry purchases. Contracts with Tyson Foods accounted for 42.5%

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress can ultimately see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs through RCPP, as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate. 5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 12, 2025

Historically, mutual aid has worked best amongst rural people living in geographic isolation and with a shared spiritual practice for at least one generation, and people with shared identities who have been cast out from the mainstream. The only meat we cook is poultry. Our kitchen has always been gluten-free and soy-free.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer , a a nonprofit covering equity and resiliency in the food system. That’s because no one wants to “own the issue,” according to Nella Mae Parks, a farmer and organizer for the nonprofit Oregon Rural Action.

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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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Modern Farmer

MAY 7, 2024

Animal Outlook works with poultry farmers who have had their contracts cut, which can happen at any time. Faaborg’s goal is to showcase that it is possible to convert hog barns to do a different kind of farming, and in doing so create jobs and revitalize the local rural economy. Left: Paula Boles.

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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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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa announced that registration is now open for the upcoming conference titled Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm – Optimizing Environmental and Economic Outcomes for Rural Communities and Beyond. EPA and the universities will host the conference Nov.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Useful Links: AirTerra: www.airterra.com Biochar in agriculture – A systematic review of 26 global meta-analysis Wilson Biochar Associates Research Paper “Use of Biochar in Poultry Barns Wilson and Associates: www.wilsonandassociates.ca The post EP54 Biochar appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 1, 2024

The Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act framework charts a path for completing a farm bill this year. The following are select promising provisions based on NSAC’s initial analysis of the section-by-section framework of the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act.

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ATTRA

MAY 24, 2024

Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 6, 2024

Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program Meat and poultry processing is a closely regulated industry. The FFNSA offers a few new options for infrastructure investments but does not adequately respond to the needs of rural communities for specialized food workforce training and technical assistance for scaling businesses.

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Agwired

JULY 10, 2023

52), reigniting support for the bill across rural America. The funding supports student recruitment at colleges and universities that cultivate careers in the poultry and egg industry. John Thune (R-S.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Mike Rounds, (R-S.D.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Livestock and Poultry: +17.9% Dairy, chicken eggs, and poultry are down due to low prices. Overall, production costs are predicted to increase by 6.9 percent in 2023 after accounting for inflation. The biggest spending categories for farmers in 2023: Interest: +27.6% Labor: +5.24% Feed: +3.2% Fuel and Oil: – 14.9%

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The Equation

AUGUST 24, 2023

 UCS has joined with partner organizations representing farmers, labor, and rural interests to advocate for a food and farm bill that finally offers support and protections to workers. This support crosses party lines, race and gender, level of education, and rural, suburban, and urban communities.

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

I did have to put huge aviaries up to protect my poultry from coyotes and sometimes a persistent fox,” she wrote in an email to Civil Eats. The poultry get locked in their big open-air aviaries every night so the wild things can do their thing. In Maryland, Allen had to add extra measures to protect her chickens from predators. “I

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

On July 11, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved their FY2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with unanimous, bipartisan agreement.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In a year marked by significant challenges for small family farms and rural communities, Organic Valley , the largest cooperative of organic farmers in the nation, is not just seeking more milk but actively welcoming more farmers. Poultry & Egg Association ’s Harold E.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 16, 2024

Her farm includes cattle, goats, poultry, and hogs. Heated poultry waterer and heated bucket. This blog is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. We are thankful that spring is coming!

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

By ensuring reliable demand for regeneratively raised meat, proponents of the system’s new procurement pledge see the sizable volume giving the state’s independent ranchers and rural economy a huge boost, and bolstering the local and regional meat supply chain. It’s a tall order, but Diaz knows the sway that comes with institutional demand.

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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. The audience asked about the price of rural land being affected by the ethanol industry. He further outlined that the ethanol industry consumed about 5.5

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. The program will feature economic industry experts offering their insights on the current state of the global poultry industry and their forecasts for 2025. on Wednesday, Jan.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Farm Journal Foundation is launching a new effort to help states develop infrastructure to recruit and support veterinarians working in rural areas, with the aim of addressing the national shortage of veterinarians who specialize in treating poultry and livestock. 10, 2025.

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