Secretary Naig Initiates New Program to Create Markets for Iowa Meat Products Cooperative Interstate Shipment agreement allows small meat processors to sell products in other states DES MOINES, Iowa (June 21, 2019) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has applied for a Cooperative Interstate Shipment…
Presidential candidates called upon to aid farmers Highlight list of priorities for creating fair and competitive markets for family farmers PUBLISHED ON June 20, 2019 "While just a handful of multi-national corporations have been allowed to exert more and more control over every step of the agricultural supply chain, farmers and ranchers have been left…
“The previous attempts at privatized inspection have led to weaker food safety performance and are a ploy by the industry to increase line speeds.” posted 06.10.19 Washington, D.C. — For years, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has been steadily working to privatize many food safety inspection functions in poultry and pork slaughter…
by Allison Kaika, NFU Intern | June 18, 2019 June is National Dairy Month, making it a good time to highlight the important role family dairies play in the global food system, while also reflecting on the economic difficulties that America’s dairy farmers are currently facing. The American dairy farm is a cornerstone in United…
Factory farms confine many hundreds or thousands of animals such as dairy cows or pigs, or millions of smaller animals such as chickens, on each of their properties, causing not only an incredible amount of suffering, but also a staggering amount of urine and feces. Photo by Jim West/Alamy Stock Photo by Kitty Block and…
Moving the herd of cattle at White Oak Pastures. (Photo courtesy of White Oak Pastures.) by Nicole Rasul | June 19, 2019 The plant-based burger company called regenerative grazing the “clean coal of meat” in a recent report. That hasn’t gone over well amongst carbon ranchers. Rancher Will Harris says he was “stunned” when he…
(Shutterstock) by Jessalyn Adams | June 18, 2019 SIPSEY, Ala (WIAT)– The Sipsey Heritage Commission announced Tuesday they’ll be suing Tyson Foods for “the assault” on the Black Warrior River. According to their Facebook post, Attorney Jud Allen will be leading the case. Tyson Foods’ River Valley experienced a wastewater spill Thursday, June 6 that…
by Andrew Gunther | June 14, 2019 While the cattle industry is repeatedly accused of being the main culprit for increased global methane emissions (and a leading cause for climate change), a new study shows that the fertilizer industry is the root cause. The report by researchers from Cornell and the Environmental Defense Fund, published…
posted Jun 14, 2019 | by Dennis Pillion | dpillion@al.com A major wastewater spill along the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River killed an estimated 175,000 fish and has left residents from Hanceville to Jasper upset about the condition of their river. According to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the event involved the…
June 14, 2019 The African Swine Fever outbreak, which has now spread to China, could result in the slaughter of 200 million hogs this year, in an effort to get the disease under control. Rob Wallace of the Agroecology and Rural Economics Research Corps outlines the causes and possible solutions Story Transcript GREG WILPERT: It’s…