Pandemic on our plates: The high health risks of industrial animal agriculture "RUDERSBERG" by DORIS META F is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By Shivam Joshi and Josh Balk May 11, 2020 Dr. Shivam Joshi is a physician on the front-lines of the novel coronavirus outbreak in New York City. Josh Balk is the vice…

My interview with Greg Stephens, Salina Media Connection – A look back at how we ended up with four big meatpackers controlling the cattle market and today’s failed meat supply chain. The deck is stacked against small plants and independent livestock producers. Why USDA is a big part of the problem in building local/regional food…

Number of workers with coronavirus at Waterloo Tyson plant more than double earlier figure Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register Published 9:00 p.m. CT May 7, 2020 | Updated 2:47 p.m. CT May 8, 2020 More than 1,000 workers at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo have tested positive for the coronavirus, a county public health…

Cattle producers bring Ft. Pierre packing plant back online April 29, 2020 Courtesy photos This past weekend, U.S. Beef Producers test harvested 13 head of cattle in the old Bad River Pack facility in Ft. Pierre, S.D. By Codi Vallery-Mills The slowing of meat processing at some of the nation’s largest packing plants due to…

As once said, you cannot grow a demand side economy with supply side manure. All you do is cover those on the ground in shit. All our aggiecon friends should be glad that they are not licensed, if they were they would be sued for malpractice. After attempting to view the OSU Sunup show this…

May 9, 2020 The PRIME Act Doesn’t Go Far Enough Greg Gunthorp and Mike Callicrate at Gunthorp Farms We are not opposed to the Prime Act per se. We do not believe however that it should be our big ask regarding inspection because of the COVID pandemic. Economics and access to labor are the biggest…

11 attorneys general seek probe into meatpacking industry The attorneys general for 11 Midwestern states have urged the Justice Department to investigate market concentration and potential price fixing by meatpackers in the cattle industry during the coronavirus pandemic By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press May 5, 2020, 2:40 PM BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — The attorneys general…

Joaquin Contente: Smaller Plants Are the Answer Joaquin Contente – California Farmers Union May 6, 2020 12:36 PM Small butcher plant worker ( David Sommerstein/NPR ) The opinions expressed in the following commentary are those of Joaquin Contente, president of California Farmers Union, Hanford, CA. In her April 27th commentary “We Need More Small Plants,”…

Booker renews push to phase out factory farming by 2040 after pandemic hits meatpacking plants By J. Edward Moreno – 05/07/20 © Bonnie Cash Democrats are renewing a push started by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) last year that would crack down on factory farming as several meatpacking plants in the country recover from coronavirus outbreaks….

April 28, 2020 UDAF to Allow Private Custom Meat Plants to Slaughter and Process Livestock for Commercial Sale Temporary Measure Designed to Partially Make Up for Reduced Production at Commercial Facilities(Salt Lake City) The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) has taken action to alleviate the stockpile of animals from farms and ranches waiting…