Put down that veggie burger. These farmers say their cows can solve the climate crisis By David McKenzie and Brent Swails, CNN Updated 6:16 AM ET, Sat March 7, 2020 How regenerative agriculture could help save the planet 03:34 Reitz, South Africa (CNN)Danie Slabbert points toward the cattle that brought his farm back to life….
Another Auction Ends a Family Farm Written By Julian Emerson Originally Published March 3, 2020 11:21 am A worker prods a cow up a ramp and into a semi-truck trailer Monday at Paul Adams’ farm. Most of the 600-plus cows in his dairy herd were shipped to a large dairy farm in Texas. (Photo by…
World’s biggest meat company linked to ‘brutal massacre’ in Amazon Investigation traces meat sold to JBS and rival Marfrig to farm owned by man implicated in Mato Grosso killings Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Tue 3 Mar 2020 08.31 EST Protests against the illegal timber trade in Brazil have highlighted the number of people…
Lack Of Structural Support Crippling Local Foods, Farmers Say By Charity Nebbe, Katelyn Harrop & Sthefany Nobriga • Feb 26, 2020 Talk of Iowa Melissa and Andrew Dunham, owners of Grinnell Heritage Farms, feel forced to radically change their business model in today’s local food climate. LISTEN Are local foods supported more in theory than…
HSUS, other groups sue Trump administration for speeding up chicken slaughter February 25, A coalition including the Humane Society of the United States today sued the Trump administration for allowing chicken slaughterhouses to dial up the breakneck speeds at which they kill birds. The increase, announced in 2018, allows slaughterhouses that receive a waiver from…
Eivaisla/iStock/Getty Images Plus Groups concerned about Brazilian beef access Concerns of NCBA, OCM and R-CALF USA differ, but include food safety and destabilizing U.S. industry. Feb 24, 2020 The Feb. 21 decision by the U.S. to reopen fresh beef trade with Brazil has raised concern among commodity organizations. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said while…
Fueling Beef Monopoly Expansion, U.S. Lifts Two-Year Ban on Brazilian Beef Imports February 23, 2020 OCM Staff On Friday, February 21, the United States reopened its border to fresh beef from Brazil after a more than two-year ban, according to a letter sent by the Food Safety and Inspection Service to the Brazilian agriculture minister,…
African and Brazilian Beef Imports Are Deliberate Attempt to Destabilize U.S. Cattle Industry For Immediate Release: February 24, 2020 Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard said today that the Agriculture Secretary’s opening the U.S. market to fresh beef imports from Brazil and Namibia, Africa,…
Licensed U.S. Dairy Farms Dropped 8.8% Last Year Jim Dickrell February 21, 2020 12:33 PM Ohlde Dairy – Steve Ohlde – Linn Kansas ( Wyatt Bechtel ) The United States Department of Agriculture released its average annual count of licensed dairy farms in the United States today, showing a decline of 3,281 farms. According to…
U.S. Lifts Ban on Brazil Beef Imports After More Than Two Years By Samy Adghirni February 21, 2020, 3:37 PM MST Decision was announced by Brazil Agriculture Minister President Bolsonaro is set to meet with Trump in March The U.S. has reopened its doors to fresh beef from Brazil after a more than two-year ban,…