$500 Million Investment In Small Meat Processing an Opportunity for Competitive, Equitable Livestock Markets August 30, 2021 In an official comment to the USDA, Family Farm Action Alliance celebrated Secretary Vilsack’s commitment to invest $500 million into local and regional meat processing capacity. The organization further advocated for spending strategies that result in more fair,…

NeFU provides guidance to USDA on investments and opportunities for meat and poultry processing infrastructure NeFU supports proportioning financial funding to expand the capacity and diversity of our meat processing system PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 “NeFU State President John Hansen said, “The Biden Administration has provided us with an historic opportunity to expand both…

Regenetarianism (formerly L.A. Chefs Column) August 24, 2021 Well managed livestock and food system design are critical in lowering Green House Gases. To begin with, in regards to accounting for enteric emissions (“cow burps”), most people use global stats. So even if you use 2006 Long Shadow as a reference, and actually read that document,…

Meat wars: why Biden wants to break up the powerful US beef industry As the pandemic drives calls for a radical overhaul of the food system, can the president take on the meat giants? The vulnerability of meat industry workers was laid bare by the pandemic, campaigners say. Photograph: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg /Getty Animals farmed is…

Howdy, This article is a long, but good and important read, and it asks a very important question. I highly recommend it. The author puts a lot of the variables critical to the success or failure of anti-trust efforts and policies on the table for examination. It also gets into some of the critical history…

Agriculture Giant Cargill Reports Biggest Profit In 156-Year History 8/9/2021 7:20:30 AM (MENAFN – Baystreet.ca) Agriculture Giant Cargill Reports Biggest Profit In 156-Year History Agriculture company Cargill has reported the most profitable fiscal year in its history. The largest private U.S. company, which was founded 156 years ago and today dominates markets for crops such…

Brazil’s JBS posts strong Q2 earnings, hails best quarter in history By Nayara Figueiredo, Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Aug 11 (Reuters) – JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, said it had the best quarter in its history, according to an earning statement on Wednesday, posting net income that rose almost 30% to 4.382 billion reais…

Chicken Producer Sanderson Farms Nears Sale to Continental Grain, Cargill Potential $4.5 billion deal would value poultry giant at $203 a share https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicken-producer-sanderson-farms-nears-sale-to-continental-grain-cargill-11628461800?mod=hp_lead_pos2 By Cara Lombardo and Jacob Bunge Aug. 8, 2021 6:30 pm ET Sanderson Farms Inc. SAFM 0.59% is nearing a deal to sell itself for around $4.5 billion, according to people familiar…

Let’s Feed People Instead of Corporate Interests Posted on August 5, 2021 by Mike Callicrate How can an industrial livestock operation transition from feeding corporations to feeding people? Downsize, diversify, and sell direct. Just east of the Colorado-Kansas border in the Republican River Valley watershed, annual precipitation is around 17 inches per year. Winters can…

Major food supplier halts deliveries, impacting Kansas restaurants By Carolina Loera Published: Aug. 2, 2021 at 9:32 PM UTC VIDEO MCPHERSON, Kan. (KWCH) – Major food distributor Sysco is halting deliveries to a number of restaurants in Kansas citing labor shortages in the industry. Now, small businesses, like JD’s Kwik Burger, in McPherson, are left…