Meat industry news
2024-04-15
Local Produce Stores Aim to Bring Affordability to Food Deserts
The way food travels from farm to table is complex. The food that shoppers normally see in massive grocery stores is grown on large farms, harvested in large quantities, stored until it can be... Read more
2024-04-15
Maintaining Reduced Exposure To Toxoplasma gondii, By Brad DeWolf from Southwest Ontario Veterinary Services
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a zoonotic and protozoan parasite that infects more than one-third of the global human population. Warm-blooded animals can act as hosts but only members of the cat... Read more
2024-04-14
Keeping the tradition of ostrich farming alive
Life revolves around ostriches in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. As livestock they provide meat, eggs, feathers, leather, and sometimes even a ride. But animal rights activists criticize their... Read more
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2024-04-12
Scientists Evaluate Potential Human Cannabinol Exposure from Consuming Meat if Cattle is Fed Hempseed Cake
Scientists from the USDA's
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and
North Dakota State University (NDSU) recently found that when cattle were fed with the industrial hemp byproduct, hempseed cake,... Read more
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2024-04-11
NMPF, IDFA Concerned With Final WIC Rule Reducing Access to Dairy
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) expressed disappointment in the final rule released today to update the Special Supplemental... Read more
2024-04-11
Improving Hemp Yields To Increase Proftability For Farmers
Today, Protein Industries Canada announced a new project with Verve Seed Solutions, Farmer’s Business Network Canada (FBN) and Fresh Hemp Foods (FHF) with the goal of increasing yield per acre, and... Read more
2024-04-11
Pre-Solicitation Announcement for Purchase of Meat and Fish Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase meat and fish products for the National School Lunch Program and other federal food nutrition assistance programs. Offers... Read more
2024-04-10
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Finalized Science-Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC
On Tuesday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced finalized updates to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental... Read more
2024-04-10
How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy have developed a new method to predict the financial impacts climate change will have on agriculture, which... Read more
2024-04-09
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Finalized Science-Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has finalized updates to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition... Read more
2024-04-09
The 2024 AEM manufacturing express – Celebrating Agriculture Manufacturing
The AEM Manufacturing Express embarks on a summer tour to celebrate the heroes and innovations of the American equipment manufacturing industry. Read more
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2024-04-08
Contraction of Canadian swine herd continues - GAIN
Contraction in the Canadian swine herd continues in 2024,
according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. Higher than anticipated sow... Read more