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USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation
USDA | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Federal NewsU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. President Donald J. Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a short-term relief strategy to protect agricultural producers while the Administration works on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals to open more markets in the long run to help American farmers compete globally.
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018: Initial Review
Farm Doc Daily | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Federal NewsFor this initial review of the conference product, the discussion will focus on the four key mandatory titles in the farm bill. The CBO cost estimate (score) reinforces the view that the bill is largely status quo. CBO estimates very little net change in spending: an increase of $1.8 billion through 2023, but sustained reductions in assumed outlays from 2024-2028 result in only a $70 million increase over the entire 10-year budget window.
Oat Milk Prices Are Surging Due to a Nationwide Shortage
Cooking Light | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Food NewsOut of all the alternative milks on the market, oat milk may be the hardest to find right now—and if you do find it, be ready to cough up some serious cash. The United States is currently experiencing a national oat milk shortage, according to a new Eater report, and Amazon sellers are taking advantage of the current imbalance in supply and demand. Cases of Oatlyoat milk are currently selling for upwards of $200 per case, (which adds up to about $16.50 for a 32-ounce carton) compared to its usual price of $4.99.
Pet food data: US spending up, pet owners turn to vets
Pet Food Industry | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Agriculture NewsU.S. baby boomers increased their spending on pet food nearly 32 percent in 2017, after their spending fell the year before; and perhaps even more positive for the future of the pet food market, Generation X pet owners’ spending climbed 12.4 percent last year, and millennials’ rose 5.2 percent. In addition to these numbers, a disparate set of data on veterinarian-pet owner conversations about pet food and nutrition provide a snapshot of the market’s status and future heading into 2019.
Stand firm against activist demands
Meating Place (free registration required) | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Agriculture NewsIn mid-November, a protest was held outside of a hog farm in Utah as part of the Animal Liberation Western Convergence. Again, the group called for “just one pig” to be released to them. In rural Iowa last week, a car started following a truckload of pigs being moved from one farm to another. When the truck stopped, the car’s driver got out and began to beg for one of the pigs to be released to her. Over the weekend, a large group of protesters went to a dairy farm in California where they attempted to steal a calf earlier this year.
Wisconsin farmer shares story of starting their dairy
Edairy News | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Agriculture News“We knew what we wanted. We wanted to milk about 100 cows, we wanted to have registered Holsteins and we wanted to be able to run the business as a business, but run it by ourselves. We wanted to be big enough that we could have employees, that we could get involved in the things our kids are involved in, but manage it without employees,” she said.
Premium A2 Guernsey milk brand building
Edairy News | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Food NewsThe brainchild of Cleveland-based Adrian Bota, the Origin brand – launched in early 2016 – sources 100% certified a2 milk from Guernsey cows that produce milk containing only the a2 beta casein protein.
Kansas farmers are running out of water.
The New Food Economy | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsWhen I returned this fall to sit down with farmers, ranchers, dairymen and other rural Kansas leaders I asked what, if anything, is being done to stabilize the state. Rather than talk solutions, however, a different theme quickly emerged: In conversation after conversation, the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer was top of mind.
Iowa will pay steep price if Trump continues to disregard climate change
Des Moines Register | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Agriculture NewsA new federal report about climate change should be a wake-up call to Iowa, a state with an economy heavily dependent on agriculture. It should also be a wake-up call to the 90 percent of registered Republicans here who see truth-telling as an essential trait in an American president, according to a new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll. There are truths revealed by science. This country needs a president who believes them.Which brings us to this report, compiled by 13 federal agencies.
Meat's expanding its horizons, giving the livestock industry pause
Harvest Public Media | Posted onDecember 20, 2018 in Agriculture NewsThe U.S. meat industry is gigantic, with roughly $200 billion a year in sales and growing. But the industry faces emerging threats on two fronts: plant-based meat substitutes and actual meat grown in labs. Plant-based meat substitutes are a lot more, well, meaty than they used to be. They sear on the grill and even "bleed." They look, taste and feel in the mouth a lot like meat. Of course, taking the animals out of the meat business is not good news for people who raise meat animals for a living.