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Farmers go organic in search of millennial dollars

Bloomberg | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Agriculture News

Organic farm product value doubles from 2012 to 2017: USDA Turn to organic comes as overall number of farms declines


Investors at Milken Focus on Food as the Public’s Eating Habits Change

Bloomberg | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Food News

Food is becoming an increasing focus for institutional investors and family offices, executives said Monday at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California.


America's renewable energy set to surpass coal for the first month ever

CNN | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Energy News

America's clean energy revolution is on the verge of a tipping point.The renewable energy sector is projected to generate more electricity than coal during the month of April, according to a recent report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. That's never happened before.Coal, long the king of the power sector, has already been dethroned by natural gas, a much cleaner burning fossil fuel.


Oil and renewable industries locked in tug of war over Trump's ethanol plan

Washington Examiner | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Energy News

The deadline for comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed plan to allow year-round sales of 15% ethanol fuel closes at midnight, but neither side in the fight — that is, the oil and renewable fuel industries — wants the plan to move ahead as drafted. E15 fuel is restricted for use during the summer months because of its high vapor pressure, which can exacerbate smog levels. But the summer months are the largest season for fuel sales, and a prime opportunity for corn farmers to sell more of their product into the gasoline supply.


CAFO foes fight bill to limit inspection power

Columbia Daily Tribune | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni News

Opponents of a House bill that would limit authority to inspect animal farming operations say local control is necessary, while supporters say it would protect farmers from animal rights activists and other entities want to put them out of business. The bill allows the state departments of agriculture and natural resources, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “and any other federal or Missouri state agency with statutory or regulatory authority” to inspect operations with livestock, poultry, dairy, egg production or dog breeding.


UCalgary study finds vaccine protects against chronic wasting disease

University of Calgary | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Rural News

Cases of an infectious disease that kills deer, elk, and moose are on the rise in Alberta.   Similar to mad cow disease (BSE) in cattle, chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease of members of the deer family. Infected animals lose weight drastically (wasting), and suffer other symptoms like stumbling, lack of co-ordination, and drooling. CWD is fatal in all cases. There is no cure, treatment, or way to prevent it.But the study of a vaccine against CWD has made researchers in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) hopeful.


Cutting off funding for animal research would prove deadly for humans

Houston Chronicle | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Rural News

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals just launched a new campaign aimed at an unlikely audience of one. The organization wants President Trump to slash funding for the National Institutes of Health. PETA claims the agency wastes money funding “experiments on animals that fail to produce cures or treatments for humans.” So it paid a mobile billboard to drive around the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort urging him to “Cut $15 Billion!” from the NIH budget.PETA’s publicity stunts may garner attention, but they’re utterly divorced from reality.


American Bankers Association Farm Bank Performance Report

Farm Policy News | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Rural News

Last week, the American Bankers Association (ABA) released its annual Farm Bank Performance Report.  Today’s update includes several highlights from the ABA update. The ABA report indicated that, “The U.S.


Partisan Bickering Over Puerto Rico Aid Strands Farmers Devastated by Extreme Weather

The New York Times | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Agriculture News

If Rob Cohen knew that aid was on its way from Washington, circumstances would be different on his devastated pecan farms, which once spanned five counties and 1,400 acres. He and his brother would not have purchased an excavator and a bulldozer, expensive equipment they most likely will not need again to harvest pecans.


U.S. Meat Companies Gain From Hog Culling in China

Wall Street Journal | Posted onMay 1, 2019 in Agriculture News

A deadly disease sweeping China’s hog barns is reinvigorating the fortunes of U.S. meat companies. Outbreaks of African swine fever have led to the culling of millions of hogs in the world’s top pork market. That is shrinking global meat supplies—and boosting prices. The shift is a welcome one for U.S. meatpackers and farmers, whose hogs remain free of the disease, after a tough patch of low prices driven by record U.S. meat production and China’s tariffs on U.S. meat.
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