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The US has a 2.5 billion-pound surplus of meat.
Vox | Posted onAugust 1, 2018 in Agriculture NewsUS dairy producers now have a 1.39 billion-pound surplus of cheese, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture. That’s the largest domestic reserve of cheddar, Swiss, American, and other cheese varieties on record. It means there’s enough excess cheese to arm each American citizen with a hefty 4.6 pounds of the crumbly, melty, salty good stuff. Why is this happening? Simply put: US dairy producers have been overproducing milk. American cows are more productive than ever.
Biodiesel Challenges Waivers in Court
DTN | Posted onAugust 1, 2018 in Energy NewsBiofuel, petroleum and environmental interests have filed legal briefs in a broader lawsuit challenging the EPA on its implementation of the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes, according to documents filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington.
Editorial: Rural America needs Theodore Roosevelt
The Roanoke Times | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Rural NewsThe New York-born president looked out at the nation and didn’t like what he saw.He saw two very different Americas that were increasingly growing apart — a prosperous urban America where the economy was driven by fantastical new technologies, and a rural America that was being passed over by this emerging new economy.2018? No. 1908. The president then was Theodore Roosevelt, who envisioned himself a man of action (and often was). Roosevelt feared that the economic gap opening between the two parts of the country was not a healthy one.
Hard lessons are learned growing up on the farm
AgWeek | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Rural NewsEvery day I am grateful for the opportunity my children have had to live on a farm. I have truly appreciated the life lessons, work ethic and sense of responsibility they have gained. I know they are equipped on a level most never experience to handle whatever life may throw their way. It is, however, not without some sadness and pain.
Editorial: Should people in rural areas simply move?
The Roanoke Times | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Rural NewsThat lack of empathy for rural areas isn’t confined to the left, though. A surprising number of conservative commentators take the same point of view. In 2016, Kevin Williamson wrote a scathing piece in the right-leaning National Review about Rust Belt communities in upstate New York and concluded “the truth about these dysfunctional, downscale communities is that they deserve to die.” His blunt advice to the people who live there: Move.
Nebraska, Iowa State to lead new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
Meatingplace (free registration required) | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Agriculture NewsThe Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges announced July 26 that three universities will partner to lead a new national institute addressing antimicrobial resistance. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and its medical center, Iowa State University and the University of Iowa were selected to head up the new Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education.
NY plan will preserve food stamp use at farmers’ markets
Livingston County News | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsFood stamp recipients in New York will not see their ability to use their benefits at farmers’ markets interrupted this summer. Gov.
America spends over $20bn per year on fossil fuel subsidies.
The Guardian | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Energy NewsImagine that instead of taxing cigarettes, America subsidized the tobacco industry in order to make each pack of smokes cheaper.A report from Oil Change International (OCI) investigated American energy industry subsidies and found that in 2015–2016, the federal government provided $14.7bn per year to the oil, gas, and coal industries, on top of $5.8bn of state-level incentives (globally, the figure is around $500bn).
Pennsylvanians who live near fracking are more likely to be depressed
Environmental Health News | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Energy Newseople who live near unconventional natural gas operations such as fracking are more likely to experience depression, according to a new study.They found that people living near fracking-related operations are more likely to be depressed than the general population, and that stress and depression went up among people living closest to more and bigger natural gas wells.
U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by October but will not be made whole
Reuters | Posted onJuly 31, 2018 in Federal NewsU.S. farmers could receive cash payments from a planned $12 billion aid package as soon as late September, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Reuters on Saturday, warning that the program will not make tariff-hit farmers whole. The program includes cash for farmers of soybeans, sorghum, corn, wheat, cotton, dairy and hogs. It offers government purchases of fruits, nuts, rice, legumes, beef, pork and milk for distribution to food banks and nutrition programs. And it promises a trade promotion program to develop new markets.