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Yet another documentary aims to skewer animal ag on the fork
meatingplace.com | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsFollowing in the footsteps of “Food, Inc.” and “Cowspiracy” before it, the latest film to use entertainment as a tactic to plant questions in consumers’ heads about their food supply is set to premiere this week. "At the Fork" positions itself as a “refreshingly unbiased look at how farm animals are raised for our consumption” —but I can’t see how that’s possible when the film was produced in partnership with HSUS, an organization with a vegan CEO and a 15-member “meatless transition team” working to take meat off the menu at restaurants and in schools and institutions.
Poll:Midwest has strongest opposition to cheap-labor immigration
breitbart.com | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in NewsMidwest respondents are far more likely to agree with a statement saying that “immigrants today are a burden on our country because they take our jobs, housing and health care” than were respondents in the South, West or Northeast. In fact, lower-income and middle-income women in the Midwest showed the most concern about the inflow of cheap-labor immigration into their communities, contradicting progressives’ expectations about immigration and “angry white men.”
Post Holding’s Sued for False “Natural” Claims
Whole Foods magazine | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Food NewsPost Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiary, Post Foods, LLC, are being sued by three separate plaintiffs for labeling, marketing and selling Shredded Wheat as “natural” despite testing positive for the herbicide glyphosate.
Nebraska explores use of agriculture waste for biocoal fuel
KTTN | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Energy NewsNebraska wants to find out whether its glut of agricultural waste could be processed into a coal-like substance to be used as a renewable fuel for power plants. The state Department of Environmental Quality last month awarded a Mexico, Missouri, company a grant of more than $250,000 as part of that effort. The company, Enginuity Worldwide, says it can compress cow manure, spent cornstalks and other plant material into what it calls BioCoal. The product burns like regular coal, and the company says it could help power plants cut carbon emissions.
Organic seed in short supply due to cost of production, intellectual property rights
Genetic Literacy Project | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsA newreport from theOrganic Seed Alliance found that the supply of organic seed isn’t keeping pace with the rising demand for organic products.
Agricen’s Film on Farming Wins Two Telly Awards
Agricen | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsAgricen, a Loveland Products Company, announced today that the Company’s groundbreaking farming film, "Prove it to me" has won two Telly Awards, one for videography and one in the green/eco-friendly category. “Prove It to Me” is a 26-minute documentary that follows five growers from Iowa and Arkansas during the 2015 growing season. It was produced for Agricen by Back Home Productions, a digital agency based in North Carolina.
Turkey processor’s town embracing immigrant workers
Watt Ag Net | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsImmigrant workers from Myanmar make up a large percentage of the workforce at Dakota Provisions' turkey plant in Huron, South Dakota, and the community has made those immigrants feel welcomed. Huron, South Dakota, home of Dakota Provisions, has helped immigrants from Myanmar, and vice versa. Heuston, who began recruiting the refugees from Myanmar in 2007, said those workers are reliable and have helped Dakota Provisions have a low employee turnover rate.
Trial Court Ruling in Duarte Nursery v. Army Corps of Engineers Concerning for Landownersv
Texas Extension Service | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in NewsIn the last few years, we have seen an increased focus on the regulatory reach of federal jurisdiction over agricultural lands, with the new WOTUS rule and other court decisions. A recent trial court decision from the Eastern District of California should be extremely concerning to landowners across the country. At issue, the federal Clean Water Act and agricultural operations. Duarte hired a local wheat farmer to plant, care for, and harvest wheat on the property.
US consumers still prefer cheaper cage-produced eggs
Watt Ag Net | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Food NewsWith the tsunami of cage free egg purchase pledge announcements thus year, you might think U.S. egg producers would be struggling to meet the surging demand for cage-free eggs, but that isn’t the case. The current glut of cage-produced eggs has resulted in very low retail egg prices and that many consumers just aren’t willing to pay as much as $2 more per dozen eggs to get cage-free eggs.
H5 avian influenza confirmed in Ontario
Watt Ag Net | Posted onJuly 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsLow pathogenic avian influenza has been detected on a duck farm near St. Catharines