USDA Seeks Comments on Food System Supply Chains in Response to President Biden’s Executive Order to Support Resilient, Diverse, Secure Supply Chains
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on a Department-wide effort to improve and reimagine the supply chains for the production,…
Read More...Growing Climate Solutions Act reintroduced
The bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act, which will break down barriers for farmers and foresters interested in participating in carbon markets so they can be rewarded for climate-smart practices, was reintroduced today. The bill has…
Read More...Biden Administration Budget Request Gives Boost To Agriculture Funding
The Biden Administration’s recent discretionary budget request gave agriculture a big step up in funding. Friday’s request called for a 16 percent increase from the 2021 enacted level, a jump…
Read More...Nation’s eyes on Colorado meat fight
Ranchers around the nation are keeping a close eye on a proposed Colorado animal-cruelty initiative. Animal-welfare advocates are trying to place the Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation (PAUSE)…
Read More...Scientists ID second gene tied to heat tolerance
Researchers at UC Riverside are making progress in their understanding of how plants respond to heat, a step that could eventually lead to crops that can withstand higher temperatures as…
Read More...When is your livestock ready for market?
Direct-to-consumer meat sales require producers to evaluate livestock’s harvest readiness and set profitable meat prices. Direct-to-consumer meat sales boomed in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is…
Read More...Survey: Pandemic has changed consumers’ food habits
Nearly a year of social distancing and economic disruptions has triggered both subtle and seismic shifts in how Americans are buying or getting food, and Colorado State University researchers from…
Read More...Colorado’s meat industry stands up against anti-meat proclamation
The Colorado agriculture industry was rattled when it came to their attention their governor, Jared Polis, signed a proclamation for March 20 to be a #MeatOut day. To fight against…
Read More...This California startup has a meat test it says can help prevent the next pandemic
Food ID, a San Mateo, California-based startup, has raised $12 million in a Series B round that it says will help improve the safety and transparency of the U.S. meat…
Read More...Building a sustainable U.S. beef system
Sustainability needs to be the business-as-usual approach in the U.S. beef industry in order to ensure long-term food supply, economic security for ranchers and their communities, and a healthy environment…
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