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:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/USDA20logo2031588976970_874f3fd54f_o-2-ba3486d19139426ea785a54f295eeb95.jpg "Small meat processors say USDA measures don’t address consolidated industry’s root problems")
By John McCracken Over the past two decades, Greg Gunthorp carved out a niche operating a small meat processing plant…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/RollingCornField-WideShot-2000-aa5c4c2f8a3445508a65afa24a08ff91.jpg "Report: Corn Belt farmland ROI average above 12% in recent years")
The 2023 Peoples Company National Land Values report says expect a flat farmland market for 2024. “When you get right…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/102368639-2000-88ae3bd9edf54821be3f50813ef022cb.jpg "Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture grew 14% in 20 years")
Livestock accounted for slightly more than half of the 14 percent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions by agriculture from 2000 to…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/52212725453_80200e795e_k-2000-0cba9345ccde4549af5cd226f1283656.jpg "USDA allots $300 million for first year of export program")
The government will provide up to $300 million for the first year of a new program to build food and…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Farm20for20Sale20sign-1-c00d69e739e045a384a3253e029967e3.jpg "Foreign buyers pay a premium for U.S. farmland, says analyst")
An analysis of farmland sales in the Midwest and Plains states found foreign investors paid 13.7% more than American purchasers…
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Following the recommendation of a team of experts, the Agriculture Department said on Tuesday it would allow six pork processing plants to…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/pauljohnson-KansasReflector-e4b670d06fa74023924adc2309f123d4.jpeg "Kansas advocates plant seeds of new farm bill addressing needs of diverse agricultural economy")
By Tim Carpenter TOPEKA — Kansas Rural Center policy analyst Paul Johnson said the federal farm bill plowed about two-thirds…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Vilsack2-67175b285f0241668f10d1c5490d2104.jpg "USDA awards $196 million for local food production and marketing")
As part of President Biden’s initiative to strengthen U.S. supply chains, the Agriculture Department announced $196 million in grants, loans, and loan…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Russian20Ukraine20flags20cracked2051918160840_19e716f0a1_c-752db892de674e95819aa50b2b5e2c60.jpg "War has limited impact on world grain and oilseed output")
Commodity prices soared when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 amid fears of grain shortages with two of the world’s…
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/102316759-6e8ea99a06b146929074733dd107eb86.jpg "Iowa’s bird flu death toll this fall has surpassed last year")
By Jared Strong Another massive flock of egg-laying hens in Iowa was recently found to be infected by a very…