Increase in Prime carcasses helping beef win

Feb 14, 2020

Certified Angus Beef says industry efforts toward higher-quality beef paying off.

Consumers want more info on environmental impact of food

Feb 14, 2020

Lack of education on impact of food production evident in new research from Yale.

Model predicts profitability of on-farm sustainable energy projects

Feb 14, 2020

Computational model tells users how to maximize economic return of on-farm anaerobic digestion systems.

Pork checkoff commits $500k to develop industry professionals

Feb 14, 2020

Funding to provide student education and training in critical areas of impact for pork industry.

FDA endorses lab animal retirement policy

Feb 14, 2020

Action follows pressure from House and Senate lawmakers who introduced bipartisan AFTER Act to require all agencies to have such policies.

USDA seeks comments on regional conservation programs

Feb 13, 2020

Agency moving forward to implement improvements that will cut red tape for farmers in Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

FEEDSTUFFS IN FOCUS: Talking dairy innovation with 'Chad the cheese guy'

Feb 13, 2020

Coming out of a tough year for dairy farmers, Chad Galer with DMI says there are "pockets of optimism" in the industry due to product innovation in several market segments.

President’s ag budget again unwelcomed

Feb 13, 2020

White House has suggested cutting crop insurance by almost $25 billion and conservation programs by more than $9 billion.

Arizona introduces cage-free egg legislation

Feb 13, 2020

Bill would phase out cage egg production by December 2020 and ban confining laying hens to cages at all by 2024.

Major agribusinesses targeted in antitrust investigation

Feb 13, 2020

Canadian Competition Bureau looking at practices of BASF, Corteva, Bayer and Cargill in dealings with Farmers Business Network.