manure management

Seeing Opportunities in Manure Management

Dan Environment, National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), Pork

There are various opportunities with manure management. Rusty Halvorson looks at what some of those are. Environmental groups, including Food and Water Watch, have sued the EPA, arguing that it has failed to regulate manure runoff from large animal farms under the Clean Water Act, which they say threatens water safety across the U.S. Lori Stevermer is the president of …

U.S. Red Meat

U.S. Red Meat Sector Shipping as Much Chilled Product as Possible

Dan Beef, Cattle, Exports/Imports, Livestock, Pork, Poultry, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

The U.S. red meat sector works to ship as much chilled product as possible. Rusty Halvorson has a story explaining why. The U.S. red meat sector leans heavily on “reliability” and “supply ability” to maintain a market edge around the world. Here’s U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom. “One of our strategic goals is to ship as …

Critical Time

Tough Times for Turkey Producers

Dan Economy, Poultry

The nation’s turkey producers are facing a tough supply and demand situation. Gary Crawford has more details. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Beagle Brigade Act

NPPC Celebrates Senate Passage of Beagle Brigade Act

Dan Legislative, National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), Pork

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is pleased with the U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of S.759, the Beagle Brigade Act. This legislation would provide statutory authority and reliable funding to the National Detector Dog Training Center. “American agriculture relies on the National Detector Dog Training Center to prevent the introduction of foreign animal and plant diseases that would cripple our food supply,” said …

h5n1

H5N1 Outbreak Continues to Trouble U.S. Dairy and Poultry Industries

Dan AFBF, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), Avian Influenza, Cattle, Dairy, Poultry

Since 2022, the U.S. poultry industry has been battling a particularly persistent strain of H5N1, or avian influenza, and more than 100 million birds have been affected over the last two and a half years. Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), says turkeys and egg layers have been hit the hardest.  “Broiler flocks tend to benefit from …

American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Draft Horses Imported for Farm Work

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Equine, Livestock, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Horses and oxen provided a lot of the power on American farms until the mid -1800s. Oxen were too slow to pull some of the new machinery. Producers were using in the 1850s and 1860s. Most of the horses were fast enough, but they tired quickly. Powerful animals like the draft …

Meat Institute

Meat Institute Urges U.S. to Adopt Strong Trade Policy, Remove Barriers for Meat Exports

Dan Beef, Cattle, Exports/Imports, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

The Meat Institute has urged the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to adopt a robust trade policy for 2025 to support the meat and poultry industry. In comments submitted for the USTR’s National Trade Estimate Report, the institute emphasized the need to remove barriers such as tariffs, restrictive sanitary policies, and registration demands that limit exports. Julie Anna Potts, President and …

poultry processor

USDA Defends Loans to Poultry Processor

Dan Agri-Business, Funding, Poultry

The U.S Department of Agriculture is defending their oversight of recent loans to a poultry processor. Rusty Halvorson has more details.  Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

poultry processor

USDA Defends Loans to Poultry Processor

Dan Funding, Poultry

The U.S Department of Agriculture is defending their oversight of recent loans to a poultry processor. Rusty Halvorson has more details. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

turkey

Turkey Production Down From 2023

Dan Livestock, Poultry

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the USDA says turkey eggs in incubators in the U.S. as of October 1, 2024, were down nine percent from October 1 of last year. Eggs in incubators were down two percent from the September 1, 2024, total of 25 million eggs. Turkey poults hatched during September 2024 in the U.S. totaled 20.4 million, …