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#AgAlerts: Cargill comments on African swine flu; JBS buys from deforested land; ERS forms a union
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Cargill says it could take up to ten years for China to bounce back from the impact of the African swine flu outbreak on pork supplies.
#AgAlerts:Cargill expands to Asia; Supreme Court sides with grocery stores; Valley Fever wreaks havoc on field workers
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Cargill Inc. opened a $48.8 million poultry plant in China. The new facility is set to produce 32,000 tons of protein products each year. The location in Chuzhou, Anhui is the company’s second operation in the country.
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#Ag Alerts: Bailout program fails farms; methane-reducing seaweed for cows; USDA avoids big meat regulation
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U.S. Department of Agriculture data hints a low number of farms are receiving funds from the farm bailout program. It is reported that at a single farm was handed over $2 million, an excessive amount of money when many farms still haven’t received their share.
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Ag Alerts: FDA redefines food labels; Tyson considers new facility; farmers’ incomes plunge
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Tyson Foods Inc. hasn’t announced an official decision on if the company will move forward with an over-billion-dollar venture in Kazakhstan. There is some speculation that if the investment goes through, Tyson would escape U.S. taxes.
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Ag Alerts: Online grocery shopping with SNAP; Tyson sues USDA; Walmart raises prices
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will soon have the ability to use SNAP benefits to purchase online groceries. The program will start in New York and expand to other states.
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Ag Alerts: Tyson turns to x-ray metal detectors; California bans controversial pesticide; ERS forms a union
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Tyson Foods faced almost 12 million pound of chicken strips. In effect are plans to utilize metal detectors and x-ray machines to fix future metal contamination in company products.
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In Missouri, lawmakers are poised to eliminate local regulation of CAFOs
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Communities in Missouri have been fighting the expansion of large-scale livestock operations in the state for years. But a controversial pair of bills moving through the state legislature would make community oversight of those farms even harder.
Opinion
Opinion: Are you ready to eat gene-edited food? It’s arrived…
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A Midwest restaurant is buying Calyno™ High Oleic Soybean Oil from Calyxt that fashions itself as a “consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused company.” It is also the first commercial use of a gene-edited food in the U.S.
Opinion
Opinion: Proposed Federal pork inspection changes may be a risk to public safety
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As early as this month, the Trump administration could allow pork plant employees rather than federal inspectors to be responsible for hazard analysis and critical control points inspection measures.
Opinion
Opinion: Successful climate change policy will demand brilliant leadership
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Whoever emerges as leading U.S. lights to develop policy will need to take into consideration just how the deck is stacked against implementing climate change policy that can make a difference and what cracks to exploit to save Earth from itself.