National
In rare case, a large meatpacking plant is being forced to address workers’ repetitive motion injuries
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Repetitive motion injuries are common among meatpacking workers, but citations are rare, especially over the past several years.
Agribusiness
Despite case of bird flu in a human, experts say risk to public and poultry workers remains low
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The ongoing avian flu outbreak has caused the loss of 37 million birds since February.
COVID-19 and Meatpacking
Tyson Foods authored draft version of Trump’s 2020 executive order to keep meatpacking plants open during COVID-19 pandemic, emails show
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The Tyson revelation is one finding in a new congressional report that details the myriad ways meat executives and sympathetic government allies influenced federal coronavirus response at the expense of worker safety.
Agribusiness
E. Coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens continue despite FDA, industry prevention efforts
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Four outbreaks have occurred in the two years since the Food and Drug Administration announced its action plan to combat E. coli in leafy greens.
Department of Homeland Security
Opening this spring in Kansas: A high-tech lab researching livestock diseases
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At the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, researchers will try to find cures for and ways to prevent highly contagious diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, affecting livestock and humans.
Farm Service Agency
GRAPHIC: Midwestern states received most direct operating loans last year
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The loans are provided to farmers who don't qualify for credit from other lenders.
Agribusiness
Shuttered offices, potentially high fertilizer costs: Here’s what the situation in Ukraine means for U.S. agriculture
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“We import 80% of the fertilizer we use from outside the U.S. so the situation in eastern Europe will affect those supply chain issues around the world," one farm bureau representative said.
Agribusiness
It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans’ plates. But most meat companies don’t ensure conservation in their supply chains.
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Climate change is making water more scarce in some areas, but water-intensive meat production isn’t slowing down.
Graphic of the Week
GRAPHIC: Production contracts, a target of Biden administration, are common in livestock industry
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Usually under production contracts, farmers raise animals owned by meat companies.
Agribusiness
The American Farm Bureau Federation claims it’s the ‘Voice of Agriculture.’ These groups beg to differ.
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With millions of members, the American Farm Bureau Federation says it represents "divergent opinions." But the farmers outside its circle believes it leans "heavily towards corporate interests."