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Making Milk Great Again… Consumers Are Demanding More Real Milk and Dairy
One of the biggest questions at the heart of the recent "State of the Industry Report" commissioned by Dairy Management Inc. was simple but significant: Where will all the milk come from? For decades, milk chased plants. Today, plants are chasing milk. The wave of new processing capacity represents 8% to 10% of current U.S. milk production, yet production has ...
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“Lone Crow Ranch” is an Inspiring First-Generation Success Story
Cody and Jennifer Hoseth are the owners of “Lone Crow Ranch” in Washington state. The first-generation ranchers have about 1,000 head of cattle, two meat markets, a butcher shop, and a couple of 24-hour vending machines where they sell their farm-fresh beef and pork. It’s a long way from where they started, with zero cattle, land, money, or experience. Cody ...
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Cornfed Farms Blazes Trail as Bayer’s ForwardFarming’s First US Site
Bayer ForwardFarming is a global initiative showcasing real-world examples of innovation, sustainability, and stewardship in agriculture. In other words, they are working with farmers who are pioneering regenerative practices while remaining commercially successful. Cornfed Farms, operated by the Mohr family in Iowa, stands at the forefront of this movement, having been named the first and only Bayer ForwardFarm site in ...
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National Corn Growers Association Makes the Case for Boosting US Ethanol
Corn use in ethanol would increase by +50% if Congress passed legislation that allowed for year-round, nationwide access to fuels with 15% ethanol blends. That’s according to a new study released by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA). NCGA has been pressing Congress to pass the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill that enable ...
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Will “Southern Rust” Impact Feed Quality?
Southern rust showed up early and crept deeper into the Midwest this year, reducing yields and causing a slew of headaches that could extend well beyond harvest. Livestock producers in particular are concerned about feed quality as the fungal disease can open the door to higher mold and yeast populations in infected corn feed. Below is more information about southern ...
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From a Battered Truck and Half a Load of Hay to America’s Largest Meat and Poultry Processor
Tyson Foods is the world’s second-largest meat and poultry processor after Brazil’s JBS, and the largest in the US, raking in more than $53 billion in 2024. It’s a feat that must have been very hard to imagine when John W. Tyson started his company in the 1930s, during the height of the Great Depression. Born in 1905 in Mound ...
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How a Small Group of Farmers from North Dakota Made it Big in Breakfast
Who knew what started as one man just trying to feed his family would turn into one of America's greatest breakfast phenomena of the early 20th century? I suspect there are readers who could share stories from their younger days, sitting around the breakfast table while enjoying some of that "farina porridge," or, as it is better known today, "Cream ...
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New LRC Continues to Develop
While no forecasting system is perfect, the LRC or the Lezak Recurring Cycle provides the data, structure, and technology to make Weather 20/20 the only known method in meteorology capable of predicting, weeks to months in advance, when and where severe weather will occur, where tropical systems will form, and where winter storms will develop. We’re now at a pivotal ...
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“Windfall Bio’s” Methane-Eating Microbes Turn Waste Into Valuable Fertilizer
“Windfall Bio” has just broken ground on a commercial-scale demonstration plant in Houston, Texas. The plant will showcase Windfall’s technology for transforming methane into valuable products, particularly organic fertilizer. The Amazon-backed startup’s technology leverages naturally occurring methane-eating microbes, which consume the greenhouse gas and convert it into high-value organic fertilizer.Windfall’s technology utilizes microbes that literally eat methane. The technical name ...
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Report Warns of Water Scarcity Risks to Global Ag Investors
One of the most significant challenges for agriculture and the global economy over the next few decades will be "water insecurity," according to the FAIRR Initiative (FAIRR). FAIRR is a collaborative investor network that raises awareness of the material risks and opportunities in the global food sector. In a new report, the group notes that while the costs of water ...
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