The Van Trump Report

Month: November 2021

Online Marketplaces Helping Livestock Farmers Sell Directly to Consumers

Livestock producers have been hit hard during the pandemic with the blows starting right at the outset when processing capacity nosedived, and has since only deepened right along with supply chain logjams. Left scrambling to find an outlet for their products, groups across the country have cropped up to sell beef, pork, poultry, and more …

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FARMCON 2022

We are very close to Sold Out! This is going to be our best conference ever and I am extremely excited to kickoff the New Year with lots of friends and great thinkers from inside our industry.  Like I always say, it’s tough to gain different perspectives from within my own office or our own …

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The Bootstrap Origins of America’s Agritourism Industry

There is something a little magical and distinctly American about a Fall afternoon spent picking apples and other fruits of the season. And many would argue there is no place better to fully enjoy the changing of the seasons than the countryside. I always assumed this tradition dated back to the earliest days of agriculture, …

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Why the U.S. Beef Industry Wants to Halt Brazil Imports

Back in early September, Brazil confirmed two cases of so-called “atypical” Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE), aka mad cow disease, at two separate meat plants in the country. The cases are considered “atypical” because they occur spontaneously and sporadically and are not related to the ingestion of contaminated food, according to Brazil authorities. Now, Brazil has …

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Argentina’s “Genetically Modified Wheat” Plans Could Shift Global Trade Flows

Wheat importers are counting on a rebound in production in 21/22 to help ease skyrocketing prices but weather obviously remains a huge wild card. Another potential snag in the outlook for increased supplies is Argentina, which some worry could face export restrictions on its wheat. Argentina last year became the first country in the world …

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Budweiser Adds a New Clydesdale Foal and Some Facts You Might Not Know About the World-Famous Horses

Budweiser has added a new member to its family of Clydesdales. The new foal named “Eminem” was born September 14 at Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Missouri. While the name is spelled just like the Detroit rapper, it actually stems from the first initials of the foal’s parents’ names – mother, Marcie, and father, Miles. …

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