Higher input costs for animal protein supply chains, including animal feed, labor, energy and freight, will be top-of-mind change drivers for the animal protein industry in 2022 according to RaboBank’s Global Animal Protein Outlook 2022. Although markets are expected to settle somewhat in 2022, many drivers of recent change will remain. Higher input costs for …

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We’re all intimately familiar with the effects of heatwaves and droughts on crops, but plant researchers are taking a deeper dive at exploring how warmer nighttime temperatures are impacting crops around the world like corn, wheat, barley, and rice. From data that is circulating, the night minimum temperature of the contiguous U.S. has increased by …

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The USDA’s Economic Research Service has updated its annual “America’s Diverse Family Farms” report, which primarily focuses on the “family farm,” or any farm where the majority of the business is owned by the principal operator and persons related to them. USDA defines a farm as any place that, during a given year, produced, and …

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Charles W. Howard was a farmer that couldn’t contain his displeasure with seeing Santas in frayed suits, cheap beards, and who also had inadequate knowledge of reindeer. So in 1937, he determined to improve the problems by starting a “Santa School”. History reports the first class consisted of just three men. Eventually, however, Howard would …

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Despite most of us enjoying the beautiful weather this December, today marks the first day of Winter, with the Winter Solstice occurring at 9:59 p.m. CST on December 21. The first day of winter is also known as being the shortest day of the year for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere – it’s …

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The argument is not about whether your family celebrates with a real or fake Christmas tree, but rather how you use the holidays to build a stronger bond within your family based on traditions and togetherness. Our family has always made the commitment to go with a real Christmas tree. All I can say, it’s …

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Seafood is a decadent, delicious and nutritious source of protein recommended broadly by doctors and dietitians as part of a healthy diet. Yet, with the increasing acidification and changing oceans and the growing world population, the planet needs better solutions for producing seafood. We need to get more seafood protein to more consumers while protecting …

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A company called Do Good Foods is turning food waste into animal feed by recycling about 160 tons of excess food from grocery stores. Its first product, Do Good Chicken, claims to be the “first domestic chicken brand actively combating climate change.” The company even received USDA clearance for special labels touting its food waste …

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The ways we monitor soil haven’t changed a lot in the past 50 years, but EarthOptics CEO, Lars Dyrud believes the next frontier of precision agriculture lies deep underground. Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company maps the physical and chemical composition of fields faster, better, and less expensively than traditional techniques, and has raised +$10 …

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Poultry producers in Europe are bracing for a bitter winter battle against Avian Influenza with cases spreading rapidly across the region. Several variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly called bird flu, have been reported with the H5N1 and H5N8 strains seeming to be the most dominant, although at least 8 different variants are …

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