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 …
Online Marketplaces Helping Livestock Farmers Sell Directly to Consumers Read More »
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 …
One of the most quintessential Thanksgiving foods is arguably pumpkin pie. While it is extremely popular in the U.S. and Canada, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone in the rest of the world that has ever had it. The ancient cultivar that became our modern-day pumpkin has been traced to Central America in a region …
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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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 …
Why the U.S. Beef Industry Wants to Halt Brazil Imports Read More »
The chicken industry grows two different breeds: Broilers which are optimized to provide as much meat as possible, and layers which are optimized to lay as many eggs as possible. In modern-day poultry farming, the layer males are often considered useless since they cannot grow up to lay eggs, and they are not the fast-growing …
Counting Your Chickens Before They Hatch? Now You Can Read More »
Insects are an all-year threat to crops, both in the field and in the bin. While a lot of attention is given to control measures used during the growing season, stored grain is equally at risk. Australian startup Davren Global is developing a novel grain protectant method utilizing a type of silica to create a …
Australian Startup Developing Novel New Pesticides from Silica Read More »
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 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. …
On this day in 1933, the first giant dust storm, dubbed “The Great Black Blizzard” began rolling across the Great Plains. Most Americans are familiar with the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, but the story of how we got there is rather interesting. It really begins back in the ealry-1800s when explorer and map-maker …
