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Agricultural Stories For 7/7/22
Companies
Smithfield Foods Settles Pork Price Fixing Lawsuit for $42M
Tyson Foods Buys Stakes in Saudi Companies to Tap Growing Protein Demand
Major New England McDonald’s Owner to Pay $1.6M to Settle EEOC Class Harassment Suit
Amazon to Snare Over 30% CPG Share During Prime Day
People Say They Don’t Want Plant-Based Meat. But They Can Be Convinced.
Landus Innovation Connector Brings Future Farming to Des Moines
Lightbox Launches Digital Video Grocery Network
Five Wisconsin Meat Processors Receive Development Grants
Central PA Grocery Chain First in Nation to Raise and Sell Its Own Beef
Are Food Recalls the New Norm?
National Hot Dog Month: What Is In a Hot Dog? Beef, Pork, Chicken…and Other Stuff
Watchlist
Bill Gates’ North Dakota Farmland Purchase Approved by the Attorney General
Corn, Soybean Good/Excellent Ratings Drop, USDA Says
USDA Crop Report Shows Spring Wheat Improving
Trade Binds Central America, Mexico to US Despite Past Inequities
Ag Research: Reduced Public Spending – ‘Being Penny Wise and Pound Foolish’
How Higher Transport Costs Impact US Agriculture
Agrivoltaics Looks at Farming Around/Among Solar Panels
Locally-Grown Electricity is Next Big Step for Rural America
Solar Farms Raise Significant Questions
Antitrust Advocates Grade USDA Efforts as ‘Passing But Just Barely’
Indiana Farmers Union Helps Producers Get Wholesale Buyers
Beef
Rapid Swings Trigger Heat Stress
Five Questions to Answer Before Selling Beef Direct to Consumer
Many Factors Could Sway Iowa Cattle Trends
Determining Beef Value Through Grading
The Cattle Battle: Dealing with Bovine Respiratory Disease
Improving Livestock Production Through Semen Health
Dangerous Strain of Salmonella Becoming More Common in UK Meat
Beef Producers Still Third in Line on Value Share
Finishing Cattle: An Ounce of Breeding is Worth 20T of Feeding
What to Expect from Alternatives to Corn Silage
PETA Asks USDA to End ‘Humane’ Meat Labeling
Pork
ASF Germany: No Further Infections I Lower Saxony
Activists Target Hot Dog Eating Contest: ‘Deathstar’ Is No Match for Champion Joey Chestnut
War in Ukraine Jeopardizes Global Food Security
SHIC Sets New Focus on Finishing Phase Biosecurity
Manitoba Wild Pig Numbers Much Larger than Anticipated
Vaccine Development Centre to Support Canada’s Emergency Response
Nebraska Pork Producers President Looks to the Future
Tyson’s Storm Lake, Iowa Pork Plant Turns 40 Years Old
Intrauterine Vaccination Offers Needle-Free Alternative to Protecting Pigs from PEDv
What is the Cost of Non-Productive Days?
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