Between 2001 and 2016, 11 million acres of farmland and ranchland were converted to urban and highly developed land use or low-density residential land use. Jennifer Shike and Sara Schafer Drovers Sprawling Urban Development Threatens Livestock Production Two thousand acres…
...while playing with China could be an economic boon to some in the state, the benefits may not translate to individual farmers. It could also damage U.S. agriculture, food security, and the environment as well. Tove Danovich takepart China Is…
“Consolidation in the meat packing industry has certainly benefited those companies, but has brought no benefit to ranchers and consumers,” Attorney General Fox said. “The nationwide cattle market is sending signals of manipulation and artificial distortion, and so we are…
He cited as an example Tyson Foods’ plant at Wallula, Washington. The plant, which employs 1,400 people and processes more than 2,000 cattle per day, shut down last week after more than 90 workers tested positive for COVID-19. Jayson Jacoby…
USDA To Implement President Trump’s Executive Order On Meat and Poultry Processors (Washington, D.C., April 28, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to keep meat and…
While retail beef prices have surged due to consumers hoarding beef, prices paid ranchers for cattle continue to stay low. State Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, noted that cattle prices are some of the lowest he’s seen in 40 years…
“How can you expect to compete against this world supply of cheaper cattle and cheaper beef when packers and retailers who sell beef from your superior U.S. cattle are not required to distinguish it as a U.S. product with a…
"...it's not a pollutant that threatens human civilization as has been ridiculously claimed by global warming doomsday pushers. CO2 actually increases plant yields, accelerates "re-greening" and improves reforestation of the planet." Mike Adams Natural News If carbon dioxide is so…
...But a quick look at its steering committee tells the rest of the story. Andre Leu, the international director, used to chair IFOAM Organics, an international organic action group. There’s also Vandana Shiva, a quack who’s made a name for herself…
STEVE BUSCHOld Man of the Ski SALMON WARS! How Fish Farming has become a Lightning Rod in the Pacific Northwest Washington State Public Lands Commissioner Hillary Franz is celebrating the fact that Cooke Aquaculture has agreed to pay a $332,000 fine…