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AG GROUPS STRESS SEVERAL PRIORITIES FOR TRADE, INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS IN 2021

Agricultural groups talking trade policy on Tuesday repeated similar themes for the incoming Biden administration to pursue such as continuing trade talks with China and eliminating its trade tariffs, as … Read More

TYSON JOINS GROWING LIST OF COMPANIES HIRING CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS AMID PANDEMIC

Food packing giant Tyson Foods has hired its first ever chief medical officer, highlighting a growing trend among major companies trying to make it through and emerge from the coronavirus … Read More

OUTDOOR DINING CONFRONTS ITS LATEST CHALLENGE: SNOW –

New York City’s outdoor dining program, a lifeline for restaurants struggling in the pandemic, will be suspended on Wednesday as a snowstorm approaches. (New York Times

BILL TO CURB RURAL SUICIDES AWAITS SIGNATURE

Legislation to curb the rising rate of farmer suicides awaits the president’s signature as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. (KTIC)

ENDANGERED-SPECIES DECISION EXPECTED ON BELOVED BUTTERFLY

Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation … Read More

DAN FARNEY CHOSEN AS UNITED SOYBEAN BOARD CHAIRMAN –

In the last three months, soybean prices have shot up to levels not seen since around 2014. Prices have been increasing due in part to increased exports to China and … Read More

THE RISING COST TO FEED ANIMALS IS SQUEEZING MEAT PRODUCERS

Elevated feed costs and the likelihood of smaller meat shipments to China in 2021 threaten to shrink profits for livestock and poultry farmers in the U.S, Brazil and elsewhere, as … Read More

AGGIES START LOOKING TO 2021 AGENDA

While the current crop of lawmakers and White House officials wrap up their work, much of agricultural policy world’s attention is already turning to 2021 — especially now that President-elect … Read More

FERTILIZER MADE FROM URINE COULD ENABLE SPACE AGRICULTURE –

Humans inhabiting Mars might still be quite a distant reality, but this study seems to suggest that we could be on a path to ensuring sustainability—in space—even before we actually … Read More

FRESH FOOD INITIATIVES FEED, TEACH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

The Spaces of Opportunity neighborhood food system is among several initiatives launched in Phoenix in recent years, following other U.S. communities like Oakland, California; Detroit and Chicago where urban gardens … Read More

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