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AMI creates Facebook page dedicated to meat
The American Meat Institute has established an online community for meat and poultry lovers to share stories, recipes and anything else that would interest a carnivore. The Facebook page is appropriately titled Meat.
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Livestock groups comment on negative impact of the RFS
Seven livestock and poultry groups submitted comments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the negative effects the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) has had on agriculture, including the high cost of feed facing livestock and poultry producers.
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Congress to address farm bill, animal health legislation in May
Congress returns from recess on May 6 and several issues affecting cattle producers will be on the agenda.
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KLA: Wheels in motion for early CRP grazing
Cattle producers facing continued drought conditions have inquired about the prospects for emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres.
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Food Manufacturers Immigration Coalition applauds worker bill
House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte introduces legislation to create new guestworker program.
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The RFS: Reforming an unworkable federal policy
Who’s paying the costs of the federal ethanol mandate? The American people are paying for this mandate. Every livestock producer who faces higher feed costs, every family who shops in a grocery store or dines at a restaurant and every motorist who fills up their tank at the gas station pays the price of this unworkable policy.
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John Maday named NIAA’s Advocate for Animal Agriculture
John Maday, managing editor for Drovers/CattleNetwork, was presented the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s Advocate for Animal Agriculture award April 16 at the organization’s annual conference in Louisville, Ky.
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USMEF’s Seng briefs Japanese media on TPP, U.S. red meat exports
The importance of the U.S.-Japanese economic relationship, particularly as it relates to U.S. agriculture and red meat exports, was highlighted by U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Philip Seng in an address before a packed media audience in Tokyo Friday morning.
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TSCRA Op-Ed: Earth Day is every day
These days everyone from celebrities to journalists to politicians has an opinion about the “right” way to raise food. Too often their criticism of ranchers like me and my family relates to the environment and the crazy and misguided notion that raising cows for food is bad.
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KLA: Reward offered in Anderson County livestock shooting
KLA is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever shot and killed a bull in southwest Anderson County.
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Texas ranchers meet in D.C., immigration top agenda item
Members of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) gathered in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with lawmakers and regulatory officials to discuss issues critical to the cattle industry.
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- Commentary: New rules un-COOL
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
