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05/12/2020 SOURCE: www.adweek.com

US Grocery Prices See the Biggest Jump in Nearly 50 Years

The culprit is rising costs for products including meat and eggs during the pandemic....

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Poultry, Ag Europe, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag Middle East,

Iranian poultry farmers bury thousands of chicks alive as Covid-19 hits demand

Follow international news through our Observers' amateur images and eyewitness testimony. ...

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John LaRose Jr.
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The real reason behind Israel's egg shortage over Passover

First, due to uncertainties caused by the pandemic there was hoarding; the same way that p...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Poultry, Economics, Coronavirus/COVID,

US Food Supply Chain Choking Up, Millions Of Farm Animals Getting Culled

As a direct result of U.S. food supply chains choking up because of the coronavirus pandem...

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Poultry, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Ranching, Coronavirus/COVID,

05/08/2020 SOURCE: www.marketwatch.com

Hedge fund blames U.S. meat processing oligopoly for excessive concentration, reduced competition anda decline in resilience

A portfolio manager at one of worldâs leading hedge funds has launched an attack agai...

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Poultry, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Coronavirus/COVID,

Beef supplies are limited at a major local chain in St. Louis, MO. Prices are surging as well.

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Poultry, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Coronavirus/COVID,

05/07/2020 SOURCE: www.smartbrief.com

This piece is sponsored by Tyson.

Dispel these 3 myths to address consumer concerns at the meat case

Transparency and traceability are tools brands and retailers can use to clear up misunders...

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Kim Bremmer
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Dairy, Agriculture US, Poultry, Water, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Fertilizer,

Agriculture is frequently blamed for issues that may or may not have been caused by agriculture practices today. The topic of nitrates in drinking water is one of those things. Isotope testing is an available tool that farmers should be aware of when the topic is brought up on their farms. Too often policy makers and the environmental regulatory community want black and white answers when it might be more complicated than that. Nitrates have many other sources, and continuing to always point the blame at agriculture and add more layers of regulation are not helpful solutions.

Tracking down the nitrate source

Acommon reaction to the word “isotopes” is that they are nasty fallout from atomic bom...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Poultry, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Coronavirus/COVID,

News gets more dire every day for farmers

In Minnesota, 10,000 pigs are being euthanized a day

Millions of chickens have been euthanized, too, with turkeys likely to follow suit....

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Poultry, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Coronavirus/COVID,

I appreciate the information in this article related to falling beef prices for farmers and increased beef prices for consumers. Dr. Lusk uses supply and demand as the reasoning for the price volatility. My question is whether the movement started before the plant closures?