TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Young Farmers, Beef Cattle,

12/02/2020 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

Young Kansas farmers find value in direct-to-consumer meat business

The fourth-generation farmers are thinking outside the box to make their dream work for them.

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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Poultry, Food/Nutrition, Climate Change, Plant-Based/Animal Free,

This author has had pieces published in Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Wired, The Washington Post Magazine, Men's Health, Bloomberg Businessweek, Elemental, MIT Technology Review, Outside, and others. He also writes a semi-regular health column for GQ.

Where’s the Beef? The Fake Meat of the Future Is Chicken.

A plant-based food startup is building the machinery to replace America’s favorite meat at an industrial scale

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Economics, Beef Cattle, Ag Australia/NZ,

Coolup farm stays in the family

"We want to make sure we get a good return on investment."

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Beef Cattle, AgriBusiness,

11/24/2020 SOURCE: www.1011now.com

ACLU files federal lawsuit against Nebraska meatpacking plant over “treacherous COVID-19 conditions”

Failures outlined in the lawsuit mention severe crowding, sick people at work, forcing workers to use dirty masks.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Commodities, Markets/Pricing, Livestock/Meat, Economics, Beef Cattle, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ,

1500 head for Elders Boyanup store sale

The yarding will be mainly beef steers & heifers, plus Friesian steers.

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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Dairy, Lamb/Sheep, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Goats, Research, Genes /Genetics, Ag Africa, Weather,

Doctor breeds better livestock for Africa - Alliance for Science

When Dr. Baker Bakashaba graduated from Uganda’s Makerere University Medical School in 2014, a close family friend gave him the gift of a cow. The generous gift rekindled Bakashaba’s desire to engage in livestock farming at his rural home in Western Uganda. Motivated by the kind gesture and his family’s farming background, he founded Novine […]

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

11/16/2020 SOURCE: www.rfdtv.com

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Producers and packers are not in the same business

One market analyst says that the pandemic and the Kansas fire have proven that cattle producers and meat packers are not in the same business.

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog,

11/16/2020 SOURCE: www.pigprogress.net

A good stomach function helps piglet gut health

Francesc Molist explains why it is good to help piglets achieve a low stomach pH after weaning.

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Topics: Commodities, Markets/Pricing, Livestock/Meat, Crop Consultant, Economics, Drones UAV, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Ag Tech, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ,

Coronavirus reveals need to bridge the digital divide | UNCTAD

The global crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has pushed us further into a digital world, and changes in behaviour are likely to have lasting effects when the economy starts to pick up. But not everyone is ready to embrace a more digitized existence.

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