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Cell-Grown Meat’s Future Imperiled by Bans in Republican States

Companies manufacturing meat made with cultured animal cells are under attack by red-state legislatures backed by powerful agriculture groups.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Tobacco, Government / Policies,

Senate Democrats Press for New Limits on Child Labor in Tobacco

Some Senate Democrats are pushing the Biden administration to ban kids younger than 16 from working in tobacco fields, citing risks of harmful nicotine exposure to minors not even old enough to legally buy the product.

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TOPIC(S): Commodities, Livestock/Meat, Agriculture US, Government / Policies, Consumer/Retail,

01/03/2022 SOURCE: news.bloomberglaw.com

Plan includes $1 billion to aid independent meat processors

Biden to Launch Plan to Fight Meatpacking Giants on Inflation

President Joe Biden will announce plans Monday to combat the market power of the giant conglomerates that dominate meat and poultry processing, ratcheting up a months-long campaign that has blamed anti-competitive practices in the industry for contributing to surging food inflation.

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Topics: Corn/Maize, Commodities, Trade (Commodities), USDA,

The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised American corn exports for 2020-2021 by 325 million bushels to 2.65 billion bushels, a record if realized.

USDA Sees U.S. Corn Exports Surging to a Record

The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised American corn exports for 2020-2021 by 325 million bushels to 2.65 billion bushels, a record if realized.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag Labor,

05/29/2020 SOURCE: news.bloomberglaw.com

Every Single Worker Has Covid at One U.S. Farm on Eve of Harvest

All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Coronavirus/COVID,

05/14/2020 SOURCE: news.bloomberglaw.com

Thousands of Pigs Are Rotting in Compost as U.S. Faces Shortages

There is perhaps no more dramatic an example of the destruction plaguing America’s food ...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Coronavirus/COVID,

03/27/2020 SOURCE: news.bloomberglaw.com

Workers Critical to World's Food Supply Are Starting to Fall Ill

Poultry giant Sanderson Farms Inc. on Monday reported the first case of a worker at a majo...

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Cell-Grown Meat’s Future Imperiled by Bans in Republican States

Senate Democrats Press for New Limits on Child Labor in Tobacco

Biden to Launch Plan to Fight Meatpacking Giants on Inflation

USDA Sees U.S. Corn Exports Surging to a Record

Every Single Worker Has Covid at One U.S. Farm on Eve of Harvest

Thousands of Pigs Are Rotting in Compost as U.S. Faces Shortages

Workers Critical to World's Food Supply Are Starting to Fall Ill

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