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Bird flu's grisly question: how to kill millions of poultry

When cases of bird flu are found on poultry farms officials act quickly to slaughter all the birds in that flock even when it numbers in the millions, but animal welfare groups say their methods are inhumane

The Independent UK

Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the US

An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread across 24 U.S. states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. Better known as bird flu, avian influenza is a family of highly contagious viruses that are not harmful to wild birds…

The Conversation

Everybody blames Mitch McConnell

Republicans are angling to nix the waivers from President Biden's federal budget for 2023

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Frank Shyong: Border patrol officials couldn't explain how seizures of Chinese jerky prevent disease, so let me try

The email from U.S. Customs and Border Protection landed in my inbox with a dire warning.

Los Angeles Times

Connecticut Should Let Small Farmers Slaughter Their Rabbits on Their Farms

A cost-efficient and humane method for processing rabbit meat is preferable to the state's current system.

Reason

US Lawmakers Push for Global Food Aid Funding as UN Warns of Famine

The United States must increase food aid to prevent millions of people starving as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens global grain supplies, members of the US Senate's bipartisan hunger caucus said. Congress passed $13 billion in aid for Ukraine on March 9, but the $2.65 billion earmarked in the package…

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U.S. lawmakers push for global food aid funding as UN warns of famine

The United States must increase food aid to prevent millions of people starving as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens global grain supplies, members of the U.S. Senate's bipartisan hunger caucus said.

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The US Lost 1.3 Million Acres Of Farmland In 2021 - Here's Why It Matters

The latest Farm and Land in Farms report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows the US lost 1.3 million acres of farmland in 2021. The total land in farms decreased from 896,600,000 acres in 2020 to 895,300,000 acres in 2021.

Benzinga

Shows are over for Seaquarium’s killer whale Lolita, new managers say. 50-year era ends

MIAMI — The shows are over for Lolita the killer whale.

Miami Herald

Fraud has plagued federal meals program for years

MINNEAPOLIS — Long before the FBI accused the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future and some of its prime contractors of fraud, the federal government's child nutrition programs were wasting more than $1 billion a year on "improper payments," according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Tribune News Service

USDA Announces Intent To Conduct A National Hemp Survey In Partnership With The University Of Kentucky

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Benzinga

Elon Musk's Neuralink lab monkeys: Doctors group alleging abuse opens rare window into secretive world

This sick little monkey "readily ate apricots." That bad little monkey got none. An upset little monkey was "holding hands" with her "buddy" in the next-door cage, calmer after having some Valium, but still pulling on her brain-electrode port.

Tribune News Service

Bird flu found in backyard flocks in New York, Maine

Highly contagious avian influenza was previously found mostly in commercial poultry; infected birds were killed

The Independent UK

USDA head: US farmers to help if Ukraine exports threatened

The U.S. secretary of agriculture says that a Russian invasion of Ukraine offers American farmers a chance to boost production and prevent supply chain problems

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U.S. will immediately resume Mexican avocado imports, USDA says

The United States on Friday ended a ban on imports of avocados from Mexico's Michoacan state and restarted an agricultural inspection program it had halted out of concern for the safety of U.S. workers.

Benzinga

America Produced $824 Million Of Hemp In 2021, USDA Confirms

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the

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Is an avocado shortage looming?

Grab your guacamole while you can

Roll Call

IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office - Roll Call

The inspector general said a USDA office was slow to handle complaints of discrimination during the Trump administration.

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U.S. to halt Mexican avocado imports 'as long as necessary' to ensure worker safety

U.S. imports of new Mexican avocado harvests will stay suspended for "as long as necessary" to ensure the safety of U.S. inspectors who were threatened verbally in Mexico's western Michoacan state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday.

Roll Call

USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack named Shirley Sherrod to an equity panel over a decade after dismissing her, and then apologizing for doing so.

Tribune News Service

Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid

WASHINGTON — Native American groups say food is both identity and power, something they want Washington to understand as they seek more control of their own diets, more traditional foods in aid programs and bigger roles for Indigenous American farmers.

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Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid - Roll Call

Native American groups say food is both identity and power, something they want Washington to understand as they seek more control of their own diets, more traditional foods in aid programs and bigger roles for Indigenous American farmers. The groups are eyeing not only the Food Distribution Program on Indian…

The Conversation

What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Florida orange production is on pace for state’s smallest crop in 77 years. Blame citrus diseases.

If the latest USDA estimate holds true, Florida would produce its fewest number of oranges since 1944-1945, and California would surpass it for the first time in recent years.

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Sugar Prices Tumble on Rain Forecasts for Brazil

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is down -0.52 (-2.26%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is down -8.60 (-1.49%). Sugar prices today are sharply lower after rain forecasts for Brazil sparked long liquidation in sugar futures. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said today that substantial showers...

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