Iowa State

Grain Market Trader and Crossroads Coop Manager, Brian Irey says, now more than ever, it's important for producers to be on their toes when it comes to the ag markets and marketing of their grains. “It is going to be a difficult marketing situation here over the course of the...

Grain Trader Cautions Farmers to Stay on Guard

The Boot

It's absolutely sickening to officially learn that at least one major supermarket chain and it's stores under other names jacked up prices of two of the most widely purchased items. We have all been complaining the price of milk and eggs since the pandemic. We never want to believe price...

Major Grocery Store Chain Executive Admits Jacking Up Prices of Milk and Eggs

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday $35 million in partner projects with American business owners as part of the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP). Seven projects in seven different states (California, Iowa, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin) will receive grants. The grant amounts range from $776,819 to...

USDA announces $35 million in domestic fertilizer funding

The work starts when I put my whites on. The long coat and apron are required by the federal health inspector, who shows up daily. I’m surrounded by the rasp of knives being sharpened and slid into hip holsters that hang around waists with chains. The assertive whir of the saws hits my ears first as rib cages become short ribs, hind legs become dog bones, and vertebrae are sheared from spines. The room smells like bone dust and dried spices, smoked bacon and wet concrete.

Inside a Slaughterhouse: The Human Cost of Your Meat

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‘This is a game changer.’ Ordering off the kid’s menu comes with a certain set of expectations. Small portions, lower prices—possibly an age restriction—but generally, nothing too off-base as far as ordering food.

‘For $6, who cares?’: Applebee’s customer shocked after ordering both adult and kids’ cheeseburgers

Wisconsin State

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The Packers and Stockyard Division is actively investigating Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat companies in the nation, according to interviews with contract growers and a USDA employee. The PSD, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is tasked with investigating violations of the Packers and Stockyard Act...

Tyson Foods is being investigated by the USDA

Colorado State

The Healthy 

Stores like TJ Maxx and Marshall’s can be such fun spots to pick up an imported snack or ingredient you wouldn’t be able to find elsewhere. But today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning customers if you bought candy at either of these two retailers. The FDA just published an announcement that Authentik Fudge of Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada, is recalling 840 units of 5.6-ounce Montreal Fudge brand Chocolate Fudge with Nuts. The announcement indicates the recall is due to potential mold contamination.

Chocolate Sold at 2 Major Retailers in 40 Possible States Has Been Recalled

Live cattle futures ended the Tuesday session with contracts down $3.20 to $3.50 in most contracts, as August was down $1.77. Cash trade crept in on Tuesday with some southern trade at $183-184 and northern action at $295 in the beef. Last week’s cash trade saw some $190 live in the North, with $298 sales in the beef, with south deals at $185 sales.

Cattle Collapses on Tuesday

Massachusetts State

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

Fox Business

Grocery stores are facing allegations of price gouging, but an industry leader is pushing back on those claims and cites mounting labor costs and commodity prices as the main cause.

Here's why grocers are really raising prices

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Illinois State

According to the USDA’s Crop Progress report released August 5, 81% of Illinois’ corn and 75% of the state's soybeans were rated Good to Excellent as August began. Plus, progress is ahead. Here, two agronomists take a closer look at the numbers, disease control, and outlook. Corn condition...

What’s going on with Illinois’ corn and soybeans?

Wyoming State

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Don Hall is an avid snowmobiler, but instead of heading for the hills each winter in search of deep powder, he takes an older snowmachine to lower elevations nearer the snow line. There’s a reason the Riverton resident prefers the lower zones despite the rocks, fences and sage most riders avoid: That’s where the coyotes are.

Wyoming allows snowmobilers to run down wildlife. Despite global outrage, it may stay legal.

Real Simple

Follow these expert tips for safe, delicious ground beef.

7 Things to Look for When Shopping for Ground Beef, Per a Food Safety Pro

Consumers have faced high grocery prices since the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to shortages of everyday items such as meat, toilet paper, paper towels, and diapers. Since then, it appears that grocery prices have never returned to pre-pandemic levels. The National Grocers Association’s president and CEO has explained why prices remain so high today.

Here’s Why Grocery Prices Are So High According to National Grocers Association

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. has just achieved a major milestone with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) giving the green light to its HB4 wheat technology. The USDA’s favourable Regulatory Status Review (RSR), conducted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has determined that HB4 wheat does not pose any increased plant pest risk compared to conventional wheat. This ruling effectively clears the path for HB4 wheat production in the United States, which ranks as the fourth largest wheat producer globally and the largest in the Americas.

The United States has Given the Green Light to GM Wheat

Food & Wine

Agri Stats, the data analytics and consulting company, unlawfully collected competitive industry data. Here's what to know.

Meat and Poultry Is Wildly Expensive Now — and It Could Be Due to Price Fixing

South Carolina State

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

In 1981, pop-music sensation Andy Gibb was at the top of the charts. The younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice, a.k.a. The Bee Gees, commenced a tumultuous romance with actress Victoria Principle, who played Pam Ewing on Dallas, TV's then-Number 1 prime-time series. But after the relationship ended, Andy's life, already challenged by substance abuse, did as well. This is their tragic story.

The Tragic Death of Pop Star Andy Gibb & His Traumatic Romance with 'Dallas' Star Victoria Principle

In comments submitted to FDA in response to new guidance, the National Pork Producers Council expressed disappointment with the agency’s updated direction. While the group supports gene editing as a tool, it says that the new guidance does not offer “any significant improvement to the burdensome regulatory process historically imposed on developers” of gene edited animals.

Pork producers disappointed with new gene editing rules

Cheyenne, WY

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

Egg prices rising in eastern Iowa, farmers explain why

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