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Ag Groups React to Big Beautiful Bill Passage

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House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) says the One Big Beautiful Bill passed by Congress Thursday is a “game-changer for America.” “The One Big Beautiful Bill is a victory for rural America, making the largest investment in agriculture in decades, restoring integrity to SNAP, and saving millions of family farms from the death tax. This bill gives …

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Animal Ag News 7/1

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CattleCon 2026 is heading to the heart of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Feb. 3-5, and it’s time to get involved in the largest cattle industry event of the year. Applications are being accepted for the NCBA National Anthem Contest, sponsored by Norbrook®, internships and scholarships. As of June 1, there were 75.1 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up slightly …

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Animal Ag News 6/23

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) mailed the July cattle survey to about 18,000 cattle operations nationwide to provide an up-to-date measure of U.S. cattle inventories. This is the first July cattle survey mailed to producers since the reinstatement of key reports was announced earlier this year. To make it as easy as possible for producers …

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Animal Ag News 6/16

Carrie Muehling

The Meat Institute called for the processing sector, a critical part of the meat and poultry supply chain, to be included in the Trump Administration’s plans for a stable and legal agriculture workforce. The University of Idaho released the finalized results of their 10-year study looking into the impacts of grazing on greater sage grouse populations. The study concluded that …

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Animal Ag News 6/9

Carrie Muehling

The third webinar in USFRA’s series on the five key opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint of agriculture identified in U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action’s “Potential for U.S. Agriculture to Be Greenhouse Gas Negative” report will be held Tuesday, June 17 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. CT. The focus is on the challenges and opportunities in animal protein production. …

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BarnTools Introduces BinTalk Pro at World Pork Expo

Cindy Zimmerman

BarnTools is in Des Moines today at the World Pork Expo for the debut of BinTalk Pro, a next-generation feed monitoring system that delivers near real-time insights and comprehensive operational oversight for poultry and swine producers. With updates every 15 minutes, 16 times more frequent than the industry standard, BinTalk Pro enables growers and integrators to detect issues as they …

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Animal Ag News 5/27

Carrie Muehling

The House reconciliation bill that passed on May 22 contains several provisions that are favorable to dairy farmers and align with key priorities for Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative. The package from the House includes a $56.4 billion increase for farm bill programs and is one of the most sweeping rewrites of agricultural and nutrition policy in years, bringing much needed …

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Animal Ag News 5/19

Carrie Muehling

Livestock markets and dealers strongly support recent efforts to stop the spread of the New World Screwworm (NWS) into the U.S. The introduction of the bipartisan and bicameral Strengthening Tactics to Obstruct the Population of Screwworms (STOP Screwworms) Act, which would authorize funds for and direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin construction on a new sterile fly …

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Alltech ONE Heading Home to Kentucky in 2026

Cindy Zimmerman

The Alltech ONE Conference is heading back to its old Kentucky home next year, welcoming global thought leaders and innovators to the Central Bank Center in Lexington, May 18–20, 2026, for an immersive exploration of the bold ideas shaping the future of agri-food. “Over the last 40 years, Alltech has created a truly unique event, the only one of its …

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