USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins hosted a roundtable with two dozen farmers to hear their perspective on the best approaches to combat avian flu and ultimately lower egg prices. They also discussed other issues facing farmers, including the importance of disaster relief, expanding markets, reducing input costs, and decreasing regulation.
The Meat Institute called on the US Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) to include meat and poultry as part of a healthy American diet noting flaws and contradictions in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Scientific Report. The Meat Institute’s detailed analysis of the Report’s findings can be found in the full comments submitted for the comment period here.
The fourth class participating in the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders has been selected and will convene for their first session in Washington, D.C. in March 2025.
Creating and managing a biosecurity plan in a stocker operation requires a collaborative team effort to effectively address both financial and health risks. By working together, team members can anticipate and mitigate potential threats to cattle health and business stability. During the next National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Cattlemen’s Webinar Series, Dr. Kenny Burdine will discuss business considerations for risk programs and Clay Burtrum will provide experience from a stocker operator perspective. Dr. Misty Edmondson will discuss why biosecurity planning and the Secure Beef Supply is important to the cattle industry from a state veterinarian’s perspective.
For 17 years, Zoetis has proudly partnered with veterinarians and animal health distributors to nurture the next generation of agricultural leaders through its Industry Support Program. From Feb. 1 through April 30, 2025, customers may designate a portion of sales from eligible Zoetis Cattle and Equine products to their local chapters of the National FFA Organization.
Alltech is a global leader in animal nutrition, backed by 45 years of scientific research. The company produces premium feed additive products and works with global regulatory agencies to meet their requirements. For more than a decade, the company’s attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR–FTIR) chelation assay has been relied upon by the industry to ensure that only the highest-quality products enter the market, to ensure fair market competition, and to prevent feed additive fraud.
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) expressed serious concerns about the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s so-called scientific report in comments filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative is partnering with Farmers for Sustainable Food on the FSF Climate-Smart Program. The program, which launched last year, helps farmers determine what conservation practices are most effective for their individual farms and provides tools to document their environmental impacts. Funding for the program comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities award.
The regenerative agriculture consulting firm Understanding Ag, LLC, announced the selection of Burke Teichert as managing partner and Jim West as its director of operations. A world-renowned adaptive grazing and ranching economics expert, Teichert will join UA founders Gabe Brown and Allen Williams, Ph.D. in his new partnership role. In his decades-long career, Teichert has managed cattle ranches in a variety of locations and has had managerial oversight of two large farms and a dairy. He has also traveled extensively in the U.S. and in parts of Canada and Central and South America as well as England, Australia and New Zealand either on company business or as a consultant or speaker.
The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) reports strong results for 2025, with 1,385 exhibitors covering 598,373 square feet of exhibit space. Recognized as the world’s largest annual event for the animal food, meat, poultry and egg industries, IPPE also ranks among the 25 largest trade shows in the United States. IPPE is sponsored by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, American Feed Industry Association and Meat Institute. The 2025 IPPE had 30,502 registered attendees from the poultry, egg, meat and animal food industries, including 8,909 international attendees from 129 countries. Canada had the largest international representation, making up 15 percent of registered attendees. Latin America continued to show the strongest regional presence, accounting for 49 percent of international attendees.
