Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently announced American poultry producers will have greater market access to Namibia, which will now accept fresh, frozen, and chilled poultry exports from the United States, unlocking a market valued at $15 million. In addition, USDA successfully negotiated the removal of burdensome export and transit permit requirements for processed poultry products—reopening a previously restricted channel. …
Ag Groups React to Big Beautiful Bill Passage
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 …
Animal Ag News 7/1
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 …
Animal Ag News 6/23
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 …
Animal Ag News 6/16
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 …
Animal Ag News 6/9
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. …
BarnTools Introduces BinTalk Pro at World Pork Expo
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 …
Animal Ag News 6/3
March was the best sales month in history for Certified Angus Beef, with 116.8 million pounds sold. It was also a standout month for quality, with 86 percent of fed cattle carcasses grading Choice or Prime, the highest annual mark once again. USDA Prime has outpaced Select for nine weeks in a row, thanks in part to heavier carcass weights …
Animal Ag News 5/27
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 …
Animal Ag News 5/19
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 …