Month: September 2024

The meat-processing had frequent COVID-19 outbreaks reported worldwide. In May 2021, a large meat-processing plant in the UK had an outbreak affecting 4.1% (63/1541) of workers.

accounts for over a quarter (26%) of global greenhouse gas emissions. 1. Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture. Habitable land is land that is ice- and desert-free. 70% of global freshwater withdrawals are used for agriculture 2.

The and all of agriculture is currently navigating uncharted territory with the disruption to the supply chain caused by COVID-19. If you have questions reach out as additional information is available from state-level Extension, and the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association are available to assist producers in these difficult times.

Testimony was first heard from Jayson Lusk, an agricultural economist at Perdue University. “Don’t overly focus on today. Instead, make policies for the future.” Lusk identified three facing the : capacity, improved price transparency and policies that improve overall health of the cattle .

The Canadian cattle entered 2020, and the COVID‐19 disruption, with a breeding herd that had been declining for 15 years, a concentrated and aging processing sector, concerns about the rise of meat substitutes, and pressures for the to reduce its carbon footprint. Yet, the prospects for Canadian exports remain as rosy …

The trend is valuable for both producers and processors that export , says Jay Krehbiel, senior VP of International Sales for Tyson Fresh Meats. “Exports are extremely beneficial to the entire U.S. – back to the cattle producer, to the cow-calf producer and to the cattle feeder,” Krehbiel said.

At that time, huge feedlots with concrete slatted floors were built in the United States. During the 1980s, they were phased out due to lameness, other health , and high costs. The author has been in the for over 40 years. New people coming into the are reinventing old bad mistakes because they do not know about them.

the cattle feeding in Western Canada in the late 1990s and the expanding role of exports. The purpose of the 2021 update was to incorporate the structural changes that have occurred in the over the last decade including packing plant closures and expansion of feedlots in the west since 2016.

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This is due to the evident aggregated contribution that production makes to global environmental such as climate change and land use. Globally, supply chains are estimated to emit about 2.9 gigatonnes of CO 2-eq, about 40% of all livestock emissions using a life-cycle approach (Gerber, Henderson, Opio, Mottet, & Steinfeld, 2013 …

June 27, 2019. Inside the University of California, Davis, a Holstein cow has its head and neck sealed airtight inside a large, clear-plastic chamber that resembles an incubator for newborns. While giant tubes above the chamber pump air in and push air out, the cow calmly stands and eats her feed. Equipment inside a nearby trailer spits out data.

Estimates of global population growth are often cited as a significant challenge for global food production. It is estimated that by 2050 there will be approximately two- billion additional people on earth, with the greatest proportion of that growth occurring in central Africa. To meet recommended future protein needs (60 g/d), approximately 120 million kg of protein must be produced daily …

Rodrigo Almeida, an analyst with Santander Bank, said prices have been driven up mainly by the inability of processing plants to meet consumer demand because they’re struggling to …

The standard requires cattle to remain in a feedlot for 100 days (young steers for 70 and heifers for 60) in order to be sold on the domestic Australian market as ‘grain fed’. Organic . Organic and biodynamic must comply with the Australian Certified Organic Standard. Farms, abattoirs and butchers can apply for certification.

But that was all about to change. In December 1980, IBP, Inc., opened the world’s largest -processing plant in Holcomb, 10 miles west of Garden City. Three years later, an idle packing plant on the town’s eastern edge reopened and expanded. By 1985, these two plants were running two shifts a day, 6 days a week, and employed more than 4000 …

Comparing the fourth quarter of 2021 to the same quarter in 2020, that same firm increased the price of so much—by more than 35%—that they made record profits while actually selling less …

Using natural and plant-based ingredients to enhance ground- products could help the food produce clean, labeled, and healthier meat products to meet consumers’ expectations. As the use of by-products and value-added products continues to grow, research will play a key role in removing the food-safety and regulatory-compliance …

Feedlots, and grain-fed production, are becoming increasingly important for Australian production. Feedlots play an important role in smoothing out Australian production and export availability. Grain-fed cattle have made up a growing share of Australian exports over the last two decades. Drier seasonal conditions in 2023 …

This paper presents an analysis of the production of comparing all aspects of the use of land and conserved water for four production systems. It is suggested that conserved water use is a useful measure. Land use was the highest in extensive unmodified pasture systems, especially if the land became degraded.

The International Monetary Fund last week cited supply chain woes among other factors as it downgraded its forecast for global economic growth for 2022 to 4.4 percent from 4.9 percent. The breadth …

Sandler acknowledges that the ethical lab-grown meat aims to address are significant. Animal agriculture accounted for 40% of all emissions in food production, according to a 2020 USDA …

In 2019, I was sitting in my class at University of Nebraska Lincoln and we were tasked with identifying facing the . A primary issue our class listed was consumers’ perception of the carbon footprint of cattle. Everyone in the room knew the claims lacked substance. Ruminants were on the land before we were!

Globally, about 1.3 billion tons of food per year is lost. 1 When compared to national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the carbon footprint of lost food would be third behind the total emissions of China and the United States. 2 Food is lost or wasted throughout the entire life cycle, from agricultural production to final household consumption …

But Argentina’s also serve as a warning for just how quickly bad government policies can cripple an . In March 2006, Argentina’s government – in an effort to lower the rising price of to its people – banned exports for 180 days. It followed that up by imposing a 15% export tax on fresh – a tax that’s …

Hence, cows and, to a lesser extent, finishing cattle often are a low-priority stock class in the farming system, with implications for animal performance and supply chain management. The New Zealand dairy (4.4 million cows; DairyNZ, 2011) is considerably larger than its breeding (1.14 million cows; +Lamb NZ …

Its , worth BRL 618 billion (USD$124 billion), accounts for 8% of its GDP. Roughly three-quarters of Brazil’s is consumed domestically, but the remaining quarter enters the global supply chain in sufficient quantities to make Brazil the world’s largest exporter.

The findings will aid in addressing meat export failure in Tanzania’s meat , allowing for more appropriate actions to improve meat exports. Additionally, this is critical for developing a successful development set of policies for optimizing economically efficient meat supply to worldwide markets, hence …

Factor in environmental costs and a burger is 15 times more expensive than a plant-based one, including arable land and water to produce a kilogram adds $7-20 to the price on the label …

According to the Checkoff, almost two-thirds of consumers say they plan on eating at least the same amount of that they currently do in the coming months ahead.3 However, a growing segment of consumers is concerned about the impact of production relative to other animal protein on the environment.

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: January 2024. by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, and Grace Grossen. The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for January 2024 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates …

But one of the is the high, high turnover rate among workers at these plants. The averages anywhere from 75 percent to 100 percent a year, which means you have a constant flow of …

Paraguay, a small but successful exporter, faces controversy over its re-entry to the U.S. market after a 20-year ban. Learn why some groups oppose this move and how it affects food safety.

The US Department of Agriculture’s All Fresh price averaged $7.55 per lb and its Choice price averaged $7.90 per lb. The prices began to decline after that and in October 2022 averaged $7. …

On the morning of May 25, 2019, a food-safety inspector at a Cargill meatpacking plant in Dodge City, Kansas, came across a disturbing sight. In an area of the plant called the stack, a Hereford …

The American Farmland Trust and partner organizations were recently awarded a $30-million grant from the USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities to spearhead an effort to transition the U.S. supply chain to carbon neutral. The eight-state (Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi) project …

Due to COVID-19-related labor , slaughter facility capacity dropped sharply in April and May. At its worst in early May, cattle slaughter dropped 35% from 2019 and hog slaughter dropped 35% from the previous year. Slaughter capacity has largely recovered to near normal levels — more quickly than most in the anticipated.

Going back to 2000, the saw a decline of roughly 14,000 head per day in processing capacity. “That negotiated cash trade level really hasn’t changed,” Aherin said. What has changed …

In 2020, there were over 76 million cattle in the European Union (EU) and production reached 6.8 million tonnes – output that makes the EU the world’s third largest producer, after the United States and Brazil. The sector is diverse in terms of herd size, farm structure and geographical distribution of farms between EU regions.

In the 1980s, the US relaxed its approach to antitrust enforcement, one tool the government uses to rein in market concentration. Today, only four companies process 85 percent of all the cattle …

retail prices rose 30% from the beginning of 2020, before pandemic lockdowns started, to a peak of $7.90 per pound in October, before declining slightly in November and December, according to …

This means that a animal weighing 1,000 lbs will result in a carcass that weighs only 630 lbs after slaughter. Although the average dressing percentage for is 63 percent, several factors may affect the carcass weight. Table 1 below shows the variation in carcass weight alone by the specific factors that affect dressing percentage.

Four big companies. Four international corporations control 85% of U.S. processing capacity, according to the White House: JBS S.A., the world’s biggest meat supplier; Tyson Foods Inc., the …

On Tuesday, NPPC released its latest pork economic update summarizing five key pork market indicators through January 2023. According to the Consumer Price Index, pork prices increased just 1.5% over the past year, as overall grocery prices jumped 11.8%., housing prices up 8.0% and household energy prices up 16.2%.

Overall, is responsible for 36% of all agriculture-linked forest-replacement. The huge responsibility borne by the is due to the conversion of forests into cattle pasture, which amounted to 45.1 Millions hectares of lands deforested between 2001 and 2015 – a rate that is five times higher than for any other analysed products.

“The impact of the smallest cow herd in 60 years will likely put pressure on processing and retail margins, may give a more competitive advantage to competing proteins, and could result in a smaller going forward,” one economist says. The ag economists surveyed expect net farm income to hit $125 billion to $130 billion.

Dr. Bart Fischer, professor in Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M and co-director of AFPC, was editor of the report titled, “U.S. Supply Chain: and Challenges.” Fischer has a background in agricultural production and extensive experience on Capitol Hill serving as Chief Economist of the House Agriculture Committee from 2011 to …

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In at least two states this year, and dairy industries have successfully beat back government food initiatives linking livestock to global warming. A string of high-profile scientific studies …

While industrial agriculture as a whole has adverse environmental effects, the meat produces more greenhouse gases than transportation. Further, half of the methane and two-thirds of the nitrous oxide released by humans is due to crop and livestock production. “Worldwide meat consumption has tripled since the 1960s, increasing by 20% …