New York TImes

Last week, R-CALF USA announced the launch of No Rancher Left Behind, a rancher/farmer conversation and awareness campaign. The campaign is a collaboration between R-CALF USA and Coy Young, a Missouri cattle rancher who recently testified before Congress about the stresses he faces as a cow-calf producer ...

Last month the New York Times ran an opinion piece, Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet, which targeted livestock producers and the cattle industry. Farmers and ranchers nationwide criticized the piece as being riddled with misinformation and lacking credible sources ...

Many in the farm community see soil health as a priority for American Ag to enjoy an edge. Count Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack as one of them. "We lose 4.5 tons of topsoil every single year," Vilsack noted. "We only replace it naturally with about a half a ton ...

A new analysis of independent data for 2020 shows that new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were five times lower in December than in May. Meanwhile, rates in the general population rocketed up nine times in the same period ...

A new analysis of independent data for November shows that reported new COVID-19 infection rates among meat and poultry workers were more than eight times lower than the general population. Data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network says the meat and poultry sector reported an average of 5 ...

China recently announced a change in tariff rates on imported goods from around the world that will start on January 1st.  The country will lower tariffs on global imports in a move that’s designed to give domestic consumers some support, even as a trade truce with the U.S. takes s...

A study by the New York Times claims genetically modified crops offer no significant yield benefit and lead to increased herbicide use.   An article published over the weekend by the New York Times says: “Genetic modification in the United States and Canada has not accelerated increases in crop yields or led to an overall reduction in the use of chemical pesticides.”   ...