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Degraded Soil Costs Corn Farmers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year: Study
An astounding amount of fertilizer is used just to make up for degradation.
Pilgrim’s Pride Wants to Settle Price-Fixing Lawsuit for $75 Million
The company will not admit guilt, however.
Trump Administration Rejects Some Changes to Dietary Guidelines
The new version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans was released last week—with some edits by the Trump administration.
British Man Finds New Apple Variety in the Woods
He’s still mulling names for it.
Italian Olive Oil Producers Supplement Climate Change Losses Through Biofuel
An Italian farm group estimates droughts cut olive production by 22 percent this year.
The World’s Largest Hog Farm Opened In China And It’s Nuts
It’s roughly ten times larger than most of the bigger facilities in the US.
Judge Rules That Some Farmer Data Is Exempt From FOIA
The Freedom of Information Act has its limits, and farmer locations is one.
Quarantine Recipes: Domenica’s Biscotti
We’ve been asking top chefs what they’ve been making during the pandemic. This week, our publisher weighs in.
Federal Meat Plant Inspectors Reportedly Told to Work Despite COVID-19 Exposure
A report finds that the FSIS is scarily lax about COVID-19 protocols for inspectors.
