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Back in the driver's seat

A little over 12 months ago, Grant Baker’s life changed dramatically, but now he’s making the most of his challenges. Click to check the original article.

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Herd liquidation may be slowing down

Weekly beef cow slaughter has been higher year over year for 70 consecutive weeks. In that period, on only four occasions has the year over year increase been less than 3.0 percent. The latest weekly data shows that beef cow slaughter was up 2.7 percent year over year, just the second week this year up less than […]

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Quadripartite welcomes new antimicrobial resistance manifesto

The recently concluded Third Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, hosted in Muscat, Oman, discussed for the first time targets to address the global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenge. The conference and its numerical targets for antimicrobial use in the human and animal sectors will pave the way for bold political commitments at the forthcoming […]

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Senate action needed on key agricultural trade nominees

With important trade negotiations on the horizon, U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom says there is an urgent need for the U.S. Senate to confirm two key nominees: Douglas McKalip to serve as chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Alexis Taylor as USDA under secretary for trade […]

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