What does California’s Prop 12 mean for animal agriculture?
Proposition 12 is having a ripple effect well beyond the borders of California, and constitutional challenges don’t appear to be going well.
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Farmer’s Daughter: 5 things I learned about animal agriculture
So after seven years of engaging, here are 5 big things this crop-farmer’s daughter has learned about animal agriculture.
Animal Ag Alliance releases report on HSUS’ ‘animal-rights’ conference
AGDAILY Reporters ·
October 1, 2020
The Animal Agriculture Alliance released a report today with observations and takeaways from the HSUS virtual conference.
Perspective: Joe Rogan podcast wrongly puts Salatin on a pedestal
Markie Hageman ·
June 3, 2020
The entire podcast was full of sensationalized, controversial, and incorrect information, and the worry is that the exposure The Joe Rogan Experience receives, as one of the top podcasts in the nation, will further drive the idea that large operations are bad and unhealthy
Farmers today do more with less. That’s good for the animals, too.
Michelle Miller, Farm Babehttp://www.thefarmbabe.com ·
June 2, 2020
Advancements in technology allow producers to keep their animals healthier and happier than even a generation ago Farmers today do more with less. They produce more crop on less land. They raise more animals with fewer resources. Cows can be milked with robots. But what does all this mean for animal welfare? Does it put […]
Registration now open for second Pig Welfare Symposium
AGDAILY Reporters ·
June 21, 2019
The National Pork Board has announced that its second Pig Welfare Symposium will take place Nov. 13-14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Family farmers develop new inventions for animal welfare
AGDAILY Reporters ·
April 24, 2019
Perdue Farms challenged family farmers in their network to develop new inventions that improve the lives of the animals in their care.
ASPCA files suit against USDA over animal welfare records
AGDAILY Reporters ·
May 24, 2018
The ASPCA is taking the USDA to court for not releasing animal welfare records requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
AGs file brief to remove animal welfare rule for organic farmers
AGDAILY Reporters ·
May 15, 2018
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, joined by 14 other state attorneys general, filed an amicus brief supporting the repeal of the Obama Administration’s 2017 Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule. The brief argues that this Rule, adopted on the very last day of the Obama Administration, was both illegal and economically unjustifiable. The 1990 Organic […]
USFRA: Consumer interest in ‘clean’ diet, local food increasing
AGDAILY Reporters ·
May 11, 2018
While significantly more U.S. consumers trust farmers and ranchers, they are still reading labels, searching for local food, and trying to maintain a “clean” diet. The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Board of Directors recently gathered in St. Louis where they presented the 2017 Consumer Perception research insights. According to the USFRA’s 2017 Consumer Perception […]