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USDA announces millions to expand meatpacking competition

07/05/23 7:12 AM By Jana Rose Schleis

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $115 million in USDA funding will go to help expand independent meat processing capacity.

People’s Garden initiative expanded nationwide

09/14/22 10:04 AM By Sara Wyant

USDA wants more local gardeners to participate in their "People's Garden" initiative by expanding the program nationwide.

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January 19, 2025

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Bryan Humphreys, CEO, National Pork Producers Council

This week’s Open Mic guest is Bryan Humphreys, CEO of the National Pork Producers Council. Swine producers are coming off a period of negative returns thanks to ample demand from domestic and global consumers. Humphreys says pork producers are concerned about the consequences of potential tariffs on global market access and hope for a farm bill which would include limits on state mandated production practices like those in California and Massachusetts. He also discusses the Biden administration's ruling on packer line speeds, ag labor and more.

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01.24.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 24, 2025: Frank Lucas on Trump administration, farm bill

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States Monday. We asked former House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas how this Trump administration could be different than the last and if farmers should be concerned about another trade war.

Then, Michael Marsh from the National Council of Agricultural Employers and Jonathan Coppess of the University of Illinois discuss how farm and nutrition programs may fare in federal budget cuts and how the executive order directing mass deportations could impact farm labor.

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