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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Experts responsible for examining scientific evidence and drafting recommendations to the agencies for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans said that there is not sufficient data to draw conclusions about ultra-processed foods and health outcomes.
AGCO has agreed to sell most of its grain and protein business for $700 million to American Industrial Partners, an industrials investor worth $16 billion, in an all-cash transaction.
Challenges facing the ag sector such as climate change, rural flight and shifting economics also bring new opportunities to find solutions that benefit those throughout the entire protein supply chain, Cargill Protein North America President Hans Kabat said at Agri-Pulse’s Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City on Monday.
The United States committed $10 billion over five years toward domestic and international food security, and ag industry groups expressed support for the United States' new "productivity coalition" as the United Nations Food Systems Summit convened Thursday.
A survey of more than 3,000 American consumers shows beef is currently chosen about three times more often than plant-based alternatives. But while the plant-based presence in the market remains small, it is growing.
Tyson Foods, the largest meatpacker in the U.S., is shipping a plant-based protein nugget under the brand Raised & Rooted, and saw continuous market growth in the past year.
Farmers, ranchers, fisherman and the rest of agribusiness will try to satisfy dietary protein demands as the global population soars in number toward the nine billion the United Nations projects by 2040.
A Washington lobby group representing the meat sector and a major player in cultured protein development sent a joint letter to the administration on Thursday.
