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Daybreak Nov, 6: Trump wins in big night for GOP

11/06/24 12:10 PM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, and Noah Wicks

Donald Trump has reclaimed the presidency, and Republicans will take charge of the Senate in January. Those results have big implications for a lot of issues, including trade and immigration as well as tax and regulatory policy that are critical to agriculture.

CAST report finds no advantages to free-range poultry, cage-free eggs

07/18/18 6:15 PM By Jim Webster

Free-range poultry and cage-free eggs may command higher prices in the supermarket but they offer consumers little or no demonstrable benefit in food safety or quality, animal health and welfare or healthful food, a panel of scientists concluded after a review of a battery of research papers they called "inconclusive and often contradictory."

CAST seeks suggestions for ag studies

07/11/18 6:15 AM By Ed Maixner

Have an agricultural subject that you think needs investigation? The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology is inviting suggestions for possible in-depth studies by a task force of agricultural scientists.

More animal welfare research needed, CAST report finds

04/25/18 7:35 AM By Steve Davies

Growing public concern over animal welfare is driving the need to examine the impact of large-scale production systems on animals' quality of life, a new report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology says.

Scientists say regulation stifles many new biotech traits

03/28/18 7:30 AM By Jim Webster

Federal regulation of agricultural biotechnology needs to be based on risk and not on process, a wide range of scientists and food industry executives agreed at the Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit.

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02.28.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Feb. 28, 2025: Seth Meyer from USDA Ag Outlook Forum

The Agriculture Department unveiled 2025 projections that show falling row crop prices and rising cattle and poultry prices. We speak with USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer from the USDA Ag Outlook Forum about the analysis, including the ongoing pressure on egg prices.

Then, Arlan Suderman from StoneX and Scott Irwin from the University of Illinois discuss land values, Trump’s tariff threats and USDA’s commodity price projections.

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