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Climate change has caused global food productivity growth to drop more than 20% since the 1960s, despite the billions of dollars Big Ag has funnelled into production technologies. Meanwhile, some of the world’s biggest meat and dairy producers have been spending further billions to undercut climate action.
A study just published in the journal Nature Climate Change has produced the world’s first calculation of how the climate crisis “has historically affected agricultural production on a global scale,” reports Bloomberg Green.
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American Jobs Plan shows promise, say some in ag sectors
WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden released his $2 trillion infrastructure plan last week.
The eight-year plan includes modernizing highways, bridges, ports, airports, transit, water systems, utilities, and bring high-speed internet to every American including in rural areas. The plan is expected to enhance supply chains, address the climate crisis, and provide farmers with new economic opportunities through net-zero initiatives.
Dubbed the American Jobs Plan, the eight-year spending proposal promises to modernize 20,000 miles of roads, repair 10,000 bridges and improve the drinking water in 400,000 schools and child-care facilities, among myriad other improvements to the built environment in the United States.
Getty Images National Cattlemens Beef Association says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must work with local communities rather than misuse Endangered Species Act.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending no change to the current listed status of the grizzly bear in the lower-48 states, which lists the animals as threatened under the Endangered Species Act following the completion of a five-year status review.
The five-year assessment concluded that while there are robust, recovered populations of grizzly bears, FWS recommends retaining ESA protections across the entire species range. Despite demonstrating clear success in recovery, the announcement leaves the door open for future reintroduction of grizzly bears in the North Cascades ecosystem despite years of local opposition, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says.
First 75% reporting rule quarterly report shows over 19% violations
Livestock Marketing Information Center/Elliott Dennis, Assistant Professor & Livestock Extension Economist Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska – LincolnApril 5, 2021Agriculture News
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STURGIS, SD – As cattle and beef producers –along with politicians – continue to grapple with federal legislation to mandate greater price discovery and transparency in the live cattle and beef trade, the first quarterly report to come out of a much-debated voluntary reporting formula has been released. But with packers still not participating, how useful the quarterly report actually is will add to the debate.
According to an analysis of the first quarter of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) “75%” Rule, overall, across weeks and feeding locations, 19.23% of location-weeks violated the 75% rule. That’s according to Elliott Dennis, Assistan