| | | | | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued guidance outlining "critical" industries in the COVID-19 pandemic response. Agriculture was included in the list. | | | | |
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| | | | | USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue offered up a passionate speech of appreciation for those he called "heroes of the U.S. food supply chain" in a special video. | | | | |
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| | | | | The company is shifting some of its chicken, beef and pork production from foodservice to meet the surge in demand for retail food products. | | | | |
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| | | | | A Fortune 500 company fighting for farmers and the entire agricultural industry is rare when so many seem to be looking to defame and degrade agriculture. However, becoming an ally to ag is exactly what PepsiCo is striving to do at a regional and individual level with its demonstration farms, says Michelle Bufkin in an AgDaily article. | | | | |
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| | | | | General Mills is launching a pilot program that will help transition Kansas wheat farms from conventional to regenerative farming. The three-year pilot taking place around the Cheney Reservoir watershed will support 24 farmers learning how to use regenerative practices to improve soil health and increase revenue, writes Jason Flatt in a FoodTank article. | | | | |
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