animal welfare

Ranchers are keeping a wary eye on a proposed Colorado animal-cruelty initiative. Animal-welfare advocates are trying to place the PAUSE initiative on the November 2022 ballot.

The USDA announced a 15% increase in SNAP benefits through September, providing an estimated $3.5 billion to households experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic.

More and more people are choosing to eat less and less meat due to concerns over the environment, personal health and animal welfare.

**Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has given the go-ahead for emergency haying on Conservation Reserve Program lands to help provide feed for livestock in drought-stricken areas of Montana and North and South Dakota. Perdue authorized emergency haying to begin over the weekend, two weeks ahead of the normal start date...

Outside of the ag industry, El Nino is expected to cost billions of dollars. CNBC reports the impacts of the weather event are likely to reach the energy sector as well. The El Nino of 1997 to 1998 caused an economic impact of $30-$45 billion and it's likely to be higher this time round as economies have grown since then...

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have discovered an amino acid produced in the human brain that could help prevent - or treat - infection from E. coli O157.

After conducting a routine audit of its suppliers - Chipotle has announced it will suspend pork sales at nearly one-third of its U.S. restaurants.