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Good news for the meat lovers near Kansas City who get a hankering for a local steak, but are in a major rush and need something convenient. (Don't judge. You've been there too!)
The folks over at Green Grass Cattle Company, based in Weston, Missouri, have your back. After hearing about a vending machine in Germany that served bratwursts, the owners of the cattle farm decided to launch their own version in the Midwest.
Now in the middle of Kansas City's Front Range Coffeehouse, you can purchase a steak (or ground beef) directly from a vending machine. When the machine first launched, it was outside the coffee shop—which meant customers were buying steaks as late as 11 p.m., according to data from the credit card machine.
Taste meats convenience!
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You’ve heard of soul mates, and possibly even gym couples being called swole mates. But there’s a new partnership in the works: soil mates, a courtship between USDA and multiple entities testing carbon in soil.
Having its day in the sun: USDA is investing $8M in four partnerships to support expansion of soil carbon sequestration projects. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will partner with Iowa State University, Michigan State University, American Climate Partners, and University of Texas at El Paso—all of which will implement soil organic carbon monitoring projects to test how climate-smart practices affect carbon sequestration on working agricultural lands.
Farmers in these projects will receive financial assistance for helping measure carbon stocks before and after implementing a conservation plan or practice.
Iowa State University:
- Know Your Carbon Landscape: Data for Consistent Monitoring of Soil Carbon (SOC)
- $1.99M four-year project
- Deliver training on NRCS’s Soil Organic Carbon Stock Measurement standards
Michigan State University:
- Soil Carbon IDEA: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access
- $1.95M four-year project
- Offer comprehensive training on SOC for diverse groups of farmers, agronomists, and ag professionals
American Climate Partners:
- Southeast Region Deep Soil Carbon Stock Partnership and Monitoring Project
- $2M four-year project
- Provide technical assistance to underserved communities through training
University of Texas at El Paso:
- Dynamic Carbon SMART (Soil Monitoring, Assessment, Research, and Training)
- $2M four-year project
- Train producers to quantify soil carbon stocks and gauge efficacy of climate-smart practices
The rich (soils) get richer: Ultimately, the projects will be part of USDA’s larger effort to monitor, measure, report on, and verify strategies to improve climate outcomes of USDA’s programs, as well as enhance greenhouse gas accounting for the agriculture and forestry sectors.
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→An apple (robot) a day. In Chile, artificial intelligence-driven robots are picking apples, thanks to a partnership between Unifruitti and Israel-based startup Tevel.
→ Using what’s leaft behind. Dow Inc. and New Energy Blue will turn corn stover (stalks and leaves) into bio-based ethylene, which will be used as plastic source materials.
→ Seedz for growth. Brazilian agribusiness Seedz is planning an expansion into North America, where it hopes to get more farmers connected to its online marketplace.
→ Eggscellent for consumers. After several months of sky-high egg prices, consumers are finally seeing some relief on their grocery store bills, as the nationwide egg supply increases.
→ Government cheese. Dairy producers could see some support on milk prices if U.S. government’s plan to buy 47M pounds of cheese (1,900 truckloads) comes to fruition.
→ Planting progress. Favorable warm weather in the Midwest has helped farmers plant 92% of U.S. corn and 83% of soybeans, which is higher than the five-year average.
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Big BLM Change, Big Drama |
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is no stranger to controversial decisions. Fire and wild horse management, for example, or oil and gas development: the department stirs the pot on all sides. Its latest proposed rule change is no different.
Rules and regs: The BLM is mandated to manage the nearly 250M acres of federal lands under a multi-use platform. This means grazing, recreation, water rights, oil and gas leases, and mining claims all get equal priority in lease allocation. The proposed rule, "Strengthening the Stewardship of America’s Public Lands," adds conservation to that list.
The fight: Groups like National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council immediately protested the change citing concerns that grazing allocations will be lost and there would be a general lack of transparency over the rule change process.
But what would a government controversy be without congressional engagement? Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) fired back with legislation blocking the rule change while numerous Republicans voiced outrage with the BLM.
Soundbite: "The BLM has time and again shown their aim is to drastically reduce, or even eliminate, grazing on public lands, and this proposed rule is the latest iteration of this effort." — Newhouse
Conservation cheers: Supporters of the change applaud its efforts as responsibly protecting lands affected by climate change.
Stakeholders have until June 20 to respond to the proposal.
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H-2A Agricultural Worker Visas have seen a sharp uptick in recent years, gaining 40K issued visas from 2021 to 2022.
Three states account for more than ⅓ of H-2A Visas: Florida, California, and which other state?
- Utah
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Texas
- Iowa
- Alaska
Answer at the bottom of the email.
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Dairy good news is in order for milk producers. Sometime later this year ground will break for the first dairy-based U.S. ethanol plant.
Red, white, and blue, and vodka Vodkow, too. Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), with more than 1K dairy farmers, has partnered with Dairy Distillery of Ontario, Canada, to fund the plant. Dairy Distillery is known for its vodka, Vodkow.
Total project cost is $41M.
Got milk (permeate)? Dairy Distillery and MMPA both figured out ways to use a lactose-rich dairy byproduct, milk permeate, to their advantages. Dairy Distillery created technology that turns milk permeate into vodka, aka Vodkow. Meanwhile, MMPA produces 14K tonnes per year of milk permeate and has been using it for animal feed.
Body vehicle by milk. MMPA and Dairy Distillery thought… why not partner to process milk permeate into 2.2M gallons of ethanol per year? Blended with transportation fuel, 14,500 tonnes of carbon can be offset annually.
Soundbite: "I’ve been inspired by MMPA dairy farmers and their commitment to sustainability. Using a milk byproduct to reduce the carbon footprint of dairy is an innovation that will make a significant contribution to MMPA’s net zero carbon emissions goal." – Dairy Distillery CEO Omid McDonald
The plant will start production in early 2025.
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Georgia accounts for 9% of H-2A Visas, while Florida takes 14% and California holds 12%.
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