Americans are spending $90 billion a year on foods marketed for their protein content, as manufacturers turn everything from Doritos and Pop-Tarts to water and ranch dressing into “high-protein” products.
Cattle slaughter fell sharply as workers stayed home amid increased ICE activity in southwest Kansas, adding another strain to an already tight U.S. beef supply.
The entire £233 million budget for England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive was allocated in less than a day, leaving thousands of farmers without access to payments many increasingly rely on.
Ground beef prices are up 25% in two years as drought, a 75-year-low cattle herd and rising restaurant costs collide — while Washington’s attempt to boost imports may barely move prices.
New tariffs threaten to squeeze American agriculture from both directions — depressing export prices while raising the cost of machinery and critical fertilizer.
The Brazilian meatpacking billionaire reportedly made the case for cheaper imports one day before Trump moved to ease tariffs.
A new global review estimates 402 million to 433 million cases annually, highlighting the human cost of increasingly chemical-dependent agriculture.
Hundreds of tractors converged on parliament as farmers warned that tougher nitrogen limits could make large parts of Danish agriculture economically unviable.
Authorities found thousands of cartons of major-brand foods with expiry dates erased and nutrition labels altered before being shipped overseas.
The farmer and food-freedom advocate says the administration’s latest attempt to placate ranchers does little to remove the legal barriers that keep small producers from selling meat directly to consumers.