Agribusiness
Missouri delays expansion of cattle-feeding operation
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A Missouri state group has delayed expansion of a beef cattle-feed lot in Johnson County after another state agency granted a permit to do so in June.
Food For Thought
Opinion: Lab cultured meat debate just getting warmed up
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You probably have never heard of the start-up company Memphis Meats.
Based on its name you likely figure it is based in Memphis,Tennessee and its stock and trade is meat.
You would certainly be wrong on location – it calls San Leandro, California home. And as to the meat … well that is yet to be determined.
Memphis Meats is in a technology race with Israeli company Aleph Farms and others to grow what it calls “clean” meat for human consumption in a laboratory from animal cells sooner rather than later.
Brexit
World’s top meat processing company relocating to Ireland amidst ‘Brexit’ uncertainty
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Brazilian food giant JBS, the top-selling meat processing company in the world, is moving its business headquarters to Ireland.
China
Opinion: Is China taking over the U.S. pork industry?
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This past summer, the International Olympic Committee awarded China the winter games for 2022. What does that have to do with agriculture, you might reasonably ask?
Business
China’s rising meat consumption appealing to Cargill, other U.S. companies
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U.S. meat producers are looking to expand in China.