Eight farmer case studies developed by American Farmland Trust (AFT) offer practical insights that can help farmers and ranchers identify how soil health practices can benefit their operations and provide a return-on-investment. With each case study, AFT conducted benefit-cost analyses.

What do consumers want the beef industry to provide? A study that researchers have conducted annually for the past 15 years asks 1,500 consumers detailed questions about their meat purchases and provides a number of answers.

A 2,000-person survey by Category Partners reveals some of the ways consumers are changing what they’re buying and how they’re navigating stores today, reports The Packer.

German Navarrete, the U.S. Meat Export Federation's (USMEF) corporate chef based in Mexico, recently developed a U.S. meat cutting demonstration utilizing virtual reality technology that uses 360-degree video images representing various meat cuts.

The situation pork producers are facing is unprecedented—destroying their animals because processing plants are not able to keep up with the supply ready for market, due to the pandemic. Composting is one of several ways that producers can dispose of animal carcasses. However, most don’t have access to the large amounts of carbon—such as mulch, hay, manure or lawn waste—needed to safely perform composting of large volume of carcasses. University of Nebraska Extension is addressing the problem.