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May 23: Farmers and other rural residents have a higher rate of cancer cases than the general population. The AgriSafe Network did a presentation on this to spread information about
prevention. To watch a video recording, visit the AgriSafe website and register for the free membership offer.
May 22: An earlier edition of KSU’s Agriculture Today (mentioned May 21, below) featured a former farmer who became a detective in the county sheriff’s department after becoming
frustrated with the level of unsolved farm and ranch thefts locally.
May 21: Scarlett Madinger of the Kansas Livestock Association was a guest on the May 8 edition of Agriculture Today from Kansas State University to talk about ways livestock
producers can guard against theft of their animals.
May 20: The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture heard statements recently on the status of conservation programs within the federal farm program.
May 19: Dr. Mariangela Hungria, a microbiologist from Brazil, is the winner of the 2025 World Food Prize. The WFP Foundation had an announcement event and you can view a video
recording here.
May 16: The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers information to individuals who want to become farmers and ranchers. Details are in a recording of a recent webinar.
May 15: U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action presented a recent webinar on ways that the ag industry can capitalize on opportunities to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. A
recording of that webinar is available here.
May 14: The U.S. Meat Export Federation rang up a couple of wins in Japan as two ramen restaurant chains agreed to switch to U.S.-supplied pork products versus pork cuts that have
been coming from Mexico and Europe.
May 13: Federal funding cuts impacting local food banks and school lunch/feeding programs were the subject of a recent news conference featuring Dr. Marlene Schwartz of the Rudd
Center for Food Policy & Health at the University of Connecticut. Allocations to those programs were announced in December, but revoked shortly after. You can view a recording here.
May 12: A dozen NIOSH-funded centers for agricultural health and safety across the country are losing their federal funding and will likely close down in the next few months. Jeff
Bender, head of the center based in Minnesota, suggests you contact your elected officials in Washington, D.C., if you wish to restore funding and keep those centers operating.
May 8-9: Food and Beverage USA is a two-day gathering of industry insiders planned for May 28-29 in Minneapolis. Conference Chair Ian Welsch talked about the event and the issues
important to the industry in a recent episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action.
