With Congress back in session, legislators will take up a set of issues they haven’t comprehensively addressed since 2018 — the year the last farm bill passed. Farm bills are massive pieces of legislation that address a diverse constellation of topics, including agricultural commodities, conservation, trade, nutrition, rural development, energy,…

DAILY BITES Managers unaware: Newly obtained recordings of OSHA interviews with ADM personnel show top managers at a Nebraska plant were unaware of federal safety standards related to grain dust. Little discipline: Few, if any, ADM employees were disciplined for unsafe behavior. Potentially unsafe behavior: The new OSHA records show…

Through its Patriots’ Pledge program, Zoetis has contributed over $2 million to Folds of Honor in a four-year span, advancing the organization’s mission to provide academic scholarships for the families of fallen or disabled members of the U.S. Armed Forces and First Responders. Since 2022, Zoetis has supported Folds of…

Texas Animal Health Commission officials have confirmed anthrax in a steer on a premises in Briscoe County. The agency received confirmation on December 31, 2025, and announced the case in a January 6, 2026, release. The affected premises, located about 5 miles north of Silverton, Texas, has been quarantined. Under…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the long-awaited Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, on January 7, dubbing it a “big reset” in nutritional advice that seeks to “put real food back” in American health. Clearly influenced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s…

Running a temperature helps humans protect themselves from infections, but research testing avian flu viruses in mice suggests these strains share a trait with those that caused some of the world’s worst pandemics: the ability to resist a fever. Though more research is needed to see if the findings can…