This Week is all About Meat Processing!

2023 is well underway and sharing the facts about agriculture never slows down. Check out everything going on in the world of agriculture this week and if you have something you’d like me to cover then drop it in the comments!

This Week in Agriculture

Since the Expanding Meat Processing Act of 2022 bill was introduced, local and regional packers have begun popping up, now an Iowa beef company has announced they have secured an investor for $150M. This is not only a big win for beef producers but also for the state of Iowa. Up until now the state and its producers have been processing their cattle out of state and Iowa officials say the economic gain of this plant will be roughly $8 billion by 2028.??

If you’re interested in reading the full article you can find it below. And if you’re interested in learning more about the meat packing industry make sure to check out Episode 65 of Discover where we chat with Dr. Emily Finck from Merck Animal Health on this very topic.?

https://www.agdaily.com/news/iowa-beef-company-secures-150m-investment-packing-facility/

Listen to Episode 65 Here

Let’s Discover Ag

This week on Discover Ag Natalie and me are covering a recent news story that covers JBS and their recent debacle with investors. The biggest question we are discussing...is JBS as green as they claim to be and what's next in sustainability for the largest global food company in the world??

You heard it here first. Make sure to listen to that snippet of the conversation below and listen to the full episode here: https://pod.link/1615443750/episode/be79796a812d2f5bd82c6fee906fd3b2

Advocacy Resource

Can we talk about how eating meat has become unfairly demonized when it comes to your health? We cover this topic pretty often on the podcast, but it seems that more and more studies are coming forward to prove that eating meat is in fact, NOT bad for you and according to this study will actually increase your life expectancy.?

“The researchers found that the consumption of energy from carbohydrate crops (grains and tubers) does not lead to greater life expectancy, and that total meat consumption correlates to greater life expectancy, independent of the competing effects of total calorie intake, economic affluence, urban advantages, and obesity.”

You can read more about the study here;

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-meat-eating-human-life-worldwide.html

Thank you for being here and if there’s something you’d like to hear opinions on or learn more about, you can find me on Instagram at @TaraVanderDussen or feel free to join the conversation on the Discover Ag Instagram. Have a great weekend everyone!?