Nebraska Reigns Supreme at the 2023 Beef Quality Assurance Awards
The Awards annually recognize outstanding beef and dairy producers, marketers, and educators that uphold the BQA commitment to food safety, animal welfare, and beef quality.
Read moreThe Global Beef Industry Can Cut GHG Emissions by up to 85% Through Collaboration, Study Finds
Such reductions can be achieved by opting for more efficient feeds and production areas and restoring forests in areas where production is inefficient.
Read moreMy Commitment to Sustainability Means Beef Will Always Have a Place on My Menus
To the naysayers who claim beef is “ruining the environment,” Colorado farmer-turned-chef-restauranteur Alex Seidel says he knows from his decades of training that this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Read moreNew LCA Clarifies Sustainability of U.S. Beef
A lifecycle analysis (LCA) by an Agricultural Research Service-led team sheds new light on the sustainability of U.S. beef, concluding that it is “not a significant contributor to long-term global […]
Read moreWater Project to Improve Sustainability of U.S. Beef Supply
A three-year water project to improve the sustainability of the U.S. beef supply chain has been launched by The Nature Conservancy, in collaboration with Nestlé Purina and global agribusiness company, […]
Read moreINTERVIEW: USSA’s Carlos Suárez on Sustainability and Innovation in U.S. Agriculture
Carlos Suárez, Manager Sustainability, Policy, and Innovation at the U.S. Grains Council and a USSA Management Council member, recently spoke to the Spanish non-profit La Fundación Antama (Foundation for the Application […]
Read moreUsing Science to Build Better Trading Relationships
Dr. Chris Calkins, Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, argues that strong, sustainable trading relationships are based on fact. The key is having a genuinely distinctive product and effectively […]
Read moreUSSA Experts Debunk U.S. Agriculture Myths in Podcast First
How does the sustainability of U.S. food systems compare with the EU? What is being done to make beef production more climate-smart? How can academics help advance sustainability knowledge? Those […]
Read moreNew Program Supports Native American Farmers with Climate-Smart Grazing
The Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), a USSA member, and Farm Journal Foundation, a non-profit organization, are joining forces to help Native American cattle farmers and ranchers adopt climate-smart grazing. The partners have introduced […]
Read moreMethane-busting Innovation Wins $1.5M Climate Prize
A Seattle-based company has won $1.5 million to test a product to reduce methane emissions by curbing cow burps. Lumen Bioscience (Lumen) is the inaugural recipient of the Wilkes Center […]
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