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December 23-26: The Farm Foundation held an online panel discussion titled Recasting Morrill, Reclaiming Relevance: The Future of Land-Grant Universities, during which panelists Sonny Ramaswamy (former director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture), Nancy Cox (former dean of the University of Kentucky College of Food and Agriculture), and Marshall Stewart (Executive VP for External Engagement and Chief of Staff at Kansas State University) discussed the history and evolution of the land-grant universities, the challenges facing those institutions, and what can be done to make them better. A video recording of the session is posted on the Farm Foundation’s YouTube channel. December 22: Tyson Foods recently announced plans to close its beef processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska, in January to “right size its beef business and position it for long-term success.” Kansas State University’s Agriculture Today staff spoke with Elliott Dennis of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln about the impact of the closure. December 19: Luke Lindberg, Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, talked about the relationship USDA has with various “ag cooperators” to facilitate trade relations. December 17-18: How Farmers Can Profit from Nitrogen Efficiency and Improve Soil Health was the title of a webinar put on by U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action, which detailed research done on farming use of nitrogen fertilizers primarily in the Midwest. Researchers Bruno Basso of Michigan State University and Jerry Hatfield--formerly with USDA/ARS--found that a highly-prescriptive use of nitrogen was more cost effective for farmers, while also being more environmentally friendly. You can watch a recording here. December 15-16: The U.S. House Agriculture Committee held a “Member Day” hearing to take testimony from members of Congress--some from the Ag Committee and some not--related to various subjects in which the Ag Committee is involved. There’s a video recording here. December 12: Minnesota’s Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) did a webinar on the Future of Lipids focusing on oilseeds. It included new uses for traditional oilseeds, and an overview of new and alternative oilseed varieties. You can view a recording here. This Farm to Fork episode featured comments from Chris Aulbach from CoverCress, Inc. December 11: The AgriSafe Network’s Talking Total Farmer Health podcast had a recent episode (#44) titled Why All Healthcare Providers Need to Understand Agricultural Producers. It featured Jesse Grote, a Nebraska rancher who also serves as AgriSafe’s Professional Development Coordinator. December 10: In anticipation of a review of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement next year, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative held a public hearing on the pact. Before that, the U.S. Meat Export Federation held a Strategic Planning Conference that included an assessment of the USMCA. You can find a transcript of two speakers here. December 9: At the recent annual meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation, the chairman for the past 17 years--Rodgersville, Missouri, dairy farmer Randy Mooney--stepped down. The new chairman is Brian Rexing, an Indiana dairyman. Both shared statements in an episode of the Dairy Defined podcast from NMPF.

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