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  1. Trump pledges to allow cattle ranchers to process own food amid beef imports backlash
    By Shrai Popat in Washington

    President faces criticism over plan to import up to 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef without charging higher tariffs

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #DonaldTrump #USnews #Agriculture #Cattle #Beef #Meatindustry #Meat #Trumpadministration #Farmanimals #Farming #Business #USpolitics #TheGuardian #ShraiPopatinWashington

  2. Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds
    By Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

    Intensive nature of modern chicken farming creates ideal conditions for campylobacter, allowing bacteria to evolve

    theguardian.com/food/2026/jul/

    #Chicken #Food #Health #Farming #Farmanimals #Environment #Society #TheGuardian #HannahDevlinSciencecorrespondent

  3. Beef cattle welfare:140 cattle, including 100 cows and 40 calves died of thirst

    "AACo spared investigation into cattle thirst deaths after reassuring regulators. Queensland's government ruled out investigating luxury beef giant AACo over mass deaths of its cattle from thirst, after receiving reassurances from the company that problems had been fixed."

    "The lack of investigation into deaths at the $700 million beef business has been slammed as "completely unacceptable" by a legal expert who argued industry had captured government regulators...The circumstances of this case are highly representative of a long-established pattern of passivity and industry capture [for the department] when dealing with the welfare of commercial farm animals."
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    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/qld

    Image: Franz Marc, The Yellow Cow
    has suitable living conditions, guided by the #TheFiveFreedoms as an internationally recognized framework for animal welfare, ensuring both physical and mental well-being:
    1) Freedom from hunger/thirst,
    2) Freedom from discomfort,
    3) Freedom from pain/injury/disease,
    4) Freedom to express normal behavior, and
    5) Freedom from fear/distress.">>
    kb.rspca.org.au/categories/abo

    #AnimalWelfare #livestock #beef #husbandry #meat #BBQ #FarmAnimals #BeefCattleWelfare #EFSA #MeatIndustry #regulation #food #water #pastoralism