Food Fight in Dietary Guidelines and GOP Governors Urge Farm Bill Passage
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**A major battle is brewing over how much red meat Americans should consume, as the U.S. prepares to update its Dietary
Guidelines for Americans.
Drafted recommendations are set to call for greater intake of plant-based foods while limiting consumption of beef and starchy vegetables like potatoes.
The committee behind the recommendations also proposed moving “meats, poultry, eggs” to the last group listed in the protein-foods category behind beans, peas and lentils.
**While there’s been no sign of person-to-person spread of bird flu, researchers now say a single mutation in the H5N1 avian influenza virus could enhance it’s ability to attach to human cells.
That could potentially increase the transmission among humans, according to a study led by a team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute.
These findings highlight the need for continuous surveillance of emerging mutations in avian and bovine H5N1 viruses.
**Republican governors wrote Congress on the urgent need to update the 2018 Farm Bill.
In the letter, state leaders emphasized how the ag industry has experienced high inflation, high input costs, high interest rates, catastrophic weather events, regulatory uncertainty, and a growing agricultural trade deficit.
In most states, agriculture serves as the largest industry.
Farmers are projected to see up to $35 billion in lost profit this year.
