Consumer loyalty and rewards app Fetch is releasing its first full-year Fetch Finds Report, revealing the unexpected ways Americans shopped and dined in 2025. Despite rising grocery costs, Americans brought meat back to the menu. Fresh beef (+13%), chicken (+12%) and pork (+12%) sales rose, while refrigerated plant-based alternatives (-11%) fell, signaling that the meatless movement lost some of its sizzle in 2025.
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Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday introduced legislation to allow hatcheries to use pasteurized eggs in egg products, like cake mixes, salad dressings, and other grocery products. The Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025 will help increase the egg supply for consumers by cutting bureaucratic red tape that forces hatcheries to discard hundreds of millions of safe, useable eggs each year.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Monday it will make $12 billion available in one-time bridge payments to American farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs. The package includes $11 billion in one-time payments to crop farmers through a new USDA bridge payment program and the remaining $1 billion will then go to specialty crops not covered by that program. It does not include livestock and poultry.
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A coalition of major food and beverage trade groups filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to halt a new Texas law that would require warning labels on products containing certain synthetic food additives. The American Beverage Association, Consumer Brands Association, National Confectioners Association, and FMI – The Food Industry Association – jointly lodged the suit, calling the proposed labels “false and misleading,” according to Reuters.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday announced a new Regenerative Agriculture Initiative that leverages existing programs, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), to advance regenerative practices. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins made the announcement alongside U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. She said the $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program would help American farmers adopt practices that improve soil health, enhance water quality, and boost long-term productivity, all while strengthening America’s food and fiber supply.
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