Sara Brown

The Livestock Today blog is your place to learn the latest production news for the livestock industry. Whether on the road or in the office, Sara Brown writes about all issues important to livestock producers.

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Cargill, the largest privately-held company in the U.S., reported a slump in revenue for all four of its business units.
Industry
Cargill Nets 14% Jump in Q3; Cost Cuts To Offset Swine Fever, Trade
Cutting costs helped Cargill Inc. show a 14% jump in its fiscal third quarter, even as global threats such as trade, low ethanol demand and swine fever pulled down the company’s profits.
November 19, 2020 11:23 PM
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Jim Wiesemeyer joins Chip Flory on Agritalk to discuss the illegal shipment of pork food products from China, and the flooding in Nebraska.
Hog Production
Worldwide Hog Industry on Alert for ASF; Flood Wipes Out NE Cattle
Jim Wiesemeyer joins Chip Flory on Agritalk to discuss the illegal shipment of pork food products from China, and the flooding in Nebraska.
November 19, 2020 11:23 PM
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Uber's list of weird items left in rideshare cars includes several food and meat items.
Industry
Pulled Pork & Other Weird Things Left in Uber Cars
Leaving your jacket, keys or phone in a taxi or Uber car? Common occurrence. But in Uber’s third annual Lost & Found Index lists a few unusual items—a salmon head for one—left behind.
November 19, 2020 11:22 PM
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“Stick with us,” Trump told farmers and attendees at his campaign-style speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national convention in Kansas City July 24, 2018.
Ag Policy
Trump’s Visit to Kansas City Brings Ag News and Protest
“Stick with us,” Trump told farmers and attendees at his campaign-style speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national convention in Kansas City July 24, 2018.
November 19, 2020 11:13 PM
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Watch out for your pizza toppings. Meat packers are looking to add alternative protein options to more food categories.
Industry
Hormel Looks to Plant-Based Proteins For Pizza Toppings
Hormel is developing a vegan pizza topping and other plant-based products to capitalize on apparent demand for non-meat foods.
November 18, 2020 09:31 PM
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Add this to your next grilled pork chop!
Industry
A Gift From Chef Jim Murray: Bourbon Bacon Pig Butter
Bourbon Bacon Pig Butter is what you need to take your barbeques to the culinary extreme this summer. It’s great on grilled pork chops, vegetables and more. Enjoy!
November 18, 2020 09:31 PM
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Commenters on social media said the pig looked remorseful for its actions.
Hog Production
Sent to the Pen: Runaway Pig Captured By Local Police
Police in Thomasville, N.C., are taking a little bit of ribbing over their photos of a runaway pot-belly pig, taken into police custody this week.
November 18, 2020 09:31 PM
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Tyson
Industry
Tyson Expands Iowa Pork Plant
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is planning $28 million expansion of its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant, bringing 245 new jobs.
November 18, 2020 09:30 PM
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The original Missouri State Fair Swine Barn was built in 1922 and is listed on the National Historic Register.
Industry
Missouri State Fair Pig Exhibitors See Barn Improvements
Thousands of youth and adult exhibitors who show in the Missouri State Fair Swine Barn will notice major differences in the facility and show ring this year, as the first stage of improvements to the historic barn are complete.
November 18, 2020 09:30 PM
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Sara Brown
This nine-story hog building will hold 7,500 sows—it is one of four nine-story buildings being built by Chinese feed mill and pork producer company Guangxi Yangxiang Co.
Hog Production
China’s High-rise Hog Hotel
Hog barns—stacked eight stories high. The photos from Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey traveled around the Twitter-verse lightning fast, raising eyebrows and slackening jaws of U.S. producers and industry leaders. We all want to know: “How do you manage that manure?”
November 18, 2020 09:30 PM
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