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Rates of depression tend to be higher in rural areas, yet rural residents may have a harder time accessing mental health care. A new $13.3 million study will help get the right treatment to the right patients.

The 2nd annual Japan Bacon Festival is back with double the bacon! Organizers of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Iowa are returning to Japan to cohost the event.

I often come across posts from activist groups doing their best to undermine animal agriculture. The most frustrating thing is that I’m only seeing these posts because one of my friends has chosen to “share” them.

Niman Ranch says it will add 750 farmers and ranchers to its network as it expands its commitment to sustainable agriculture and humane livestock practices.

Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist, says Hurricane Florence could do the kind of damage to the mid-Atlantic region that Harvey did to east Texas in 2017. The majority of North Carolina’s hog farms are in the storm path.

USDA’s World Agricultura Supply and Demand Estimates for September project higher production numbers for corn but soybean, which raised ending stocks for both.

A creative new application for CRISPR is a platform to spur evolution of specific genes inside cells. “EvolvR,” lets scientists shake up the DNA letters in their gene of choice until they find the right variation.

New real-time strategy for future foot-and-mouth outbreaks finds that focusing on surveillance and vaccination is most effective method to quickly fight spread of the virus, say researchers in England.

More than 8,000 hogs have been culled so far, as China continues emergency inspections at pig farms and livestock markets to control the country’s first case of African swine fever.

The pork organizations argued that there is no compelling need for the gag order, the District Court did not consider alternatives to the order, the order is overbroad and vague, and it won’t be effective.