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From using sensors and psychological profiles to increase biosecurity compliance to determining economical and epidemiological benefits of disinfecting market trailers, the latest SHIC-funded projects will turn heads.

Raising teens isn’t for the faint of hearts. Raising teens is not easy and while many of those years are spent watching our children thrive on and off the farm, other times we are just trying to survive.

Deferred grain contracts are helpful tax planning tools. Unfortunately, farmers often skip a vital step.

As the biofuel industry expands in response to federal biofuel polices to reduce GHG emissions and fossil fuel usage, agro-industrial byproducts, such as corn-DDGS and soybean meal, will be more available for livestock.

The spread between cattle feeding margins and beef packer margins has now reached $500 per head as packing losses increase. Pork producer margins are the highest of the year.

A heat wave that’s smashed records in the Southwest is spreading into the Midwest and Northeast this week. Unfortunately, it’s the peak of county fair season for many and the daunting forecast has exhibitors concerned.

Here’s a look at some recent news from Smithfield Foods and Alltech, as well as new faces in new places at the Missouri Pork Association, NOVUS and GARCO.

Professors Joel Derouchey and Jason Woodworth brought home honors from the American Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico held July 16-20.

EPA has been asked to exclude ditches from the definition of federal waters, include wetlands when they can’t be distinguished from navigable waters, and erase the independent interstate waters and wetlands category.