100-Dollar-Ideas
Legislation would prevent the EPA and the courts from imposing Superfund regulation on U.S. agriculture.
Livestock moved interstate would have to be officially identified and accompanied by an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection or other documentation.
The purpose of the paper was to go beyond the generalizations and accusations often associated with the air quality topic.
New processing plants and facility upgrades support protein sector’s growth.
Whether the outlook is positive or negative depends largely on exports, and the industry’s ability to remain a trusted trade partner, says Rabobank in a new report.
Export growth has been fueled by trade agreements that provide favorable environments for all parties. Those relationships need to continue.
As they have in other states, activist groups led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, have filed suit against the Iowa’s Ag Protection Act, commonly referred to by activists as an “Ag-Gag” law.
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is planning $28 million expansion of its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant, bringing 245 new jobs.
It would be wise to keep an eye on these trends that are likely to “shape the world through 2030,” according to Euromonitor International.
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.
An Ohio State University researcher is coordinating a multi-state study testing for flu among pigs at fairs as swine infected with a flu virus. Two cases were confirmed so far this year at county fairs in Ohio.
Overall meat demand continues to uphold breakout prices for pork packers and finishers.
Canadian Swine Health Board says it will work with the industry to prevent the spread of the disease.
Opponents of a hog farm near the Buffalo National River have filed a federal lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the farm, asking a judge to allow a scientist consulting detractors to be present during a study of the site.
The muddy tradition of hog wrestling has continued at some county fairs in Indiana this summer though proceeds were down in at least one county.
Researchers collaborate to develop the first generation of pigs resistant to PRRS.
Undercover videos have been top for mind for all sectors of the agriculture industry and activists aren’t going to stop using the tactic anytime soon.
Arkansas lawmakers have advanced a proposed five-year ban on new hog farms in the Buffalo National River watershed, after an effort by opponents to reject the new regulation stalled before a legislative panel.
Chip Flory breaks down this week’s potential headline makers with a new “risk rating” system.
Mississippi is the latest state to report at least one positive case of PEDV.
NAHLN revises past data upward and adds Vermont to the list of states.
biggest surprise was in the number of litters farrowing this winter, says Plain.
Index rises on sharp gains in prices for sugar and cereals.
Vermont reports its first case of PEDV.
February pork exports equated to 27.5% of total pork production.
Report expected to show steep drop in hog weight breakdowns from year-ago levels.
A total of 5,017 cases have been reported in 27 states.