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Florida’s feral pigs have long been considered a nuisance by residents and farmers, but now a rancher is hoping to make use of their abundance, marketing them as a new sustainable food source.
Vietnam plans to sow genetically modified crops for the first time as demand for corn to fatten hogs expands in the country where pork consumption climbed 80 percent in the past decade.
The bear is awake and has sent prices well below many farmers’ production costs. The issue is not how deep the correction will be, but how long it will be!
The Kentucky State Fair Grand Champion country ham has fetched exponentially higher prices each year since its humble beginnings in 1964.
Cotton, grains and oilseeds are the worst-performing commodities this year in the Bloomberg index.
A pair of state ‘ag-gag’ laws are being challenged in federal court.
Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation granted a one-year exemption to the Hours-of-Service requirement for the transportation of livestock.
South Dakota livestock producers last year had a much better financial year than in 2012.
Iowa livestock producers may have more regulations heading their way in how manure is handled.
Chip Flory breaks down this week’s potential headline makers with a new “risk rating” system.
The oilseed, grain and livestock markets all came out of the fall doldrums and really extended their gains in February and March.
Kosher and halal meat will now be available to food banks thanks to a new law placed in the farm bill.
The U.S. government is starting a new program to help monitor and possibly control the spread of a virus that has killed millions of pigs since showing up in the country last year.
$5.4 billion deal creates world’s second-largest animal health company.
Attorneys for Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter are asking a federal judge to toss a lawsuit challenging a new law that makes it illegal to secretly film animal abuse at agricultural facilities.
Sign-up begins April 15 for livestock, honeybee and fruit grower emergency programs.
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.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says he’s confident the agricultural economy will remain strong despite an expected drop in farm income next year as corn prices lag and a pig virus reduces herds.
A ranch in Oregon has maintained its family roots for more than 150 years.
February pork exports equated to 27.5% of total pork production.
Undersecretary for USDA’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs Edward Avalos announced last week that USDA is kicking off a national effort to reduce the devastating damage caused by feral, or free ranging, swine.
Highlights of USDA’s Weekly Export Sales Report.
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.
Report showed All Hogs & Pigs above traders’ expectations.