Hogs - General
The U.S. pork industry is still in expansion mode, partially enticed by new processing plants coming online. Brad Blonde, a farmer from Litchfield, Mich., is in the middle of a major expansion project, laying the founda
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Belstra Milling was instrumental in starting Fair Oaks Farms, and since Farm Journal’s PORK is featuring Nick DeKryger of Belstra Milling this week, here’s the article Wyatt Bechtel wrote when The Pig Adventure began.
PMI has identified three trends it says may shape the feed additive market, launches the company’s new look and feel; Diamond V’s research team recently welcomed Bucky Gwartney, Director, Protein Food Safety Research.
Pig farmers agree: Losing a market hog hurts. If you don’t have an ileitis prevention plan in place at your finishers, work with your veterinarian to develop one.
The Livestock Subtitle of the bill creates a National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures bank, but no funds were earmarked for the vaccine bank.
Pharmgate adds three new people; TechMix gives back through its internship program.
The outlook for trade has darkened considerably in recent days; a gamble in the trade arena that holds substantial risk for American farmers.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is leading a trade mission to Japan this week. It concludes on June 15.
New employees can come from a variety of backgrounds with varying experience, so it is important for an employer to meet new hires with appropriate expectations and meeting new hires “where they are.”
Very little positive news is entering the market to support soybean prices. The potential size of the soybean crop and trade uncertainty continue to be the main forces behind soybean price weakness.
Conditions across the U.S. soybean growing regions are somewhat variable, but the 2018 crop is in good condition overall.
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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives moved to go to conference on the 2018 Farm Bill, naming 47 representatives to serve on the conference committee with the U.S. Senate.
EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler recently codified the latest animal waste report exemptions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), known also as the Superfund.
The Maschhoffs company is constructing a new, $1.3 million truck wash in the Village of Louisville, Illinois. The facility will employ 10 people.
Kyle Montgomery and Brad Carson join Tonisity; Cory Culbertson joins Osborne Industries.
“Real Fresh, Real Flavor, Real Fast” contest encourages at-home cooks to submit time-saving tips for chance to win trip to wine country and hundreds of other prizes.
“Farmers have a right to be wary as all the magic beans and magic bullets they’ve purchased, promising them yields and returns they could only dream of. Well, they were just that–dreams.”
Steady inflation. Low unemployment. Strong consumer spending. Increasing wages. Several key factors are propelling the U.S. economy.
Two Iowa State University animal scientists were honored by their peers: Anna Johnson and Kenneth Stalder, were respectively presented the Animal Industry Service Award and ASAS Fellow in the extension award.
Hit hard by retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and China, the U.S. pork industry suffered a horrific July, and the spillover is likely to affect beef.
The disproportionately large segment of baby boomers employed in skilled trades and their impending retirement adds to the expected workforce shortage in coming years, but that might be good for new hires.
Van Oriental Foods Inc., is recalling approximately 10,385 lbs. of heat-treated but not fully cooked and not shelf-stable pork egg rolls that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically soft plastic,
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Three universities will partner to lead a new national institute on antimicrobial resistance.
Here are five steps to ensure a proactive, profitable plan.
Trade tariffs, expansion and an oversupply of protein have become common concerns for pork producers in the last several months. But perhaps their biggest concern is finding and keeping good employees.
It’s important for communities to assess their local services that may be overwhelmed during a disaster and determine exactly how telehealth could aid those services.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has prepared an initial assessment of the potential U.S. pork and beef industry losses that could result from Japan’s participation in these agreements.