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The winning project in the Merck Animal Health High-Quality Pork — Precision Farming Award contest monitors the feeding habits and weight gain of pigs and can identify those that have gone off feed.

A new high-protein type of distillers dried grains with solubles, produced through front-end-back-end fractionation, produces feed with higher crude protein.

A new study, “The environmental cost of animal source foods,” suggests beef production and catfish farming have the heaviest environmental footprints.

Scientists have long struggled to understand what regulates sperm “capacitation,” the vital physiological process sperm must undergo to become capable of fertilizing an egg cell. Zinc plays a critical role.

Scientists have long struggled to understand what regulates sperm “capacitation,” the vital physiological process sperm must undergo to become capable of fertilizing an egg cell. Zinc plays a critical role.

Tech innovator Alibaba is working with Chinese pork producers to manage pig production with artificial intelligence sensors and video tracking.

Tech innovator Alibaba is working with Chinese pork producers to manage pig production with artificial intelligence sensors and video tracking.

The National Pork Board is reacting to the recent Ohio State University research paper detailing researchers' discovery of an antibiotic-resistant gene in one swine farrowing barn.

A rare superbug gene has been identified on U.S. pig farm.

After 64 cases of African swine fever, Ukraine is taking emergency measures to stop the spread of the disease.

Analysts offer suggestions for making the most of the bumper crop.

Common corn smut is the most likely culprit in many of these cases.

Students can get valuable industry experience by participating in this program.

FDA seeks public input on next steps to help ensure judicious use of antimicrobials for animals.

In this exclusive interview with AgDay, country superstar Luke Bryan talks about why his latest tour is all about celebrating the American farmer.

Analysts on the U.S. Farm Report wonder if U.S. corn, soybean farmers will be able to move massive amounts of grain to export markets.

USDA shares data on 2015 ARC-CO and PLC payments.

Summer has given way to fall, and with the new season comes football games, pumpkin spice-flavored foodstuffs and cooler weather. And while most farmers don't mind those cooler temperatures, they'd rather ha

That means lower prices for both corn and beans in the near term, which is good news for pork producers.

Soybean farmers hope demand will bolster prices, but pig farmers can expect lower input prices, which spells good news for them.

Kent Nutrition Group (KNG), a division of Kent Corporation (kentww.com), and DEL-uxe Feeds (Deluxe) have entered into an agreement where KNG will acquire the Deluxe organization, including its feed mills, retail busines

Record-breaking floods and strong winds closed several Smithfield plants in North Carolina last week and reports of flooded buildings are beginning to surface.

Farmers are nervous as to what the next USDA Crop Production report will show. The hashtag #NoYieldTweets has caught fire in on ag Twitter—farmers aren't sharing yield numbers so prices don't drop lowe

A recent Farm Journal poll shows farmers believe corn diseases are a bigger factor in limiting yield than weeds or insects.

The southern states are nearly done with corn and bean harvest, while Midwest states are slightly above the 5-year average.

World Food Prize activities are center stage in Des Moines, Iowa, this week. With the focus on grain and livestock production, it's an opportunity to show what U.S. farmers are doing.

The U.S. daily hog slaughter on Monday dropped more than 50,000 head, which industry sources attributed to possible plant closures in the Carolinas after Hurricane Matthew deluged the East Coast over the weekend.

U.S. corn and soybean exports are soaring, thanks to South American weather woes that are hurting crops in Brazil and Argentina, analysts say.

A group of ‚...well‚...unconventional farmers in Washington believe they've found a way to make pork chops better than pot-laced brownies. They're feeding their pigs marijuana.

Could a bumper harvest yield sub $2 corn futures with no disaster on the horizon to offset a record supply of grain? That is what some people in the market are predicting.

Tornadoes hit central Indiana Wednesday afternoon, flattening fields and damaging buildings. As of 5:50 pm EST, the Indianapolis office of the National Weather Service had issued four tornado warnings, and had declared

The U.S. corn and soybean crops are expected to be among the largest ever, if not at record levels for the 2016-17 marketing year. The University of Illinois looks at how this outlook impacts storage options.

Though pork producers have rebounded in the wake of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus and rebuilt their herds to record levels, these successes also translate into formidable woes.

Livestock producers must become familiar with a new directive regulating certain medications that can be added to the animals' feed, according to Gerald Stokka, North Dakota State University Extension Service vete

The nation's farmers are expected to harvest a record soybean crop for a second year in a row, according to USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released last week.

The veterinary feed directive (VFD) goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2017, and the National Pork Board (NPB) is actively educating producers so they're prepared.

As bearish as USDA's estimated 175.1 bpa corn yield sounds, Jerry Gulke says there's no need for growers to panic, given the strong demand numbers also released today.

Not only did the grain and soy shorts go home feeling disappointed and dejected last Friday, they are having a little extra salt rubbed into their wounds this morning. T

According to the USDA's latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report, the forecast for total red meat and poultry production for 2016 is reduced from last month as increased beef and turkey production is

Soybean production for 2016/17 is forecast at 4,060 million bushels, up 180 million due to increased yields. Harvested area is forecast at 83.0 million acres, unchanged from the July projection. The first survey-based s

Scientists at the University of Illinois using co-products from the ethanol and human food industries are helping shed light on ways processing high-fiber animal feed ingredients can enhance pigs' utilization of the nut

One article in the Spring 2016 issue of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Agricultural Policy Review takes a look at reducing antibiotic use in animal production systems. Article author Helen Jens

As growers know, corn has slid in recent weeks. After December corn topped out at $4.49 in June, the market was at $3.51 on Wednesday morning, according to Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain. All eyes are on carryout, and t

When it comes to crop disease possibilities, predicting a field's fortune is not all luck. By making observations and following a few steps, crop consultants and retail sales agronomists can help growers to foreca

In 2016 whether corn, soybean or cotton biotech acres rose or fell was highly dependent on state. Surprisingly, some key players in corn and soybean production saw a slight drop in biotech acres.

The National Corn Growers Association urges all ag professionals to contact their senators and ask for their support of the Roberts-Stabenow agreement on GMO labeling. An important vote on this legislation is scheduled

The third-largest hog producer in the United States is buying more wheat for its animals to eat as prices head ever lower, making it an attractive alternative to corn.

U.S. farmers seeded more corn and soybeans than initially planned during the spring, taking advantage of a rallying futures market and good weather to plant as much acreage as possible, government data released on Thurs

High-yield soybean contest winners have produced yields topping 150 bu./acre. According to researchers, these results show that commercial production is far from reaching the yield potential of modern soybeans.

One of the biggest challenges any recording scheme which includes feed cost per unit of gain faces is how feed ingredients get priced into the record system.Understanding the true price of corn in swine diets gets messy