September hog numbers up 2 percent; more growth is ahead
Based on last month’s hog and pig inventory, which was up 2 percent, farm market analysts forecast healthy and profitable growth ahead for the U.S. pork industry.
Walk into any Arby’s fast-food restaurant these days and a new item on the menu is quickly picking up a lot of fans. The main reason: porchetta, the fattier version of bacon.
Four arrested after piglets are stolen, killed in Illinois
Four people, including two adults and two juveniles, were arrested last week and face charges in connection to the theft, torture and killing of 30 piglets from the Logan Sow Center in southern Illinois.
When talk turns to harvest safety, most advice centers on grain transportation and handling once corn is delivered to local elevators or other storage sites. With the 2017 harvest well underway, safe handling of liquid manure used to fertilize fields after the harvest must also be considered, points out University of Illinois Extension farm safety expert Ted Funk.
Nearly $9.6 billion in farm safety net and conservation payment checks are coming to U.S. farmers, many of whom are dealing with crop, livestock, machinery or structural damage resulting from hurricanes that have wrought havoc on southern coastal states in recent weeks, along with other natural or man-made disasters.
Ted McKinney, newly confirmed USDA undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, is known for his passion for agriculture and has already visited dozens of countries in his agricultural-based career.
Researchers seek salmonella vaccines, sources of infection
Poultry and feed industry researchers are identifying potential new guards against salmonellosis, one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the United States.
As commodity groups prepare for the new farm bill, they have put their unified voice behind a Senate measure to double the funding for two USDA export promotion programs.
Iowa, Illinois feel drought, Indiana high temps linger
A substantial swath of southeastern Iowa and most of Illinois remains in moderate-to-severe drought mode, while high temperatures linger in Indiana, dry weather complicates harvest in Ohio and Kentucky and Tennessee receive little to no precipitation.
