| Are American consumers demanding fattier pork? |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Proper manure handling a piece of harvest safety |
| 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. |
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| $9.6 in farm safety net and CRP checks mailed |
| 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. |
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| McKinney: If farmers grow it, we will sell it |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Advocates drumming up support for export $$ bill |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Submit comments to USDA to aid with regulatory reform |
| Limiting paperwork, better communication and regulation guidelines were part of the discussion of regulation reform at the USDA last week. |
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| Michigan youth hunter kills a deer infected with CWD |
| The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has reported that a deer taken by a young hunter during the youth deer hunting season was infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD). |
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