This Month's Focus: World Pork Expo New Product Tour2011 World Pork Expo New Product TourThe 30th annual National Hog Farmer World Pork Expo New Product Tour featured products that provided cost savings in key production areas from feed usage to heating. Animal care and comfort continue to be top-of-mind among the companies introducing products at this year’s event ... |
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Is Your Farm Being Targeted by Vandals, Thieves?By Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor It could be a disgruntled former employee, a neighbor who’s jealous of your success as a pork producer, an animal activist or simply an intoxicated person out to have some fun at your expense... |
Managing Uncertainty in Today’s Volatile Hogs and Corn MarketsBy Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor Historical instability in the cash hog market, punctuated by prices in the teens in late 1998, and a precipitous drop in prices in the spring of 2009, when the H1N1 influenza outbreak struck, stand as important reminders of why pork producers are looking to the futures markets for financial security... |
News Flash
Technology Can Play 'Huge Role' in Reducing Food Insecurity: Part 2
Jun 15, 2011 10:00 AM
There's a stark contrast between countries and regions that have turned their back on technology and those that have embraced it. Rob Aukerman notes that Brazil, which used to be a net importer of food, is now one of the world's leading exporters...
Technology Can Play 'Huge Role' in Reducing Food Insecurity: Part 1
Jun 14, 2011 5:51 PM
Rob Aukerman says the world is at a cross-roads because of the growing food insecurity in many countries and in the United States. Aukerman and Elanco Animal Health have been working with farmers one-on-one to try to raise food productivity...
Bus Tour Sets Sights On Manure Expo
Jun 14, 2011 1:17 PM
South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension staff are organizing a bus tour to the North American Manure Expo 2011, July 20 in Norfolk, NE. The Manure Expo is being held at the Northeast Community College Ag Complex...
Workshop Addresses Proper Use of Ventilation Equipment
Jun 14, 2011 12:54 PM
A workshop to help pork producers understand proper use of swine building ventilation equipment has been set for July 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Borlaug Learning Center near Nashua, IA...
Current Issue
MARKET PREVIEW by Steve MeyerCOOL Ruling Could Impact Pork Exports
The World Trade Organization (WTO) made official on Friday its finding that the United States' country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law violates WTO rules. The WTO panel commented on two separate issues: The actual U.S. statutory provisions and a letter issued by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that suggested...
FINANCIAL PREVIEWMF Global Collapse Not on the Radar
Most of you, as producers, have heard or been affected by the MF Global Holdings, Ltd. bankruptcy. For any producer or brokerage firm who used MF Global as its clearinghouse, the last couple weeks have been a nightmare. Many of us remain in a state of disbelief. MF Global filed...
LEGISLATIVE PREVIEWCongress Limits Implementation of the GIPSA Rule
The fiscal year 2012 agriculture appropriations bill passed by Congress places limitations on the USDA's proposed Grain Inspection and Packers and Stockyards Act (GIPSA) livestock marketing rule. The appropriations conference report limits USDA to only finalizing various provisions contained in the 2008 Farm Bill...
