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• Ag Department and Bridge Eco-Village Host Students for Hands-On ... - PennWatch

  29-05-2023 21:55
  
  Ag Department and Bridge Eco-Village Host Students for Hands-On ...  PennWatch
  
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• California to have ‘very active black market for pork’

  29-05-2023 19:32 via farms.com
  At the beginning of July, all pork products sold in California must meet Prop 12 requirements, unless efforts to delay—which are already happening—are successful. If unsuccessful, Steve Meyer, lead economist at Partners for Production Agriculture, told Global Hog Industry Virtual Conference (GHIVC) attendees that two channels of pork into the state will likely emerge: one that is compliant, and one that is not.“It all depends on how effective they are at enforcing the law,&rdqu
  
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• REGIONAL DISEASE WARNING TOOL RESULTS FROM SHIC FUNDING

  29-05-2023 19:31 via farms.com
  A SHIC-funded effort aimed at increasing swine disease awareness, prevention, and preparedness, The Early Regional Occurrence Warning project, was launched by Drs. Xiaomei Yue and Mariana Kikuti with the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project in September 2022. On May 9, 2023, the first TEROW report was sent to participants and will be released weekly. Through the TEROW report, participants are notified if a swine disease is occurring in the region surrounding their sites and are alerted if re
  
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• Farm Country Update: How Will Proposition 12 Change the Pork Industry?

  29-05-2023 19:25 via farms.com
  On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld California’s new humane-pork law, Proposition 12, in a 5-4 decision, choosing not to accept the challenge by the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation.Since the decision, the pork industry has been filled with a number of questions and unknowns about how California’s Prop 12 law might impact producers across the nation.To help bring clarity to the recent ruling and how it may impact stakeholders across the p
  
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• Cash Weaner Pig Prices Average $10.05, Down $0.87 Last Week

  29-05-2023 19:24 via farms.com
  This market update is a PorkBusiness.com weekly column reporting trends in weaner pigs. All information contained in this update is for the week ended May 26. NutriQuest Business Solutions publishes weekly weaner pig profitability calculations which uses industry representative production costs and futures pricing for lean hogs, corn and soybean meal, using historical basis assumptions, to establish approximate profitability and break-even pricing for the current sale or purchase of weaner
  
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• Strong exports rescue US hog market

  29-05-2023 18:35 via farms.com
  Exports are seeing volume & value growth.
  
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• Global Agriculture Nets Market Size To Grow USD 15.15 Billion by 2030 | CAGR 6.1% - Yahoo Finance

  29-05-2023 17:30
  Global Agriculture Nets Market Size To Grow USD 15.15 Billion by 2030 | CAGR 6.1%  Yahoo Finance
  
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• House bill creating agriculture info system passes final reading - newsinfo.inquirer.net

  29-05-2023 17:28
  
  House bill creating agriculture info system passes final reading  newsinfo.inquirer.net
  
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• Agriculture insurer braces for largest payout due to drought damage ... - Business Insurance

  29-05-2023 17:11
  
  Agriculture insurer braces for largest payout due to drought damage ...  Business Insurance
  
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• Farm scientist suggests inclusion of agriculture as a subject at the school level to retain interest in it - The Hindu

  29-05-2023 17:05
  Farm scientist suggests inclusion of agriculture as a subject at the school level to retain interest in it  The Hindu
  
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• Ministry of Agriculture and DCAFS representatives visit Chitekwere ... - EEAS

  29-05-2023 15:44
  
  Ministry of Agriculture and DCAFS representatives visit Chitekwere ...  EEAS
  
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• Strong red meat demand won't help eastern Canadian hog farmers - FCC

  29-05-2023 14:02 via farms.com
  Cattle prices for 2023 are forecasted to be higher year-over-year and above the five-year average, thanks to the smaller North American herd creating beef production challenges, according to a Farm Credit Canada (FCC) report from economics editor Martha Roberts
  
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• "Climate change is the new reality for Moroccan agriculture" - FreshPlaza.com

  29-05-2023 13:59
  
  "Climate change is the new reality for Moroccan agriculture"  FreshPlaza.com
  
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• Royal Barnhart, hay producer from Georgia, chats with New Holland and shares his experiences with precision agriculture solutions on his operation and discusses what he would like to implement in the future.

  29-05-2023 13:26 via farms.com
  The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) supports extended interswitching provisions included in Federal Bill C-47 to increase rail competition and lower costs for hauling farm commodities.
  
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• The key role of the digitalization of agriculture in the Americas - Fresh Fruit Portal

  29-05-2023 13:03
  
  The key role of the digitalization of agriculture in the Americas  Fresh Fruit Portal
  
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• Dr. Tom Petznick the 2023 Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award Winner

  29-05-2023 12:54 via farms.com
  Dr. Tom Petznick, a swine veterinarian based in Omaha, NE will receive the 2023 Science in Practice award at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference in September. For over 25 years Petznick has successfully met client needs through a balance of science-based and practical approaches to livestock health. His tireless efforts led to recognition of the widespread and largely unknown role of sapovirus in pig production systems. Also, his expertise in managing purebred sows has made him an in-demand cons
  
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• A new Pork Processing Plant is in the works in Kansas

  29-05-2023 12:53 via farms.com
  Billy Madison , the owner S.H. Pork Processing, is in the final phases of bringing a meat processing plant to Bourbon County.“I have been working to bring about the meat processing plant, a pork processing plant,” Fort Scott Mayor Matthew Wells said in an interview.“This plant will provide farmers with an outlet for their pork processing,” Madison said. “And provide 15-30 new jobs.”The pork processing plant will be located on 47 acres south of the Kansas Depar
  
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• US hog futures weaken on bearish supply - CME

  29-05-2023 12:50 via farms.com
  Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures fell for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday, with a large supply base pressuring the market, reported Reuters.Cattle contracts were firm, rising on a round of technical buying.After the close, the US Department of Agriculture said frozen US beef stocks as of April 30 stood at 447.984 million lbs, down from 532.166 million a year earlier.Pork belly stocks were up 39.1% at 81.177 million lbs.
  
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• Oklahoma donates 300 hogs to Pork for Packs program

  29-05-2023 12:48 via farms.com
  The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture recognised more than 140 Oklahoma FFA chapters for donating to the foundation’s Pork for Packs program as a part of the 2022-2023 Oklahoma FFA Hunger Challenge, according to a press release from the foundation.A total of $13,297 and 310 hogs were donated to the program throughout the school year.Pork for Packs – a collaboration between the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Community Food Ban
  
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• Olymel announces the closure of hog production facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan

  29-05-2023 12:43 via farms.com
  Due to the continued financial losses and uncertainty in the hog and pork markets for the foreseeable future, Olymel has made the difficult decision to reduce its hog production in Western Canada. Approximately 80 staff will unfortunately be affected and all have been notified and given layoff notices. This decision will result in the closure of 5 sow units in Alberta (Smoky Sow/Dev, Pinnacle 1, Pinnacle 2, Dynacrest 1 and Dynacrest 2) and 1 sow unit in Saskatchewan (Kelsey) bringing the Olymel'
  
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• Public Encouraged to Help Eradicate Feral Pigs By Reporting Sightings

  29-05-2023 12:29 via farms.com
  The General Manager of Sask Pork says the biggest contribution the public can make to the effort to eliminate feral pigs from the environment is to report sightings.
  
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• Baiting and Trapping Most Effective Method for Capturing Wild Pigs

  29-05-2023 12:25 via farms.com
  The Coordinator of Squeal on Pigs Manitoba says baiting and trapping appears to be the most effective way of capturing and eliminating wild pigs from the landscape.
  
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• Researchers Look to Pig Gut Microbiome to Improve Health and Performance Without Antibiotics

  29-05-2023 12:23 via farms.com
  Research conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc is contributing to the development of new products that will improve the health and performance of pigs without the need for antibiotics.
  
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• Manitoba Planting Advances in Spite of Small Showers

  29-05-2023 12:21 via farms.com
  Manitoba Agriculture reports, while spring planting has moved forward over the past week, farmers could use a little more rain.Manitoba Agriculture released its weekly crop report Tuesday.
  
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• Research Looking at Use of Pea Starch in Swine Rations has Human Nutritional Implications

  29-05-2023 12:18 via farms.com
  Research aimed at evaluating the potential value of including pea starch in swine rations has implications for human nutrition.
  
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• CWSHIN Encourages Development of Diagnostics for Sapovirus

  29-05-2023 12:16 via farms.com
  The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is calling on the diagnostic labs to set the development of a test for Sapovirus as a high priority.
  
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• Forage Expo 2023

  29-05-2023 11:52 via farms.com
  The event is being hosted on the farm of Barry Ribey in Bruce County on July 6, 2023.
  
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• USask Students Training For The Future In Agriculture Technology

  29-05-2023 11:44 via farms.com
  A $1.6 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) will create a new training opportunity for U of S graduate students in agriculture technology.
  
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• Agriculture Calendar — May 29 | Agriculture | fredericknewspost.com - Frederick News Post

  29-05-2023 07:00
  
  Agriculture Calendar — May 29 | Agriculture | fredericknewspost.com  Frederick News Post
  
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• Sustainable Agriculture In A Warming World | MENAFN.COM - MENAFN.COM

  29-05-2023 05:17
  
  Sustainable Agriculture In A Warming World | MENAFN.COM  MENAFN.COM
  
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• West Bengal economy’s fall has been stunning. Too obsessed with agriculture - ThePrint

  29-05-2023 05:00
  West Bengal economy’s fall has been stunning. Too obsessed with agriculture  ThePrint
  
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