Hogs

This section outlines different aspects to improving hog health, including swine diseases, vaccines, antibiotic use, and biosecurity. This section also gives management advice, such as handling, facilities, new products, and technology.

Hog farms in coronavirus crisis need more aid, say producers

More federal aid is needed if hog farmers are to survive the coronavirus pandemic, which has depressed market prices and slowed pork production.

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Animal rights group targeting Iowa pig farmers depopulating herds

Farms and processing plants should be on high alert that they may be targeted in an attempt to capture video footage.

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New USDA plan for African swine fever includes feral swine response

The updated plan describes the initial 72-hour timeline after an outbreak.

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Ageless Iron

Caterpillar 30 is a family mainstay

By Ageless Iron

Tractor has been on the same California farm since 1932.

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Women in Agriculture

Farming in between the rains

By Women in Agriculture

Mud is great for farm boys in muck boots, but not so good for farmers trying to plant crops.l

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Crops

Developing a strategy to reduce soil compaction

By Successful Farming TV Show

When soil suffers compaction, myriad challenges arise. On the surface, appearances can be deceiving on the extend of the damage.

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$40 a pig to help cover disposal costs for Iowa producers

Applications start today for the Iowa Disposal Assistance Program.

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Energy Efficient Fans In The Hog Barn

A good ventilation system in the hog barn is necessary for a healthy environment. The fans in that system should also be energy efficient.

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2 million pigs backed up on farms, plants still short labor, but there is good news

Christine McCracken at Rabobank breaks down the financial impacts of the pandemic on the animal protein sector globally. Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Positive news in the pig business, but still many concerns

The pork packing situation is recovering quicker than expected.

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Covid-19 outbreak hits Rantoul, Illinois, pork plant

One of the largest meat processing plants in central Illinois is battling an outbreak of coronavirus.

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Three pork plants are top U.S. priority for reopening, says Peterson

The Trump administration’s top meat-industry priority is reopening three pork plants, now shuttered due to coronavirus outbreaks, that account for 12 percent of U.S. hog slaughter.

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Tip of the Day

Agronomy Tip: Test Your Soil for Compaction

For an easy way to test soil compaction any time during the growing season, try the following: take a handful of soil and try to ball it up... read more