A Producer's Perspective
When markets move to extremes, fallout is assured and business fatalities become a reality. Norlin Gutz has been raising hogs for over 35 years. In the...
A Producer's Perspective
This southern Minnesota producer chips away at his highest input costs sow and pig diets. One of the best in the nation is how AgStar's Mark Greenwood...
Searching for Hidden Dollars
Editor's Note: Skyrocketing feed prices and the everyday uncertainties in the hog market have veteran pork producers and newcomers alike scratching their...
A Lender's Perspective
If you don't currently have a risk management strategy, you'd better get up to speed really quick to learn how to develop one. That's the best advice...
Manure Value Grows As Fertilizer Costs Rise
The increasing march of fertilizer prices higher has given farmers a new appreciation for the value of manure, says the director of environmental services...
State Livestock Rules Are Good for State
There were many observers, inside and outside of agriculture, who thought that the Illinois Livestock Management Facilities Act (LMFA) couldn't please...
Illinois Pork, Packers, Politics and Mini-Building Boom
If there were a contest to name the ideal place to raise hogs, longtime Illinois pork producer Art Lehmann believes his state is as competitive as any...
Illinois profile
Despite some dips in production during the last few decades, Illinois showed a bit of a resurgence in recent years and retained its 4th ranking in U.S....
Studies Explore Ways to Turn Manure Gas into Fertilizer
Ohio State University (OSU) and University of Minnesota researchers have received a $599,836 U.S. Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative grant to study the feasibility of capturing and recycling ammonia emissions from manure to reapply as fertilizer...
Spring Manure Application Enhances Yields, Cuts Costs
Sidedressing pre-emergent corn in the spring with swine manure produces yields comparable to applying commercial fertilizer, says Ohio State University (OSU) Extension research...
