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Nov. 10, 2011
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Building a Sow Biosecurity Model

After the depopulation-repopulation of his sow herd in 2003, Iowa pork producer Robert Dircks was among the naysayers who didn’t see how segregating where employees worked in his 1,000-sow, farrow-to-finish operation made much sense...More
Nov. 10, 2011
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High-Health Status the Goal of 30 pigs/sow/year

Sixty-four-year-old pork producer Robert Dircks has striven all of his life to build a progressive hog operation that achieves top production and high herd health that makes it a joy to raise pigs in southeast Iowa...More
Nov. 9, 2011
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High Marks for Manure Management: Progress in Manure Management

The manure management progress is documented in a series of three studies conducted in 1998, 2004 and 2009 — a period of rapid change in the U.S. pork industry...More
Nov. 9, 2011
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USDA Reports Both Corn, Soybean Crops Smaller

The USDA’s November Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports released this morning contained a number of changes in production and consumption forecasts for corn, soybeans and wheat for the current marketing year...More
Nov. 8, 2011
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National Pork Board to Mark 25th Anniversary

Meeting 25 years and a few days after the first National Pork Board convened, members of the National Pork Board will gather Nov. 15-16 in Des Moines to celebrate the board's silver anniversary and to continue the work begun with the launch of the Pork Checkoff in November 1986...More
Nov. 8, 2011
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Comment Period Open for Proposed CAFO Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently accepting public comments on a proposed new rule which could increase the amount of information owners of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) report, according to the Iowa State University Manure Management Action Group (IMMAG)....More
Nov. 8, 2011
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More Nitrogen-Efficient Corn Varieties May Be Coming

A collaboration between DuPont and Plant Sensory Systems may lead to future corn varieties that can utilize nitrogen more efficiently, according to a company press release....More
Nov. 8, 2011
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Profit Potential Varies When Converting Manure to Electricity

While it is technically feasible to convert cow manure to electricity on farms, the economic returns are highly dependent on a host of factors related to energy prices in a given area, according to an article in a recent American Dairy Association newsletter....More
Nov. 8, 2011
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Michigan Hosts Small-Scale Anaerobic Digester Conference

The 2011 Small-Scale Anaerobic Digester Conference will be held at the Michigan State University (MSU) Bioeconomy Institute in Holland, MI, on Dec. 1. This conference will outline the basic principles behind anaerobic digestion and highlight the key issues facing small-scale digester adoption and options for the small-scale farmer....More
Nov. 8, 2011
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Manure Storage Safety Standard Revised

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has revised its standard on manure storage safety....More
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