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Veterinary Clinic Challenge: Eat Pork Each Night for a Week 

To show support for a struggling U.S. pork industry, which has weathered two years of economic hardship and put some producers out of business, a northern Iowa swine veterinary consulting clinic has kicked off “Pork Week.”...

Records Projected for Corn Use, Soybean Exports 

Importing countries are certainly taking a liking to current U.S. soybean prices, a fact reflected in USDA’s Sept. 11 World Supply and Demand Estimate forecasting record U.S. exports this marketing year...

Time Magazine’s Cover Article Draw Pork Industry Rebuttal 

National Pork Board President Tim Bierman has sent a strongly worded letter to the editor of Time magazine for its recent cover story, “America’s Food Crisis and How to Fix It.”...

Corn, Soybean Harvests Projected as Recordsetters  

A record U.S. soybean crop is in the making, and U.S. corn producers are on the way to producing the second largest crop on record, according to USDA’s August 12 Crop Production report. The report was based on conditions as of August 1 and is the first survey-based report of the year...

Legislators Offer Bill to Phase Out Ethanol Support 

A bill that would gradually phase out government support for corn-based ethanol over five years and encourage the commercial development of second-generation biofuels has been introduced in the House of Representatives....

Lower Feed Costs Provide Pork Producers with Some Relief  

Although the U.S. breeding herd is not dropping fast enough to bring pork production back to profitability, falling corn prices and prospects for lower soybean meal prices this fall are providing rays of hope for pork producers in the future, said Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt...

Planting Delays Impact Feed Stocks 

Planting delays in the eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce corn yields this fall, according to USDA’s June 10 Crop Production Report...

Pig Soybean Allergies Studied at North Carolina 

When it comes to allergies, pigs are not much different than people. Young piglets and other animals suffer from adverse reactions to soy, leading to a research project to understand the full impact of feeding soy...

Manure-Based Cow Power Program Keeps Growing 

The Central Vermont Cow Power (CVCP) program has been called the nation’s first manure-based, farm-to-consumer energy program. The state’s fifth dairy farm has just joined the CVPS Cow Power herd through cooperation with Vermont Electric Cooperative...

Webinar Addresses Feed Buying, Pricing Considerations for ‘09 

The University of Minnesota is offering a webinar from 1-2 p.m. Dec. 9 to address feed buying and pricing considerations for 2009...

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