Farmscape for July 6, 2022
Full Interview 9:38
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The Coordinator of the Manitoba Invasive Swine Eradication Project reports the scope of province's wild pig population appears to be much larger than had been first anticipated. Earlier this year...
Source: Sioux City Journal
Tyson Foods is celebrating its 40th year slaughtering and processing pork in Storm Lake.
In 1982, Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., a forerunner to Tyson, purchased the then-vacant plant from Hygrade Food Products and remodeled it extensively. It was...
Source: USDA news release
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for June 2022 analyzes economic impacts on animal product markets of month-to-month changes in USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates report.
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Two more case of African swine fever (ASF) have been confirmed in farm pigs in Germany, Germany’s federal agriculture ministry said.
One was in the western state of Lower Saxony which was previously free of the disease and one in...
Farmscape for July 4, 2022
Full Interview 5:26
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The Canadian Pork Council is applauding a decision by the Government of Canada to exempt ground beef and ground pork from new mandatory front-of-package labelling requirements due to take effect...
Source: ABC
The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a long-standing precedent that allowed landowners to sue for damages when a neighboring hog farm causes water pollution or odor problems that affect quality of life.
he Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday reversed...
Farmscape for June 30, 2022
Full Interview 7:27
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The General Manager of Manitoba Pork suggests representative of the Canadian and U.S. pork sectors need to be working together when it comes to communicating with governments and with consumers....
Farmscape for June 30, 2022
Full Interview 6:26
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The National Pork Producers Council is praising the Biden Administration for Standing Up for Consumer Choice and American Farmers after it filed a brief in support of the U.S. Supreme...
BiomEdit, the recently established privately-held venture focused on microbiome innovation in animal health, today announced it will locate its global headquarters operation in the innovative and growing northeast Indianapolis suburb of Fishers, Indiana.
The company chose Indiana and the...
Wild pigs cause significant damage to agricultural crops and the environment each year and can pose risks to native wildlife, livestock and human health and safety. Damage to agriculture nationally likely exceeds $1 billion per year. Professor Mark Smith...