Source: Lebanon Daily News
A giant replica slice of bacon was cut Tuesday morning commemorating a large-scale expansion to the Godshall’s meat processing facility in Lebanon.
Local politicians and community members like county Commissioners Jo Ellen Litz and Michael Kuhn, state...
This summer, Farmland® launched year two of its Honoring the Heartland Tour to invest in the next generation of the agricultural industry, show appreciation to hardworking farming communities, and support neighborhoods rooted in the Midwest through protein-rich food donations. Earlier today, the tour...
Farmscape for September 26, 2022
Full Interview 11:51
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The Director of Animal Health with the National Pork Producers Council expects initiatives to protect mainland North America from African Swine Fever to mitigate any trade disruptions if an outbreak...
Source: Mitchell Republic
Wholestone Farms custom butchery is at the center of legal dispute about whether the farmer-owned cooperative can continue construction. Smart Growth Sioux Falls has asked a court to stop city from issuing permits and revoking some existing...
NPB is a collaborator on three separate grants awarded by USDA that support climate-smart pork production.
The National Pork Board (NPB) is the lead of one and a collaborator on two grants receiving $155 million in USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart...
A farm's reliance on farm labor varies by commodity specialization. On average, labor costs (including contract labor, hired labor, and worker benefits such as insurance) accounted for about 14 percent of the total farm cash expenses in 2020.
Farms specializing...
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Pork/Hogs: Third-quarter pork production is raised to 6.5 billion pounds, just fractionally below a year ago, on expectations that ample supplies of slaughter-ready hogs for the balance of the quarter will combine with higher year-over-year average dressed weights to...
Farmscape for September 16, 2022
NPPC Media RoundTable 49:13
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The National Pork Producers Council is encouraging farmers to highlight October 11th, the day the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the constitutional challenge of California's Proposition 12. California's Proposition...
Large-scale family farms were more likely to have stronger financial performance than other farms, according to USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) researchers using data from the 2011-20 Agricultural Resource Management surveys (ARMS).
ERS researchers categorized farms as low risk if...
Since day one, Farmland has worked with local farmers and their families in America's heartland to provide customers with food they can trust and feel good about. To invest in the future of the agricultural industry and show appreciation...