Red Meat Production Down 4 Percent From Last Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.12 billion pounds in November, down 4 percent from the 4.31 billion pounds produced in November 2012. Beef production, at ...
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A group of U.S. senators are urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to push for broad market access for U.S. pork in the countries that are part of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...
After pollination, peanut flowers form a peg that rapidly grows downward and buries itself in the soil. With about 120,000 to 125,000 acres harvested, and about average yields, this year's peanut crop is certainly much better than it has ...
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The general manager of the National Farm Animal Care Council says the process for updating Canada's Codes of Practice for raising livestock has ensured broad public participation in the effort. The Pig Code of Practice is one of eight ...
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Mar. corn closed at $4.30 and 1/2, up 5 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $13.27, up 3 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $442.10, up 90 cents Jan. soybean oil closed at 39.33, up 27 points Mar. wheat closed at $6.10 and 3/4, ...
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Mar. corn closed at $4.25, down 1 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $13.24, down 22 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $441.20, down $6.80 Jan. soybean oil closed at 39.06, down 25 points Mar. wheat closed at $6.12 and ...
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Market News and Review During Tuesday's short session, soybeans regained some of what was lost on Monday. The market was given a boost by Egypt buying 114,000 tons of U.S. soybeans. Another 185,000 tons were sold to unknown destinations. ...
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There's a lot of bearish news for corn lately. But, there's hope for the bulls in the hog business. No, it's not going to get any easier for you to add value to your grain by feeding a few hogs on your place like what was the case in ...
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After overcoming a recession, drought, and liquidation of many herds in the past two years, cash cattle prices finally moved higher this fall. Factors such as small cattle numbers, a favorable demand base, and lower feed prices have sent ...
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Red Carpet Runner Event Management In the last few years, as it has been noticed, the event control organizations are growing very fast. The reason being more and more people and organizations are willing to handle their features expertly ...
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Hormel Foods Corporation today reported its performance for the fiscal year 2013 fourth quarter and full year. All comparisons are to the fourth quarter or full year of fiscal 2012. The company reported fiscal 2013 fourth quarter net ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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Tianli Agritech, Inc., a leading producer of breeder hogs, market hogs and black hogs headquartered in Wuhan City, China, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013. Mrs. Hanying Li, Chairwoman ...
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Shuanghui International, a Chinese food giant, is seeking to raise up to $6bn through an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong in the second quarter of 2014. The Chinese firm recently acquired US-based hog and pork processor ...
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The naive view of how humans "see" what they look at assumes that what goes into our eyes, which is basically a map of hue and value areas captured from the outside world on our retinas, gets dumped into our brains pretty much as is. ...