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Improving Pig Survivability is an ongoing project encompassing research, education, and extension efforts aimed at reducing overall mortality in the U.S. commercial swine industry. Dr. Joel DeRouchey, professor of swine nutrition at Kansas State University, says the project is funded by the National Pork Board and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). “We […]

I have always believed that God is in everything. There can be nothing on Earth to which this idea applies more than a garden. Don’t forget — one of God’s first creations was the Garden of Eden. George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “The best place to find God is in a garden.” For me, gardening has become a spiritual quest. I would like to say I have been a gardener all my life, but truthfully, I hated pulling weeds as a boy and never pursued working in God’s earth until I was unexpectedly thrown into hosting a radio gardening show more than four decades ago.

Soybeans are not the only American commodity looking to get trade going again with China. Amy Franz is Chairwoman of the National Sorghum Producers, who says there are trade challenges in the sorghum industry too. “There are, with the increase of inputs across the board, we always see those go up, rarely ever see them […]

Well, as we wrap up Thanksgiving week, we turn our attention to Christmas, and that brings us the beginning of the winter season. We got state assistant climatologist Corey Davis here. Corey, it looks like we have some cold weather coming through to the Carolinas here in the coming week. “Yeah, it’s certainly going to […]

Tyson’s plans to close a Nebraska beef plant are sending shockwaves through a state dubbed the “Beef State.” The company plans to lay off 32-hundred workers when the plant winds down in mid-January.  The Lexington plant handles an estimated 5,000 head a day and is located near several large feedlots.  David Jobman is chairman of […]

What does Thanksgiving and the Super Bowl have in common, besides football? In the food safety realm, USDA food safety expert Meredith Carruthers says, for her and her colleagues operating the Agriculture Department’s meat and poultry hotline: “Thanksgiving is our food safety Super Bowl of the year, from the actual football Super Bowl. We really […]

A horse virus outbreak has equine owners in southern states like Texas and Oklahoma very concerned. An EHV outbreak was believed to have started at an event in Texas. Dr. Thorne talked about the disease. “EHV is a virus, a herpes virus, to be exact, in horses. The good thing, for starters, is that it […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump brought insults and grievances to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House. On Tuesday, he joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador and suggested naming them after Democratic stalwarts Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Trump also claimed that last year’s turkey pardons by President Joe Biden were invalid. The ceremony eventually proceeded with Trump pardoning a turkey named Gobble, although its companion, Waddle, was absent. Trump also used the event to claim that Thanksgiving meal prices are dropping, though some research suggests otherwise.

It’s been an interesting time in the soybean market. Jim McCormick, the chief operating officer of AgMarket.net, was pleased to hear that the U.S. and China had struck a trade framework that included Chinese soybean purchases from the U.S. However, he had some questions about the agreement.                                                                “I gotta admit, there were some strange aspects […]

The second stage of USDA’s Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is among the latest farm disaster assistance offerings that eligible producers can now sign up for. “The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program, Stage Two; the Milk Loss Program; and the On-Farm Stored Commodity Loss Program.” That’s Agriculture Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce. These programs […]