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Get Clean Air Today- EPI Air
Written on 21 May, 2013 at 9:38 in Featured Nebraska Swine News, Featured Ohio Swine News, Featured Swine News, Swine News | Comments
EPI Air boosts livestock production. It does this by cleaning the in-barn air of three major impurities, dust, germs and gasses. Clean air benefits owners, workers, neighbors, and animals.... (Continue reading)
A Labor of Love Ralco Marlin and Judy Mowry Enjoy Their Work – Raising Hogs for Niman Ranch
Written on 20 May, 2013 at 6:22 in Featured Minnesota Swine News, Featured Swine News, Swine News | Comments
When hog prices hit rock bottom in 1998, Marlin and Judy Mowry were at a crossroads. They loved raising hogs on their farm near Lowden, Iowa, but the economics wouldn’t allow them to continue. The couple chose a different path... (Continue reading)
Smithfield names third plant to go ractopamine-free
Smithfield Foods Inc. named the Milan, Missouri, plant in its Farmland subsidiary as the third hog plant the company will convert to slaughtering only hogs that have been fed ractopamine-free feed rations as part of its effort to serve export... (Continue reading)
Hillshire Brands looking for acquisitions, brand extensions
Written on 15 May, 2013 at 5:48 in Featured Ohio Swine News, Featured Swine News, Swine News | Comments
Sitting on $400 million in cash and its spinoff from Sara Lee behind it, Hillshire Brands is looking to grow its business by acquiring complementary brands and extending its own iconic brands into adjacencies like it did with its Jimmy... (Continue reading)
Missouri Pork Producer Talks Antibiotics on CNN
Chris Chinn, a Missouri pork producer who serves as a Face of Farming & Ranching for the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, explains “Why My Hogs are on a Healthcare Plan,” which appeared on CNN.com. ... (Continue reading)
JBS buys pork plant, swine from Brazilian competitor for US $100 million
JBS SA has agreed to purchase a pork slaughterhouse and nearly half a million swine in Rio Grande do Sul state, through its Brazilian poultry subsidiary JBS Aves, from local competitor BRF for BRL200 million (US$99.8 million), the companies reported... (Continue reading)
Osborne Industries To Celebrate 40th Anniversary
Osborne Industries, Inc., Osborne, Kansas, will celebrate its 40th anniversary at company headquarters on May 15, 2013. The employee-owned company is a diversified manufacturer and distributor of production equipment and products for the swine industry, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM)... (Continue reading)
Expanding Agriculture Education
By Rebecca Barton Hog Farmer and Swineweb.com Contributor April was a good month for agriculture. We received some much needed rain, and started on a little bit of planting. Calving and Lambing were well underway and a sense of renewed... (Continue reading)
Examine the Shifting Regulatory Landscape During Alltech’s Symposium 2013
Effective labelling can be a company’s best defense against litigation, while also acting as the bridge between a product and its consumers. Striking the balance between these two objectives requires investing in a strong regulatory department, equipped to meet the... (Continue reading)
Pig Stress Syndrome Linked to Gene Defect
Written on 30 Apr, 2013 at 6:07 in Animal Health, Featured Nebraska Swine News, Featured Swine News, Minnesota Swine News | Comments
ARS researchers have found that a newly identified pig stress syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation. A defect in a gene called dystrophin is the cause of a newly discovered stress syndrome in pigs, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)... (Continue reading)
NPPC Capital Update for the week of April 29th 2013
Written on 29 Apr, 2013 at 6:16 in Featured Ohio Swine News, Featured Swine News, Swine News | Comments
FEINSTEIN, SCHRADER REINTRODUCE EGG BILL Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., Thursday reintroduced the “Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013,” the so-called Egg Bill, after unsuccessful attempts to attach their bills to last year’s Farm Bill.... (Continue reading)
Pork Industry Welcomed Introduction of New Euthanasia Device
Farmscape for April 26, 2013 Full Interview 13:18 Listen The president of Bock Industries reports the pork industry has welcomed the introduction of a new tool designed to deliver pain and stress free euthanasia to compromised piglets. The Zephyr E,... (Continue reading)
The United Strips of Bacon: A Ram Trucks Infographic
Written on 23 Apr, 2013 at 5:38 in Featured Indiana Swine News, Featured Minnesota Swine News, Featured Swine News, Swine News | Comments
Visit RamZone.com When Ram Trucks declared 2013 the Year of the Farmer, the idea was to honor and celebrate everyone involved in agriculture, from wheat and corn farmers to cattle ranchers to small family outfits growing produce for the local... (Continue reading)
Recent Posts
- Get Clean Air Today- EPI Air
- A Labor of Love Ralco Marlin and Judy Mowry Enjoy Their Work – Raising Hogs for Niman Ranch
- Smithfield names third plant to go ractopamine-free
- Hillshire Brands looking for acquisitions, brand extensions
- Missouri Pork Producer Talks Antibiotics on CNN
- JBS buys pork plant, swine from Brazilian competitor for US $100 million
- Osborne Industries To Celebrate 40th Anniversary
- Expanding Agriculture Education
- Examine the Shifting Regulatory Landscape During Alltech’s Symposium 2013
- Pig Stress Syndrome Linked to Gene Defect
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