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Minnesota Estate Tax Changes Part of Budget Bill
Written on 16 Aug, 2011 at 7:13 in Minnesota Swine News | Comments
The 2011 Minnesota Legislative Special Session budget bill included an unexpected change in the state’s estate tax for qualified farms and small businesses. The law change applies to individuals who farm or operate small businesses. The amount a person who... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary-Farmers look to avoid funding cuts, August 12th 2011
Written on 15 Aug, 2011 at 7:02 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
With United States administrators having co-operated at the 11th hour to raise the debt ceiling, the jockeying has started to decide who and what will be spared from the reported trillions of dollars that will be cut to curb government... (Continue reading)
Top Chinese talent joins JSR
Written on 14 Jul, 2011 at 13:31 in Featured Swine News | Comments
One of China’s brightest young graduates has joined a leading UK pig genetics company and will play a key role in their plans for sales growth in China and Asia. Yolanda Hou, who started work at JSR Genetics earlier... (Continue reading)
AMI comments on new FSIS test and hold procedures
Written on 14 Jul, 2011 at 6:28 in Featured Swine News | Comments
The American Meat Institute filed comments on USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service notice submitted in response to Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) notice issued in April on requiring beef, pork and poultry processors to hold finished products from... (Continue reading)
Lawmakers, Livestock and Poultry Producers Express Frustrations About GIPSA Rule in Hearing About Its Potential Impact on Small Businesses; Chairman Calls For Revised RFA
Written on 11 Jul, 2011 at 6:30 in Featured Swine News | Comments
Lawmakers and livestock and poultry producers continued to express their frustration and concern over the livestock marketing rule proposed by USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) in a hearing held yesterday by the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee... (Continue reading)
USDA Awards Grants to Help Agriculture Producers Adapt to Global Climate Change Effects
Written on 5 Jul, 2011 at 7:10 in Indiana Swine News | Comments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded 13 grants to research possibilities for agriculture and forestry producers to adapt to climate change and to best take advantage of variable climate patterns. These... (Continue reading)
Indiana’s Hog Inventory Up 1 Percent In Line With National Trend
Written on 28 Jun, 2011 at 7:03 in Indiana Swine News | Comments
Indiana producers had a total inventory of 3.7 million hogs and pigs on June 1, 2011, up one percent from a year ago. Market hogs, at 3.4 million head, were 1 percent above last year. Breeding inventory, at 300,000 head,... (Continue reading)
Up Front: A Matter of Fairness-Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President John C. (Jack) Fisher.
Written on 15 Jun, 2011 at 6:49 in Ohio Swine Commentaries | Comments
Ohio Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Jack Fisher The following opinion column comes from Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President John C. (Jack) Fisher. It will appear in his regularly featured “Up Front” column in the July-August issue of... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary-← Older posts Our food surplus has moral, financial implications June 12th 2011
Written on 13 Jun, 2011 at 6:47 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
The developing world will be a significant driver of growth in the demand for food, and it won’t all be from hungry people. Despite abject poverty in many parts of the world, some of the new arrivals to this planet... (Continue reading)
Ohio Farm Bureau talks with ODA director about budget, farm challengesOhio Farm Bureau talks with ODA director Jim Zehringer about budget, farm challenges
Written on 1 Jun, 2011 at 7:04 in Ohio Swine Commentaries | Comments
Farmers have a good understanding of why the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) and most state agencies need to trim their budgets because farmers are usually fiscally responsible, says the department’s director. “Most farmers sit around their kitchen table and... (Continue reading)
David Miller:Transgenic Alteration of Sow Milk to Improve Piglet Growth and Health
Written on 16 May, 2011 at 7:39 in Illinois Swine Commentaries | Comments
Inadequacies of Sow Lactation In intensive pig production systems, piglets achieve only about half their potential growth-rate during a lactation period. Rationale The amount and composition of milk that a sow produces has a significant impact on the growth, health... (Continue reading)
Peggy Flax, Ohio Pork Producer- Some Things are left to the imagination
Written on 27 Apr, 2011 at 7:25 in Ohio Swine Commentaries | Comments
Peggy D. Flax is a farm wife, food and consumer sciences professional, mother of four and grandmother of seven. She writes from her home office on her family swine and grain farm. By Peggy D. Flax As a consumer, I... (Continue reading)
Performance Data- Ameriscan Genetics
Written on 27 Apr, 2011 at 7:22 in Ohio Swine Technical Articles | Comments
The following data represents single groups evaluated from conception through harvest in 1,100 sow herd, under commercial conditions, with no Paylean (TM) used. 328 Market Evaluation Now that you know a little more about us, we would like to talk... (Continue reading)
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