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Low Feed Prices Drive Carcass Weights Higher
2014-10-11 16:34:00| Beef
Dressed steer weights the first three weeks of September were 25-29 lbs. heavier than the five-year average, according to analysts with the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC). Even so, with short cattle numbers, LMIC analysts expect the market to absorb the heavier weights and still maintain fed cattle prices near current levels. read more
The Solution Is the Soil: How Organic Farming Can Feed the World and Save the Planet
2014-10-10 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecology: ne man, backed by many, marches on Washington to tell lawmakers and the world that 'there is hope right beneath our feet.` Just over a week ago, the executive director of the Rodale Institute, Mark 'Coach` Smallwood, set out from the group`s research farm in eastern Pennsylvania on a 160-mile journey to Washington, DC with a walking stick, a brimmed hat, and a simple but profound message: We can not only stop climate change. We can reverse it. When Smallwood makes his expected arrival in the...
Feed is Not Source of PED Infection, Says OIE
2014-10-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed that, contrary to earlier reports, pig blood products such as dried plasma are not a likely source of infectious porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PED) virus provided that good manufacturing practices and biosecurity standards are followed.
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Wet Weather Impacts Feed Quality
2014-10-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - After a later than normal start to spring planting that delayed crop development farmers in much of Manitoba were challenged by extremely wet conditions just as the harvest was about to begin, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Gujarat Fertilizers, EcoPhos JV to Set Up Animal Feed Plant
2014-10-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
INDIA - Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) and Belgium based EcoPhos have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture company for setting up animal feed plant in the Gujsrat state.
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