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Smithfield Recommends Group Housing to Contract Growers
2014-01-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Smithfield Foods and its hog production subsidiary, Murphy-Brown is recommending all of its contract sow growers join with the company in converting their facilities to group housing systems for pregnant sows.
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Convert to Pens Smithfield Urges Sow Growers
2014-01-07 15:33:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Smithfield Foods Acknowledging the challenge it is setting forth, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and its hog production subsidiary, Murphy-Brown LLC, announced today that it is recommending all of its contract sow growers join with the company in converting their facilities to group housing systems for pregnant sows. The company said that it is asking contract sow growers to convert by 2022 with a sliding scale of incentives to accelerate that timetable. Growers who commit to convert to group housing will receive contract extensions upon completion of the conversion. read more
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Post closes takeover of pasta maker Dakota Growers
2014-01-06 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Post Holdings, the parent of Post Foods and a manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereals, has closed the acquisition of private-label pasta firm Dakota Growers Pasta Company in an all-cash deal of $370m.
Haifa Group Introduces a Mobile App Supporting Growers' Fertigation Practice
2013-12-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
HAIFA, Israel, -- FertiMatch app assists growers in calculating and preparing fertilizer solutions for Fertigation<br /> <br /> HAIFA Group (<a href="http://www.haifa-group.com">http://www.haifa-group.com</a>), the global supplier of potassium nitrate for agriculture and industry, and specialty plant<br /> nutrients, today announced another enhancement of its water soluble nutrition product line with the release of "FertiMatch", a mobile app for calculating the desired composition for ...This story is related to the following:Agricultural Software
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Increased global grain production means lower corn prices for U.S. growers
2013-12-07 00:13:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Ohio State University Increased global grain production and lower domestic demand for corn for ethanol means crop producers should prepare now for lower grain prices in 2014, says Matt Roberts, an expert from Ohio State University. read more
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