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Hog Outlook: USDA Lowers Forecast of 2013 Pork Production
2013-06-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - USDA has lowered their forecast of 2013 pork production to 23.427 billion pounds, down 0.2 per cent from their May forecast, but up 0.7 per cent from last year's actual, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown.
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USDA: Modified wheat appears to be isolated
2013-06-15 01:07:58| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found.
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USDA Helps Farmers Deal With Climate Change
2013-06-13 22:28:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_227890"); Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke to the National Press Club recently about helping farmers and ranchers deal with climate change. Vilsack said USDA will establish regional cubs to enable the USDA to carry out "regionally appropriate climate change risk and vulnerability assessments." USDA agencies will also give cover crop guidance based on local conditions and is also releasing a free online tool to manage and evaluate carbon to help producers calculate how much carbon their conservation actions can remove from the atmosphere. read more
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USDA Report Downgrades Corn Crop
2013-06-12 22:59:00| National Hog Farmer
Joe Vansickle USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released today lowers the prospects for feedgrain supplies as delayed plantings reduce yield prospects for corn. Projected corn production is lowered 135 million bushels to 14.0 billion bushels. Average yield is projected at 156.5 bushels per acre, a drop of 1.5 bushels from last month’s projections. read more
June 11 USDA Weekly Weather Update
2013-06-12 19:28:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USDA Most of the Midwest experienced several days without rain, allowing corn planting to near completion. In fact, parts of the central and eastern Corn Belt were dry all week, promoting a rapid pace of soybean planting. However, cool weather and pesky showers maintained a slow pace of fieldwork in parts of the Upper Midwest, where weekly temperatures generally averaged 5-10° F below normal. read more
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