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What Farmers Should Know About Climate Change: USDA Programs and Services Benefit New and Beginning Producers

2017-07-17 22:29:57| National Farmers Union

By James Tillman, Acting Associate Chief for Conservation, USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service Are you interested in protecting the soil, water, plants, and air and achieving economic sustainability on your newly acquired farm, ranch, or forest? Would you like to increase your marketing and income potential while focusing on increasing wildlife habitat on some of […]

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USDA announces improvements to Livestock Mandatory Reporting

2017-07-07 19:11:20| National Hog Farmer

USDA delivers on promise to improve its swine and pork reports under Livestock Mandatory Reporting for pork.

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USDA Hogs and Pigs Report pencils close to expectations

2017-07-04 00:11:00| National Hog Farmer

The number of hogs negotiated on the open marketing fell to 2.4% last year and has averaged even less than that this year. The last thing the pork industry needs is negotiated sales not to get reported to or published by the USDA.

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USDA reports record high soybean acreage, corn acres down

2017-07-01 02:11:09| National Hog Farmer

Source: USDA The U.S. Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated a record high 89.5 million acres of soybeans planted in the United States for 2017, up 7 percent from last year, according to the Acreage repo

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