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Partnership Pushes to Prevent Foreign Hog Disease

Partnership Pushes to Prevent Foreign Hog Disease

David GeigerFeb 21, 2024

 A foreign hog disease could cost the industry huge production losses if it makes it to the U.S. Japanese Encephalitis…

Vilsack in NC to Announce More Than $770M for Rural Infrastructure

Vilsack in NC to Announce More Than $770M for Rural Infrastructure

Mike DavisFeb 21, 2024

TARBORO, N.C., Feb. 21, 2024 – During a visit to Edgecombe County, N.C., a Rural Partners Network community, U.S. Department of…

What’s Behind the Continued Drop in Soybean Prices

What’s Behind the Continued Drop in Soybean Prices

Mike DavisFeb 21, 2024

Soybean prices have been on a continual downward slide for several months. Ben Kasch, account executive for Bower Trading, says…

The Agricultural Outlook for 2024

The Agricultural Outlook for 2024

Rod Bain USDAFeb 21, 2024

What does U.S. ag production ag commodity prices look like for 2024? Agriculture Department Chief Economist Seth Meyer provided the…

FB Seeks Modernization of Foreign Ag Investment Act

FB Seeks Modernization of Foreign Ag Investment Act

Micheal ClementsFeb 21, 2024

The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, passed in 1978, provides tracking and monitoring of investment in U.S. Agriculture. However, American…

Competition Increasing in Overseas Markets During 2024

Competition Increasing in Overseas Markets During 2024

Mike DavisFeb 20, 2024

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer talked about the state of the ag economy and the headwinds it faces in 2024.…

Halstrom: USDA Disease Funding Can Improve Trade

Halstrom: USDA Disease Funding Can Improve Trade

Mike DavisFeb 20, 2024

There has been much discussion during this farm bill cycle about the need to update MAP and FMD spending levels…

Kraig Westerbeek Named President, Smithfield Hog Production

Kraig Westerbeek Named President, Smithfield Hog Production

Smithfield, Va. — Smithfield Foods has named Kraig Westerbeek as president of its hog production operations effective Feb. 29, reporting to…

SC Commissioner Weathers: Commissioner’s School for Agriculture Applications Now Being Accepted

SC Commissioner Weathers: Commissioner’s School for Agriculture Applications Now Being Accepted

Mike DavisFeb 20, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2024 South Carolina Commissioner’s School for Agriculture. Tell us about this program, Commissioner. Commissioner’s…