FYI on Swine

Americans are currently embracing a strange sort of primitivism. Bicycles are losing gears, runners are afoot in shoes designed to create a barefoot sensation (some are even running barefoot), and men are growing bushy Will Oldham-like beards. It’s all very curious and entertaining.

Social media is all about building relationships, a key
component in Ohio Farm Bureau’s mission to create a
partnership between farmers and consumers.

Cattle producers are trying to educate Congress about the use of antibiotics in the beef industry.

Michael Apley, a Kansas State University veterinary clinical pharmacologist, recently went to Washington, D.C., with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) representatives to address the issue.

In a volatile market, Mark Greenwood believes pork producers have to be realistic when it comes to returns.

Greenwood with AgStar Financial Services in Mankato, Minn., told producers at the recent Iowa Pork Congress here the roller coaster ride they have the past year may continue.

statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed grains), hay, and related items. This is the data behind a corresponding interactive query and reporting tool. Tables previously published annually in the Feed Yearbook are available and updated continuously as data are added to the database. (more)

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Transcript of Secretary Vilsack remarks at USDA Outlook Conference, Feb 18, 2010

For every tonne of chemical effluents that factories dump into China’s rivers and lakes, a comparable amount of harmful waste finds its way into this country’s water bodies from green fields and farmhouses.

With recent national media reports painting grim pictures of the dairy industry and the use of antibiotics in farm animals, it seems the agriculture community has become a serious target in media circles run by the likes of CBS Evening News Correspondent Katie Couric. And whether we like it or not, Couric is a 
strong voice in millions of family homes across the United States, 
unfortunately she is sure to make an impact on consumers choices.

Feb. 11, 2010 – Soyatech, LLC, the leading soyfoods industry intelligence resource, announced today that early results from its annual landmark study Soyfoods: The U.S. Market indicate that the soyfoods industry had a tough year in 2009.

Washington, D.C., February 11, 2010 - A recent CBS Evening News story that attempted to link a rise in antibiotic-resistant illnesses in people with the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production was replete with inaccuracies. To read a refutation of its mistakes and for the real facts about pork, visit FactsAboutPork.

Farming Your Online Community: Social Networks and Beyond - Michele Payn-Knoper, Cause Matters Corp.

Is now a good time to buy farmland? This and other questions tackled by Ag PhD hosts, Brian and Darren Hefty

Are the American farmers heading towards the same fate as America’s auto industry?