Wayne Farms building new feed mill: Wayne Farms LLC, the sixth-largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the U.S., recently broke ground on a new feed mill near Ozark, Ala. Wayne Farms said the Dale County, Ala., feed mill will handle its...
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NEW resources and media are available to help people understand the important role agriculture plays in their everyday lives...
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WHEN a district court recently struck down Idaho's "ag-gag" law (Feedstuffs, Aug. 10), it left the door open for similar challenges in other states with comparable measures, such as Iowa and Kansas, an agricultural law expert said...
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THE U.S. farm real estate value — a measure of the value of all land and buildings on farms — averaged $3,020 per acre for 2015, up 2.4% from 2014 values (Figure), according to newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture data...
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THE latest financial results for Cargill revealed a net loss of $51 million in the fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended May 31, compared with earnings of $376 million in the same period a year ago. Fourth-quarter revenues were $28.4 billion, compared...
THE Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program, administered by the beef checkoff, has issued an advisory statement regarding the use of pneumatic darts or other remote injection methods in cattle...
THE U.S. Food & Drug Administration released its "2012-13 National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Integrated Report."...
U.S. farmers spent $397.6 billion on agricultural production in 2014, up 8.3% from 2013, which represents the largest increase since 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Aug. 4 "Farm Production Expenditures" report...
DEMONSTRATING a commitment to its zero-tolerance policy, Christensen Farms & Feedlots Inc., the fourth-largest pork producer in the U.S., announced Aug. 7 that it had suspended seven employees and was conducting a full internal investigation after...
