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Diagnostics to Assess the Role of PEDV on Swine Farms
2014-02-03 23:16:00| National Hog Farmer
Kent Schwartz The importance of testing for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) Getting a correct diagnosis of enteric disease in pigs is even more complicated since porcine epidemic diarrhea virus emerged in the US. read more
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2013 Environmental Stewards: Blue Mountain Farms Anaerobic Digester
2014-01-31 21:26:00| National Hog Farmer
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_726332"); Blue Mountain Farms, owned by Circle Four Farms, houses 21,000 feeder to finish animals and ships about 55,000 animals from farm to market each year. The farm uses anaerobic digesters to create methane gas, which is sold to the local power company. Flushed from the under-barn pits to the digesters, the manure creates enough power from the methane gas to power 3,000 homes. read more
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How This $7.1 Billion Multinational Uses Small-Town Farms as a Shield From Millions in Fines
2014-01-28 21:55:58| Food - Topix.net
Thirty-five years ago hog farming was a pretty simple business. Most operations held less than 100 hogs; the biggest held upwards of 3,000 hogs at any given time.
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Iowa Select Farms Foundation Supports Charities
2014-01-21 19:11:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Iowa Select Farms The Iowa Hawkeyes’ loss in the 2014 Outback Bowl against the Louisiana State University Tigers is a win for the hungry in Iowa and Louisiana, thanks to a friendly wager between Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. read more
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Climate Proofing of Farms Seen Too Slow as Industry Faces Havoc
2014-01-20 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Climate change will play havoc with farming, and policy makers and researchers arent fully aware of the significance on food supply, according to the World Bank. Earth will warm by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in your lifetime, Rachel Kyte, the World Banks vice-president for climate change, said at a meeting of agriculture ministers in Berlin over the weekend. That will make farming untenable in some areas, she said. Extreme weather from Chinas coldest winter in at least...
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