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Tax Relief is Available for Producers Hit by Drought
2013-01-16 16:38:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Purdue University Help is available for some midwestern livestock producers facing higher income tax bills because the drought forced them to cull and sell more animals than normal in 2012, two Purdue Extension agricultural economists say. The lack of forages and the high cost of feed led many producers who might normally have carried livestock through the winter to instead sell them at weaning. More sales at weaning usually would mean more taxable income in 2012. But there is help in the form of income deferment and averaging. read more
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Tweaking Aids Producers Survival
2013-01-15 17:10:00| National Hog Farmer
A number of small changes have kept this Iowa farrow-to-finish pork producer afloat. By Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor Bill Tentinger, 63, laughs heartily when he thinks back to an interview he did earlier this year, when he expressed some doubt about the survival of his small hog operation in northwest Iowa. When Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) officials heard about it, they were surprised that he would speak so openly about his possible fate. read more
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Canada Claims COOL Cost its Producers $2 Billion
2013-01-15 16:18:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Reuters U.S. country-of-origin meat-labeling rules have directly cost Canada's hog and pork industry more than $2 billion, according to a report that could help determine retaliation against U.S. exports if Washington does not change its requirements. Details of the report were released Monday by Reuters. The United States must bring the labeling rules, known by the acronym COOL, into compliance with a World Trade Organization ruling by May 23, 2013, according to a WTO decision released last month. read more
Not Too Late: Pork Checkoff Advises Producers Get Flu Vaccination
2013-01-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Even though the flu season is now in full force, the Pork Checkoff still recommends producers, farm personnel and others who have contact with pigs get the seasonal flu vaccination as soon as possible to help protect human and pig health.
Pork Checkoff Advises Producers to Get Flu Vaccination
2013-01-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Even though the flu season is now in full force, the Pork Checkoff still recommends producers, farm personnel and others who have contact with pigs get the seasonal flu vaccination as soon as possible to help protect human and pig health.
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