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Are you looking at your grower closeouts?
2015-05-04 18:31:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, NE Benchmarking sow farms is easy to do compared to benchmarking nursery, finishing and wean to finish closeouts. There are 20+ sow record programs available, they may calculate some numbers differently, but they all collect the same data for each sow: matings, farrowings, weanings, piglet deaths, etc. That is not true for growing pigs. There are multiple computer programs plus thousands of different spreadsheets. The problem is not all producers collect and record the same data. Here are some numbers we feel are important data to collect: read more
Scorned grower arrested in Pilgrim's Pride chicken deaths
2015-04-14 03:53:39| Food - Topix.net
Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the deaths of more than 300,000 chickens raised by farmers in rural South Carolina who contract with Greeley-based Pilgrim's Pride Corp. , according to media reports. Clarendon County sheriff's deputies last week arrested chicken grower James Laverne Lowery, accused of killing 325,000 chickens.
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Canegrowers Queensland chair Paul Schembri, Greenpool Commodities analyst Tom McNeil and Herbert district cane grower Michael Waring discuss the impact of the falling global price of sugar
2015-04-01 08:53:33| Sugar Industry News
Canegrowers Queensland chair Paul Schembri, Greenpool Commodities analyst Tom McNeil and Herbert district cane grower Michael Waring discuss the impact of the falling global price of sugar, which is now below 12 US cents per pound
A Raw Deal for Cuba's Best Tobacco Grower
2015-02-27 17:54:37| Furniture - Topix.net
Feb. 26 -- The best-known tobacco grower in Cuba grows leaves that are used in some of the island's finest cigars. The government is the only buyer, so while Cuban growers are excited about potentially selling Cuban cigars to American smokers, the Cuban state may be the biggest beneficiary.
Corn, soybean marketing programs helps grower take advantage of sell signals
2014-11-07 20:39:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Two programs help farmers know when to book the bushels. Michael Slack is taking a more diversified approach to getting his corn and soybeans marketed. Hes leaning on two separate entities: one for its advice and the other for grain contracting programs. One segment pools grain with other bushels to demand a better price from big buyers, while the other offers the Kansas grower periodic sell-period notifications. read more
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