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Thanks to USDA for investing in biofuels
2015-09-22 15:30:38| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, government relations representative, National Farmers Union The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently took important steps in building climate resiliency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to pay attention. Climate change jeopardizes the security of the global food system and the viability of family farms and rural communities. Farmers and ranchers
USDA approves heat stress method to control bird flu
2015-09-21 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
USDA has given its approval to a method, which involves sealing poultry in non-ventilated barns and turning up the heat, to kill birds with flu.
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Thermo Fisher Introduces First-of-its-Kind USDA Approved Swine Flu Virus Subtype Detection Test
2015-09-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Pork producers now have access to a comprehensive diagnostic kit designed to test production animals for swine influenza virus (SIV) subtypes with the launch of the VetMAX™-Gold SIV Subtyping Kit, the industry’s only US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-approved, real-time PCR test of its kind.
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USDA: Farm bill program deadline looms
2015-09-14 17:15:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. The USDA is reminding farmers and ranchers of the Sept. 30 deadline to enroll in the farm bill programs Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage and the Margin Protection Program for Dairy. read more
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Hog Outlook: USDA Lowers Meat Production Estimates
2015-09-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - USDA's September supply and demand estimates had few big surprises. The monthly WASDE lowered their forecast of 2015 corn production by 101 million bushels (0.7 per cent) and raised expected soybean production by 19 million bushels (0.5 per cent), write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.
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