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Oklahoma beef producers hit hard by pandemic
Livestock producers urged to develop a market plan to ease decision process for selling livestock. Meat plant closings, market disruptions and the slow recovery in cattle prices this spring, largely...
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Producers seek solutions to COVID-19 market disruptions
Quick, innovative thinking helps ease the pain. Market disruptions because of COVID-19 are far from over for the ag industry, but quick, innovative thinking has helped some Ohio producers get the food...
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The high cost of high efficiency
Reduced meat processing capacity due to COVID-19 has left farmers stuck with market-ready hogs and cattle. You are about to read the main points of a recent discussion I had with longtime friend John...
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Cover crops help expand cattle operation
Slideshow: Expanding last season’s cover crop trial would add pastureland and cut feed costs, among other benefits. With three sons who might one day take over the family farm, Todd and Michelle...
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Farm Progress America, May 27, 2020
Max Armstrong shares the story of a Congressman who is asking USDA to investigate the packing industry Max Armstrong digs into the challenges posed by the meat packing industry. Max shares the story...
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Does livestock grazing benefit organic crops?
University, government and nonprofit partners will receive a nearly $1 million USDA grant to answer the question. Livestock grazing could be beneficial for organic farming systems. To see if the...
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California woolgrowers seek administrative fix to AB 1066
California overtime bill could spell doom for sheep industry California's legislative effort to change how overtime wages paid to agricultural workers are regulated drew in one small segment of the...
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Smaller meat processors in Iowa to gain more markets
State of Iowa signs CIS interstate shipment agreement, gaining access to markets for state-produced meat. The Iowa Department of Agriculture finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment agreement with...
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Osborne Industries offers new feed flow adjustment system
The new Feed Flow Control enhancement will be included in the company’s line of Big Wheel Pig Feeders. Osborne Industries Inc. has released of a new feed flow adjustment system for the company’s line...
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NMSU Extension publication focuses on direct sale of beef to customers
Guide focuses on meat marketing options and scenarios for calculating price. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, restaurants and food service companies represented approximately 54% of food consumed in the...
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COVID-19 and recession cut cotton demand
Texas Crop and Weather Report – May 27, 2020 Cotton producers face an uncertain market future as demand for cotton and cotton products, like apparel, tumbled due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and...
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4 factors influencing the market in June
Items that could create price volatility over the next thirty days. It has been a quiet few weeks for grain futures as prices hold firm awaiting fresh fundamental news in order to provide new price...
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CFAP to provide support for agriculture
Online tools and a toll-free number are available to producers applying for CFAP assistance. Signups for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) are underway, said Oklahoma's USDA Farm Service...
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Head up, in life and in the show ring
Graduating and moving forward? Don’t think you have to have a perfect, prescribed path, all laid out by the time you’re 18. A couple of years ago, I watched my youngest in the show ring, leading her...
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California free of Virulent Newcastle Disease
A Southern California poultry quarantine has been lifted, although poultry entering the state must still be certified as healthy. Poultry may now be moved freely throughout California after state and...
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Repairs continue despite state fair uncertainty
Updates to the Illinois State Fairgrounds have slowed but continue amid the coronavirus pandemic, while organizers await official word on the 2020 fair. The Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield...
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Correct cattle injection administration 'critical'
Moving the injection site to the neck stops damage to expensive steak cuts. Many cow-calf operators are in the process of or getting ready to castrate male calves, immunize every calf against blackleg...
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Tyson returns to pre-COVID absentee policy
The company policy discourages absenteeism through a point system. By Deena Shanker and Jen SkerrittTyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, will return to its pre-COVID-19 absentee policy,...
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Texas watermelon quality high, sweetness 'off the charts'
Texas Crop and Weather Report June 3, 2020Texas’ watermelon growers in the Rio Grande Valley are getting excellent prices and producing high- quality fruit amid low supplies, according to a Texas...
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COVID-19 disrupts agricultural economy
Latest Beige Book provides anecdotal information on worsening agricultural conditions. Economic activity declined in all Federal Reserve districts since April 15, according to the latest Federal...
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