The cleanup process continues from Hurricane Ida and logistical problems remain for moving grain. Risk Management Solutions is estimating total insured losses between $31 billion and $44 billion.
A team of researchers at Iowa State University is focusing specifically on the use of antibiotics in hog production and the possible impact on antimicrobial resistance. The key may be conservation prairie strips.
The impact of slower line speeds at packing plants might not be as bad as some economists expected this fall. Fewer pigs due to PRRS outbreak this year is one reason why.
The award recognizes farmers 35 and under who represent the next generation of esteemed farm leaders. Entrants are judged on entrepreneurial originality (50%), financial and business progress (30%) and leadership (20%). Apply by Sept. 30.
