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Farm Progress America, May 19, 2020
Max Armstrong shares an update on the meat processing industry, including a new international source Max Armstrong shares that meat plants are working hard to produce what's needed, and it may not be...
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Pig farmers step up to help hungry during pandemic
Missouri farmers and agribusinesses are working together to fill the state's food banks with pork. Missouri pig farmers are connecting with local processors to donate pork for the state’s food...
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Meat plant workers returning to work
Slaughterhouse operations rebound from COVID-19 outbreaks in time for Memorial Day. By Michael Hirtzer and Jen SkerrittThe squeeze on U.S. meat is easing. Wholesale prices are falling as...
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Is it possible to safely run meat plants during pandemic?
Sick people are still coming to work, social distance lacking and some protective gear is low quality. By Lydia Mulvany, Jen Skerritt, Polly Mosendz and James AttwoodIt’s been three weeks since...
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Online platform to help producers in need of carbon
Composting is one way that producers can dispose of animal carcasses during the COVID-19 crisis. Nebraska Extension is calling on municipalities, lawn care companies, farmers and others to donate or...
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Talking CFAP, ethanol and challenges out West
The Around Farm Progress podcast connects with editors from Wallaces Farmer in Iowa and Western Farm Press Farmers can apply for Coronavirus Food Assistance Payments starting May 26. But what does the...
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Demand for locally produced meat stronger than ever
Producers are struggling to keep up with demand for their locally raised product. Judging by what those who sell locally produced meats report and by the lengthy wait times to get animals butchered at...
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Pandemic sends consumers scrambling for local food
The waiting list at some local butchering facilities approaches 12 months. A friend wanting to have a hog butchered called a locker plant on April 20. “Sure, we can schedule that pig … for April 1,...
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Young farmers get ahead of COVID-19
Thomas and Kristin Perkins of Effingham, Ill., rushed 2020 planting to avoid possible quarantine, in between their essential services work. While sometimes a challenge, having two essential full-time...
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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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