Just a few years ago, U.S. swine farmers were dealing with a rash of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) and porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) cases, to the extent that in 2014 USDA imposed a rule for any positive diagnoses to be reported to a producer’s state and for the producer to craft a mandatory herd management plan going forward.
Cabinet tackles education-to-work pipeline in Indiana
Farmers sitting on mountains of precision-ag and apps-fed data about their operations may appreciate the task the members of the Indiana Governor’s Workforce Cabinet have ahead of them.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) public meeting in 2012 to discuss antiparasitic drugs and resistance issues in ruminant and equine populations has yielded new recommendations from the federal agency.
Farm bankruptcies stable, but credit condition worse
A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis paints a concerning picture of increased farm bankruptcies in its Ninth District – Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin.
