Tag: ag news
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Mizzou Researcher Helps Hog Producers Get Ahead of Heat Stress
USDA awards $1.15 million to expand technology that warns producers before pigs start showing signs of heat stress COLUMBIA, Mo. — Summer heat can turn into a real problem in a hog barn, and by the time pigs start panting, producers may already be behind the curve. A University of Missouri researcher is working to…
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Missouri Junior Angus Leader Returns as Six New Faces Join National Board
SAINT JOSEPH, Mo. — The future of the Angus business has six new leaders wearing the green coat. Junior members of the National Junior Angus Association elected six new directors to the National Junior Angus Board during the 2026 National Junior Angus Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The announcement came July 17 during the show’s closing…
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Senate Farm Bill Hits Roadblock With Committee Vote Set for September
The Senate’s latest attempt to move a new farm bill forward has stalled, but the effort is not dead. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., says the committee will return in September and take another vote on the farm bill package after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach enough agreement to advance it during…
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Six More Meat Processors Join USDA Product of USA Label Program
WASHINGTON — Six additional meat and poultry processors have signed on to USDA’s voluntary Product of USA labeling program, expanding an initiative designed to help consumers identify meat products that come entirely from animals born, raised, harvested and processed in the United States. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the latest additions, saying the label continues…
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Corn Leafhopper Found in Five Missouri Counties as Growers Urged to Scout Fields
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri Extension is encouraging corn producers to closely monitor fields after corn leafhoppers were confirmed in five Missouri counties earlier this growing season. Extension entomologist Ivair Valmorbida said the insect has now been identified in Boone, Barton, Christian, Cooper and Lawrence counties. The first detections were made in mid June,…
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R CALF USA Says USDA Is Moving Too Quickly on Mexico Border Reopening
BILLINGS, Mont. — R CALF USA is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to delay reopening the southern border to Mexican cattle imports, saying the threat from New World screwworm has not been brought under control. USDA recently announced plans to begin a phased reopening of livestock imports from Mexico, starting with the Douglas, Arizona,…