This year will set a record for U.S. meat production. But as Gary Crawford report, that record won’t stand long if USDA’s forecasts for 2017 turn out to be accurate. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Science behind a High Path Avian Flu Vaccination for Birds
With Fall here, some wonder if avian influenza will be an issue this year. But mobilization by USDA researchers and partners resulted in a vaccine that, if needed, can prevent avian influenza in commercial poultry flocks. Rod Bain reports. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
How Much Turkey to Buy
Cathy Isom looks into how much turkey Americans will gobble up on Thanksgiving this year and how much of the big bird you’ll need to buy to feed your guests. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Thanksgiving Dinner Ticks Down to Less Than $5 Per Person
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 31st annual informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $49.87, a 24-cent decrease from last year’s average of $50.11. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Obama Administration Giving up on Lame-Duck TPP Vote
As expected, the outgoing Obama administration is throwing in the towel regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. DTN reports the White House will not seek a vote on the agreement during the lame duck session of Congress. Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress told the White House they would not advance the trade deal in the Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® …
Red Meat and Poultry Production Forecast is Increased
This week USDA released their monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand report and in the livestock, poultry and dairy section, the 2016 forecast of total red meat and poultry production was increased from last month as higher fourth quarter beef and pork production forecasts more than offset reductions in broiler and turkey production. Beef production was increased on the Sponsored …
Ag in Review for the Week Ending November 4, 2016
In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, we look at more information concerning early work on a new farm bill, remind beef and dairy producers about an upcoming deadline, talk about peanut stocks, the turkey hotline, Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Turkey Hotline Busy
Cathy Isom tells us why the phone lines are already lighting up and the questions are pouring in to the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Poultry Workers’ Injury, Illness Rate Remains at All-Time Low
From the National Chicken Council: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nov. 2, 2016 – The incidence of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in the poultry sector, which includes slaughter and processing, remains at an all-time low, according to the 2015 Injury and Illness Report released last Friday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The total recordable poultry processing …
Animal Agriculture Alliance Alarmed by Unlawful Activity
The Animal Agriculture Alliance released information this week that they were extremely alarmed by the recent actions of the radical animal rights group, Direct Action Everywhere. Last week the group released video footage it claims was obtained during “stealth visits” to a California egg farm. But according to Hannah Thompson with the Animal Ag Alliance, the group did not seek …