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Commodity beef production on farms and ranches has historically been a highly competitive, low margin business

Brazil until they can demonstrate that they are willing and able to play by the trade rules that govern all other nations

Premiums/discounts are relative to our bred cow (three-year-old that is six months pregnant) and current CME Feeder Cattle

Equally important to note is that caretakers with flu-like symptoms should not be working with their pigs or entering swine facilities

Because ASFV is a highly contagious virus, and countries such as those in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand where the disease is still absent, research with African swine fever virus (ASFV) can only be conducted in a highly restricted biosecurity level 3 facility.

For decades, wild pigs have been antagonizing flora and fauna in the US: gobbling up crops, spreading disease and even killing deer and elk.

Wild pigs have terrorized the southern United States for decades, destroying farmers’ crops, preying on native species and carrying a variety of pathogens that can spread to humans

Over the past three years, the pig breeding industry in Chongqing’s Rongchang district — a hub for China’s animal husbandry — suffered the double whammy of COVID-19 and African swine fever, leading to drastic ups and downs in the market, according to Guo Ping, a pig breeder for over 16 years.

The General Manager of Sask Pork is suggesting the Canadian pork sector’s dependence on exports makes the prevention and preparation for foreign animal disease critical.

Driving through the countryside, it’s easy to think there are only a few cows that are grazing peacefully in the pastures of the world, but the reality is there are millions of cows around the world. I set out on a mission to find out how many cows are in the world, where we can