A livestock and poultry economist says consumer demand will drive how producers are able to rebuild their flocks from highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks. Executive Director of LEAP Market Analytics Mark Jordan tells Brownfield the virus has been relentless. “It’s beginning to overwhelm the industry’s ability to kind of fight back,” he says. Jordan says […]
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A southeastern Illinois farmer says he hopes to start planting around the first of April. Jeff Scates, chair of the Illinois
U.S. turkey hatchery numbers were down in February. Those declines came as poultry producers continue to get hit hard by the
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The U.S. Dairy Export Council says export values hit a new monthly high with nearly all major product categories seeing increased
Cash dairy prices closed mostly higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange supported somewhat by strong cheese demand Wednesday. Dry whey unchanged
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A national farm group leader says he doesn’t expect a new farm bill to be completed this year. Fred Yoder serves
A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers from the southeastern United States sent a letter to Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins asking her
