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Hog farmers are now required to report outbreaks of certain viral diseases that have spread across the country during the past year, according to the U.S.…
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It’s about that time of year when hog farmers begin the annual process of pumping a year’s worth of manure out of the pits under their barns. The…
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Howard Hill pulls his red Chevy pick-up truck up to a barn near Union, Iowa, that houses 1,000 of his hogs. In the truck’s bed is a 55-pound bag of…
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Hog producers and their veterinarians have a new tool to help with the fight against Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV). The first cases of the…
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Americans eat millions of pounds of fish and seafood and government figures show that 80 percent of it is imported. But two cousins in Iowa are hoping to…
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Hog farmers across the Midwest are battling a new virus this summer. It’s often fatal in very young piglets, and researchers are still trying to explain…
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The pork business certainly has its challenges. Hog farmers continually grapple with high feed prices, environmental hiccups and criticism from animal…
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There’s more than one way to sell a pig.And when the hog market plunged to 8 cents a pound in 1998, Iowa producer Randy Hilleman decided it was time to…