Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mostly higher on Monday, although the nearby October live cattle contract settled with small losses at the final bell. The October live cattle contract lost 0.175 cents per pound at 235.800 cents while the December contract was up 0.125 cents at 237.575 cents. October feeder cattle futures […] Read more| The Western ProducerLivestock Production, Trades & Disease | The Western Prod...
This story was originally published by The New Lede. Roughly a quarter of the nation’s large cattle, dairy and hog farms are located in just 30 U.S. counties, a new satellite-mapping study has found. The research also links large farms — whether in these dense hotspots or scattered elsewhere — to elevated air pollution. The study supports […] The post Study maps factory farm hotspots as federal court tosses emissions lawsuit appeared first on Investigate Midwest.| Investigate Midwest
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Glacier FarmMedia – Today’s PRRS isn’t yesterday’s PRRS. That means pig producers and veterinarians should mutate their approaches in the same way that Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is mutating. Why it matters: PRRS has changed, and producers should reassess how they respond to it. “The virus has modified, so we need to do the […] Read more| Farmtario