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A total of ten cases of bird flu have been confirmed in turkey flocks in Indiana. On Saturday, nine more commercial turkey farms in Dubois County tested positive for bird flu besides the initial case confirmed Friday, Jan. 15. All infected flocks are located in Dubois County. State health officials say further testing is underway to determine the virus type -- the initial case was determined to be H7N8 HPAI.
USDA-ARS scientists are developing novel vaccines to help protect livestock against cattle ticks that hitchhike on wildlife, such as the white-tail deer, that cross the Rio Grande River into Texas.
U.S. on-farm storage capacity rose to 13.235 billion bushels as of Dec. 1, 2015, up less than 1% from year-ago, while off-farm storage capacity rose 3% to 10.997 billion bushels as of Dec. 1, 2015, according to USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service (NASS).
Interest rate for nine-month loans to be highest since 2009
Neither Larry James nor Steve Bruere like to dwell on what divides environmentalists and the ag community when it comes to Iowa’s issues with water quality.
Most dairy farmers don’t realize there is a hole in their farm liability insurance coverage that is so big they could drive a manure tanker through it.
The court issued a preliminary injunction, which blocks the agencies from moving forward with their rule, stating it poses “irreparable harm.”
A recent survey commissioned by WAFWA shows lesser prairie-chicken numbers climbed 25 percent between 2014 and 2015.
Nothing is constant but change, and USDA’s latest acreage reports served as a not-so-subtle reminder of that. Here are the states that saw the biggest “crop swaps” this year.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says EPA’s flawed rule stems from a flawed process.