National Hog Farmer
The 2012 farm bill passed by the Senate Agriculture Committee does not include a livestock title. However, there are a number of issues important to the livestock and poultry industries included in the bill, including funding for a feral swine ...

Audubon Magazine
VIDEO: Missouri farmer Tom Smith saves prairie and grassland birds. Missouri once boasted 15 million acres of native prairie, but today less than 0.5 percent remains. Hi Lonesome, a remnant of that prairie, was used by bison, elk, and huge flocks of ...

Patriot-News (blog)
The poultry industry used to have trouble finding a market for dark meat, but changing domestic tastes and growing exports to countries that prefer leg quarters are pushing up prices and helping pull the poultry industry out of a deep slump.
Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Republic
Turkey gnats have begun swarming, so poultry should be kept in barns or sheds during the day, says LSU AgCenter poultry specialist Theresia Lavergne. The tiny black flies are likely to be a problem until early May. Lavergne says toxins in their saliva ...
Alexandria Town Talk

National Hog Farmer
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012—The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that it is dedicating the month of April to sharing information about the threat that invasive plant pests, diseases ...
North American Press Syndicate