To the editor: Through the 1970s, 80s, 90s the economic, banking, and government experts told American farmers that agriculture's financial future lay in raising crops for export. Canada has been very successful in exporting large quantities of just about everything they raise - we know about their cattle - however, the more Canadian farmers have exported, the lower their prices. conference was organized by a number of American and European agricultural and trade organizations, including...

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Maple Leaf Foods plans to shut down yet another of its pork processing plants as part of its restructure plan to exit the pig production and pork export business. Last year Maple Leaf, Canada s largest food processor, began to restructure its operations to move away from the unprofitable pig production and pork export business and focus on higher-end meat processing. The company also completed the previously announced closure of its primary pork processing operations in Saskatoon, which...

Pork producers often call these wild hogs "feral swine" and warn they can carry brucellosis and pseudorabies. Kay Henderson Wild hogs have been common in the south for some time, but they've migrated north and started roaming the woods here in Iowa. John Ross of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says two years ago in western Iowa he began to see deep grooves in farm fields and the carcasses of animals eaten by feral swine, which have voracious appetites. Ross says the trapping...

Attic inlets, a ventilation system used for years by hog producers, are saving Ray money on her fuel costs and making her chickens happier. As part of a University of Georgia study, she's seeing paybacks through equipment that's new to poultry houses. Fuel prices are getting too high and margins too narrow to not take advantage of this. Attic inlets attached to a chicken house's ceiling pull hot air down from the attic space. In the summer, after chickens are a week or two old, the attic...

But the federal government's push for ethanol production, along with its 51-cents-per-gallon subsidy for ethanol, has caused feed-corn prices to nearly double since January 2006. They say their higher costs will likely translate to higher grocery-store prices for such things as steaks, chicken, bacon and eggs. With the spike in prices, Arnold said she's glad her family is selling its Lehi farm, once the largest in the state with thousands of pigs. feed-corn crop, according to the research...