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Protecting What’s Important in the Swine Industry, Scientifically Speaking
Sound science is not just a talking point for pork producers. It is the foundation of responsible environmental management and the basis for the stewardship decisions they make every day. For generations, science-based practices have protected our natural resources. It’s helped the industry cut its environmental footprint by 8% while using 75% less land, 25% less water, and 7% less energy over the past 50-plus years.
Fighting Back: The Ongoing Battle Against the Activist Playbook
The activist playbook is predictable: file a frivolous lawsuit, challenge an effective agricultural rule or regulation, flood the case with money and cast farmers as villains. This strategy, designed to stifle American ag, threatens not only farmers but also our entire food supply. It’s up to those of us in the industry to push back. Producers know what’s best for their animals, their farms and the communities they serve.
I-80 Planting Tour: Ohio Farmers Dodge Snow and Cold Weather
The latest crop progress numbers from USDA are in line with trader expectations. The report showing, nationally, 17% of the corn crop is planted. That is 3% behind the five-year average. Ohio is 8% planted. Also, nationally 8% of soybeans are planted which is 3% ahead of the five-year average. Again, 8% of soybeans are planted in Ohio where farmers like Scott Mavis are seeing big improvements over last year as they roll through the field.
Pork Industry, Don’t Underestimate Proposition 12
( National Pork Board and the Pork Checkoff ) By Michael Formica, NPPC Assistant Vice President, Domestic Affairs & Counsel The California ballot initiative, which passed Nov. 6, 2018, will significantly increase the price of pork for consumers both in California and nationwide. Set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, it applies to any pork sold in California, whether raised there or outside of the state’s borders.
Pork Industry, Don’t Underestimate Proposition 12
( National Pork Board and the Pork Checkoff ) By Michael Formica, NPPC Assistant Vice President, Domestic Affairs & Counsel The California ballot initiative, which passed Nov. 6, 2018, will significantly increase the price of pork for consumers both in California and nationwide. Set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, it applies to any pork sold in California, whether raised there or outside of the state’s borders.
Letter: Plan for Carriage House in Palm Beach could be 'renaissance' to area
By Michael Formica and Bob HiemstraSpecial to the Daily News Sunday Dec 9, 2018 at 4:30 AM As residents of Phipps Plaza, we enthusiastically support the preservation and restoration of the landmarked properties at 264 and 270 S. County Road and their conversion into a private club. Palm Beach is at a tipping point. The revitalization of the landmarked Royal Poinciana Plaza is a great example.
A Midcentury Modern House in New Canaan, Connecticut | Architectural Digest
Mine is a totally modern world. My partner, photographer Bob Hiemstra, and I spend most of the week in Manhattan, where my decorative-arts advisory and design firm is based, living in an apartment tower devised in 1966 by Wallace K. Harrison, the architect behind such landmarks as the Time-Life Building in Rockefeller Center and the United Nations headquarters. On Friday afternoons we drive north to relax for a couple of days in our New Canaan, Connecticut, haven.
Job opportunities in Bulgaria, Romania for IMCOM-Europe employees
Team, We have a new mission inside of Europe. Camp Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania, and Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, are forward operating sites that support EUCOM's mission in East Europe. Both are contingency bases, but unlike other places around the world, they are not located in a hostile fire or hazardous duty location.
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