Pig and Earth Farm: The value in small scale agriculture
The value of his business, he said, is built into the benefits of small scale farming instead of farming at scale. “The main ...
The Taipei Times10d
Pig farming is trending toward large-scale: census
Pig farming at scale continues to be the trend with most pig farms averaging about 900 pigs, while farms with fewer than 200 ...
Small-scale farmers face operational challenges as executive order halts federal grants
The Trump administration's executive order freezing federal loans and grants has left organizations and nonprofits with more ...
Farmer's Weekly4d
Biosecurity & nutrition: the foundation of pig farming success
JD Mostert, a consulting swine nutritionist at CS Vet, and Dr Stefan Steyn, a veterinarian at Afrivet, shared their expertise ...
Charlotte Observer18d
With little oversight, NC poultry farms raise 1 billion birds a year. Who pays the cost?
For many years, hog farming was North Carolina’s best-known industrial-scale agricultural sector. The state imposed a moratorium on new swine farms in 1997 following concerns about the ...