SowBridge continues to offer distance learning flexibility and convenience

Nebraska The successful distance education program SowBridge begins its third year in January 2010. The program receives great reviews from a wide range of participants which helped solidify the decision to continue offering it, said Duane Reese, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension swine specialist. [Read More]

Friday the 13th marks record losses for pork farmers, says MU swine economist

Missouri As of noon on Friday the 13th of November, pork producers have lost more money than they lost in the pork price disaster of 1998-99, said Ron Plain, University of Missouri Extension livestock economist. "Hog farmers are losing more money than they did in what they thought was a once-a-lifetime crunch just a decade ago," Plain said. [Read More]

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