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National Pork Board Offers $46K for Top Innovators in Challenge

With foreign animal disease such as African swine fever closer than ever to the United States, the National Pork Board has launched its first-ever innovation challenge that deals with the potential need of mass carcass disposal. The challenge is seeking new and innovative methods of pig mortality disposal that go beyond the existing methods of burial, incineration, composting and landfills and provide pig farmers with more options.

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Farmer Erwin Heuwieser is convinced: The CLAAS mower combination sets new standards ??

Video: Farmer Erwin Heuwieser is convinced: The CLAAS mower combination sets new standards ??


On his family farm, which includes cattle fattening and a contracting business, three CLAAS forage harvesters and a CLAAS combine harvester ensure maximum efficiency and top performance. Now, a CLAAS mower combination has joined the machinery fleet, further boosting productivity. The Heuwieser family is especially impressed by the innovative slope control with inclination sensor, which allows optimal adaptation to any terrain