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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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Why High Cattle Prices Still Aren’t Driving Herd Expansion

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Record cattle prices haven't been enough to encourage widespread herd expansion in the U.S. White Oak Pastures owner Will Harris tells Paul Yeager that rising land prices, equipment costs, labor needs and industry consolidation continue to discourage investment.