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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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Can Smaller Cows Produce High-Performing Calves? - Cow-Calf Corner

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Can smaller cows produce high-performing calves? In this edition of Cow-Calf Corner, Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, shares a story that illustrates how smaller cows can ultimately produce calves that perform at a high level.