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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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How Technology Is Improving Red Meat Yield in Cattle - Cow-Calf Corner

Video: How Technology Is Improving Red Meat Yield in Cattle - Cow-Calf Corner

Advances in technology are changing how beef producers evaluate cattle for red meat yield. In this edition of Cow-Calf Corner, Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, discusses emerging technologies that improve the accuracy of predicting red meat yield and what these innovations mean for the future of beef production.