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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 Is New World Screwworm News Affecting Cattle Markets?

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Recent developments involving New World screwworm have raised concerns across the livestock industry. In this edition of Livestock Marketing, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist Derrell Peel discusses how the latest New World screwworm news is influencing cattle markets and what producers should watch moving forward.