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Gains in pork production expected to end
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Barnyard boon or bust? the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
The goal of the National Animal Identification System is to trace the origin of a diseased animal within 48 hours. But would an optional, voluntary system accomplish this goal without unduly hurting small farmers?
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Meat production
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Hog producers still expanding
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Meat production continues to trend upward
Journal Article
Industrialization in hog production: implications for Midwest agriculture
Mega producers have ushered in a new era for Midwest agriculture and amplified the growing environmental concerns associated with concentrated animal agriculture. The combination threatens to undermine the Midwest's long-held dominance in hog production and processing.
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Cattle numbers post modest gain
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Hogs numbers expanding
Journal Article
The new U.S. meat industry
A new meat industry is rapidly emerging in the United States, as food retailers, meat processors, and farms and ranches coalesce into fewer and larger businesses. The industry?s rapid consolidation in recent years has triggered alarms that the industry?s new giants in retailing and processing could drive up food prices for consumers and drive down livestock prices for producers. How should public policy respond to the industry?s consolidation? And how can all participants in the industry?producers, processors, retailers, and consumers?benefit from its new structure?> Barkema, Drabenstott, and ...