County Launches Tomato Improvement Program in Maryland
Maryland extension groups launch an intensive Tomato Improvement Program to help Free State growers and canners compete with other regions. The plan seeks lower costs, higher quality, better grower-canner relations, and informed marketing while educating consumers on tomato nutrition.
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Farmers adopt electric pig brooders to reduce losses
As almost 70 percent of farms are electrified farmers increasingly rely on electric pig brooders to help piglets survive the first weeks after birth. Electric heat reduces losses during this critical period.
Hog farrowing safety ideas reduce piglet losses
The article notes that adding pen guard rails and sloping floors at one inch per foot can lower losses from piglets crushed in farrowing pens. It mentions that one-half more pigs per litter at weaning may result, and references continuation on Page 11.
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