Indiana hog farmers eye profit as demand rises
Purdue economist Chris Hurt projects rising pork prices and a 3 percent drop in supplies this year. Winter prices may average mid $30s, climbing to $42-$45 by June with summer near $40-$45. Higher feed costs could trim profits, prompting some producers to sell herds. Hog numbers on U.S. farms fell 4 percent year over year, with notable declines in Wisconsin Indiana and Ohio.
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West Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Purdue University
Chris Hurt
Purdue
Hurt
Agriculture Department
U.S
Iowa State University Extension
John Lawrence
Lawrence
Hart
Midwest
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Ohio
Cloning Research Aims Attract Top Cattle Experts In Georgia
Researchers led by Steve Stice at the University of Georgia plan cattle cloning to improve genetics, medicines, and organ sources. The project seeks higher quality beef, with aims to clone pigs next, amid cost and technical hurdles. Georgia Research Alliance funds support for Stice and 32 eminent scholars with endowments of 1.5 million dollars.
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Albany, Ga
University of Georgia
Georgia Research Alliance
Athens
Steve Stice
Stice
Advanced Cell Technology Inc
Worcester
Mass
Scotland
United States
Bill Todd
Plum pox virus hits Pennsylvania peach orchards
In Adams County near Gardners, Pennsylvania, the plum pox virus has infected about 800 acres on four farms within a two mile radius. Authorities quarantine two townships as testing continues on 6,000 leaf samples. The outbreak threatens millions in potential losses for peach and other stone fruit growers nationwide.
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Chile
U.S
Pennsylvania
John Peters
Peter
Adams County
John Halbrendt
Penn State University
Gardners
Philadelphia
La Nina flood forecast spans coasts and regions
U S Geological Survey predicts higher river levels in the Northwest and along the Eastern seaboard in early year, with more swelling in the north central states and Appalachia and reduced flood risk in the Southwest New England and northern Mississippi basin. Predictions cover through July and rely on La Nina climate signals and past river flows.
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Los Angeles
Northwest
Eastern
Seaboard
Pacific Ocean
U.S. Geological Survey
North Central States
Appalachia
Southwest
New England
Mississippi River
William Pattert
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pacific
South America
Equator
Growers seek bypass of embargo on Cuba wheat sales
Wheat growers explore legal workarounds to sell nearly 1 million tons of U.S. wheat to private Cuban buyers. Dawn Forsythe of U S Wheat Associates cites three potential private organizations in Cuba that could import wheat as flour after milling abroad, aiming to match a church aid model used by a pharmaceutical firm. United Nations World Food Program and National Council of Churches are noted as other possible buyers.
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Wichita
U.S
Cuba
Dawn Forsythe
U.S. Wheat Associates
Washington, D.C
Wheat Associates
Congress
Forsythe
European Union
Canada
Argentina
Caritas
Tiny Wasps to Battle California Eucalyptus Pests
Australian wasps the size of pepper grains will be released this spring in Griffith Park Woodland Hills and Valley Village in Los Angeles and Torrance to combat the red gum lerp psyllids harming California eucalyptus trees. Officials cite spraying tall trees as uneconomical and unsafe and hope the non stinging insects will parasitize the psyllids by laying eggs inside them, with larvae destroying the pests.
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Los Angeles
California
Griffith Park
Woodland Hills
Valley Village
Torrance
Robert Donley
Environmental Protection Bureau
Los Angeles County
Department of Agricultural
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