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Ken Maschhoff, president of the National Pork Producers Council, has built a pork empire from the family farm headquarters outside Carlyle, Illinois. Click on commodity to view all contracts. Data displayed for corn, soybeans, and wheat is for the nearby crop. For related content and insights from industry experts, sign up for Successful Farming newsletters. Producers are now marketing hogs...

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AgFed has been providing financial products and services to our members for over 80 years, including auto loans, mortgages, credit cards, checking, online and mobile banking. We offer low rates and high quality member service. Effective Monday, November 16, 2015, AgFed will no longer offer the option of purchasing VISA Gift Cards online. » Continue Reading. The 2016 AgFed Board of Directors...

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is a consumer protection and service agency that affects the lives of all Kentuckians every day. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture administers Kentucky Proud, the state's official farm marketing program. The Department is led by Ryan Quarles, Kentucky's commissioner of agriculture. Kentuckians should be on the lookout for preying credit card skimmers...

Agriculture in the Classroom website provides a network and resources for educators that seek to engage K-12 audiences and improve agricultural literacy. Register now to attend the 2016 National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona: June 20-24. CHS Scholarship to attend National Conference is now available! Due: February 29, 2016 View 2015 National Conference Highlights from Louisville, KY! Meet the...

Agriculture Future of America is pleased to welcome Kevin Eye, WinField, a Land O’Lakes, Inc. company, to its Board of Directors. The AFA Board represents recognized leaders from agri-businesses, land-grant universities, associations and production agriculture. Eye was elected during the AFA Board of Director’s first meeting of 2016. He takes the place of Mike Vande Logt, WinField. Read more....

From India and Ethiopia to Malawi and Madagascar, interactive voice response (IVR) is increasingly being used by agricultural extension services. Often detested by Americans because of overuse in customer service lines ("Your call is important to us..."), IVR does not have the same reputation in... The World Bank’s Food and Agriculture Global Practice, collaborated with Digital Green, an...

AgricultureInformation.com is one of the earliest (founded 1999) and most active agriculture website in India. Read more. Latest call recordings with experts - visit TELE.FARM agriculture call centre. AgricultureInformation.com - India's leading agriculture website.

Through agricultural education, students are provide opportunities for leadership development, personal growth, and career success through classroom/laboratory instruction, work-based learning (SAE), and student leadership organizations (FFA and PAS) Sign-up to receive email updates regarding agricultural education by Clicking Here. Teaching Vacancy:Brown County High School - Mt....

Most of us know agriculture as something that involves only the farmers. We think that we do not have anything to do with it because we are not the ones producing crops and raising livestock. This only means that most of us do not really know what is agriculture. Agriculture is the art and business of cultivating soil, raising livestock and producing crops. It is also called farming or...

Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. Here you can see examples of videos, download them or order a DVD copy. The audio tracks can also be downloaded by radio stations. This is a platform for agricultural R&D staff, service providers, extension agents, communication professionals and representatives of farmer organisations to...

This comprehensive, voluntary, proactive program is designed to reduce farmers’ legal and environmental risks through a three-phase process: 1) education; 2) farm-specific risk assessment and practice implementation; and 3) on-farm verification that ensure the farmer has implemented environmentally sound practices. The program’s four systems — Farmstead ,Cropping, Livestock and the newly...

Dung Beetles: Future Heroes of Organic Food Safety? Publication: Food Safety News Oct. 28, 2014 - In 2011, an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in Oregon killed one person and sickened more than a dozen people. The outbreak was eventually traced back to organic strawberries grown at an Oregon farm, but how E. coli had managed to contaminate the strawberries remained a mystery for some time afterward....

The event is over but the conversation continues Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5: Solutions for People in Drylands and Beyond provides a unique opportunity for the natural resource and agriculture community to share solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agricultural landscapes. The event provides a venue to engage with key stakeholders and decision makers, and...

Ten Philippine Missions throughout the US offer consular services. Each Mission covers a specific geographic region. To find out which Mission can assist you, what the hours of operation are and how to reach it please use our interactive Consulate Finder. Embassy of the Philippines - Department of Agriculture.