…the boards of directors of the American Yorkshire Club and the United Duroc Swine Registry – now known as the National Swine Registry – and as field man for the…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…the South African Rand, the Indian Rupee and the Turkish Lira, sales in the region grew by 10.6 % in the quarter compared to the corresponding period in 2015. In…
Agri View: Chocolate Pleasure
…751 West African climate stations. They showed that parts of the West African cocoa belt, which extends from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, are in danger of becoming savanna by 2050…
U.S. Beef Hits South Africa
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that the first shipment of U.S. beef recently arrived in South Africa following the reopening of the South African market earlier this year….
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…losing its monopoly on the ostrich. Another problem was also looming from the exports of South African ostriches into various countries, and that was the heart-water fever virus. Heart-water fever…
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…hog control programs. (Photo courtesy of The Augusta Chronicle) “Basically it’s giving a salt overdose to pigs,” said Matthew Ondovchik, Georgia’s feral swine coordinator with the USDA’s Wildlife Services program….
Agri View: Chicken Wings
…out that growing up in an African-American community, he’d frequently eaten chicken wings as a standard dish; what he invented was a special “mambo sauce” for the wings he served…
Agri View: Food Protection
…severe abdominal pain, and vomiting. Usually, little or no fever is present. Symptoms of HUS include decreased urine production, dark or tea-colored urine, and facial pallor. Duration of Illness 5-10…
South Africa Now Taking U.S. Pork
…that didn’t pass the red face test.” One of those restrictions was to prevent the spread of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) to South African livestock even though the…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…wood boring beetles in Oregon; Giant African land snail: $2,203,080 to support ongoing eradication efforts in Florida; Spotted lanternfly: $1,666,612 million to support eradication and education efforts in Pennsylvania; Coconut…
A Brief History of the Navel Orange in California – From the Sacramento Bee
…married three times and divorced twice, adopted an African American child, lived in New York City where she was a practicing spiritualist, marched with Fredrick Douglass in 1871 to petition…
Exports to South Africa
…of poultry, pork and beef and their products to re-gain access to the South African market, pursuant to an out-of-cycle review of South Africa conducted under the African Growth and…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…costs for farmers while benefiting the environment. Civil Rights To address long-standing allegations of past discrimination, we settled large-scale class-action lawsuits with Native American and African American farmers and ranchers…
Agri View: War on Feral Hogs!
…by feral swine here. For information about how to identify and report feral swine damages, see the Identifying and Reporting Feral Swine factsheet here. Photo credit: Photos courtesy of USDA/APHIS….