Steve Nedved
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Mar 08
Adding value to pork through technology
An official with the National Pork Board says consumers today aren’t just wanting to know how their food is raised – they’re wanting producers to prove how it’s raised. Brett Kaysen assistant vice president of sustainability says farmers aren’t resisting the technology as much as they once were. Especially if it adds value. “Their aptitude …
Mar 08
TellTail designed to aid pig producers
An agriculture technology startup company is focusing on software solutions for pig production management. “We take a lot of data and information into our system and we process it through predictive algorithms to help predict some of those decisions to build confidence and security in their daily farm management activities,” says co-founder Angela Green-Miller who …
Mar 08
China could be key to ethanol turnaround
RFA’s Robert White, on the far left, was part of a panel discussion at the Ethanol Issues Forum in Omaha. An ethanol industry official says resolving the trade dispute with China would be great news for the ethanol industry. Ethanol exports set a record of 1.7 billion gallons in 2018, even though China was out …
Mar 08
Unemployment rate drops to 3.8% as 20,000 jobs added in February
PeopleImages/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added just 20,000 jobs to their payrolls in February, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, a sharp drop from the 311,000 jobs added the previous month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said employment in professional and business services, health care and wholesale trade continued to rise while employment in construction went …
Mar 08
Barbie turns 60: From teen model to diverse go-getter, how she’s inspired girls since 1959
Mattel / ABC Photo Illustration(NEW YORK) — She arrived at the 1959 New York Toy Fair in a striped bathing suit donning red lipstick and her trademark blonde pony tail. And after 60 years, it is Barbie who continues to touch the lives of young girls as the doll befriends children in households across the …
Mar 08
Women are less aggressive than men when applying for jobs: LinkedIn
hocus-focus/iStock(NEW YORK) — Women are less aggressive than men when they apply for jobs — applying for fewer positions and asking for help less frequently — according to a new LinkedIn survey. The study builds on a benchmark internal report from Hewlett Packard that found women tend to apply for a new job only when …
Mar 08
2018 beef exports set record, pork falls short in second half of the year
Despite trade wars and retaliatory tariffs, exports of US beef and pork ended 2018 at record and near record levels. CEO of the US Meat Export Federation Dan Halstrom says it was a tremendous year for US beef. “Coming in at about $8.3 billion in value for global trade for beef,” he says. “There were …
Mar 08
Preparing for the growing season
Farmers typically begin planning for next year before harvest is done. With margins expected to remain tight, an extension crops educator says what’s already planned should be reviewed and what needs to be planned deserves careful consideration. Dave Nicolai with the University of Minnesota mentions crop rotation, seed selection, fertility management, and weed control among …
Mar 08
Duchess Meghan makes advocating for women a focus of her work as a royal
DOMINIC LIPINSKI/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has held true to a prediction royal watchers made about the role she would play as a member of Britain’s royal family. The mom-to-be, who is expecting her first child with Prince Harry, has made advocating for women a focus of her work. Since marrying Harry …
Mar 08
FBI Most Wanted murder suspect arrested after over four years on the run
FBI(WASHINGTON) — Maryland police officers responding to a call about a suspicious person ended up arresting one of the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives. Lamont Stephenson, who had been wanted since being identified as a suspect in a 2014 murder, was found sleeping in a rental truck at about 2 a.m. in Prince George’s …