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African Swine Fever (Update)

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By Barry Whitworth, DVM / Area Food/Animal Quality and Health Specialist for Eastern Oklahoma

On July 28, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Dominican Republic.


The USDA is assisting the Dominican Republic with their efforts to contain and control this virus as well as offering help to Haiti which borders the Dominican Republic.


The Dominican Republic is slightly over 200 miles from Puerto Rico. With Puerto Rico being a territory of the United States, any ASF found there would result in the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) restricting the exportation of pork from the U.S.


For this reason, the USDA is establishing a Foreign Animal Disease protection zone in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and is increasing efforts to keep ASF out of the continental U.S.

To read more pick up a copy of the November 2021 NTFR issue. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.

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Ag Elsewhere: Wyoming

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By Tressa Lawrence

Despite some blue skies, March can still bring sub-zero temperatures to Wyoming as calves hit the ground.

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Ag Elsewhere: Montana

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By Lindsey Monk

Welding on some corrals before dark. It’s been a mild winter in Montana so far, knock on wood.

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Land Market Report: January Land Sales

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By Jared Groce

The rural land market in North Texas has had a fairly stale start to the year, with the number of transactions closed being minimal so far. There has been an increase in call volume from buyers, and some are turning into contracts, but I feel like we are still a little slower than we usually are at this time of the year. The “experts” are expecting fewer transactions in 2024 as compared to 2023, and they may be correct, because election years always seem to be slower. Once the election is over, and regardless of who wins, things seem to pick up once again. It is a strange phenomena that just seems to happen every four years.

With the amount of growth that we are currently experiencing here, I do not expect things to get any cheaper. More people means more houses, and they have to have land to build those houses on.

To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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