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The marketplace called for a sharp cut in the U.S. hog herd, and the industry responded last year. That's reason for optimism that the bleeding hog industry should heal and return to higher prices for farmers in 2010.

The next decade of agriculture will require more management, innovation and cash, a nationally recognized farm economist told a group of producers and related industries Dec. 10 in Ohio’s Marion County. Source: Farm and Dairy

English farmers are being urged to show how they alter the countryside. Some 5000 farmers are being contacted by DEFRA in a bid to ascertain the amount of environmental work carried out on farms. Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive

The Federal Government has agreed to a range of amendments to its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in the hope it will convince the Opposition to back the bill through Parliament. Source: ABC Rural

Remember a couple of years ago when outside money started pouring into the grain trade, derailing it from its relationship with traditional fundamentals? As economic uncertainty continues, that's starting to happen again. Source: AgricultureOnline

FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio — Ohio Christmas tree growers are donating real Christmas trees as part of Operation Evergreen sponsored by the Ohio Christmas Tree Association with support from the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation and FedEx Corporation. Source: Farm and Dairy

The bank accounts of every farmer in England have been at risk after the Rural Payments Agency lost confidential data belonging to anyone who has ever claimed a single farm payment. Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive

The surging Australia dollar has sent the beef export market to its lowest point in years. The dollar hit 93 US cents in the last week, with economists predicting it will remain strong well into next year. Source: ABC Rural

Drying, handling costs make '09 a good year to store soybeans on the farm, specialists say. Source: AgricultureOnline

COLUMBUS — Ohio wheat producers who have not been able to plant wheat because of the excessive wet weather have an extension before they must report the acreage to the Farm Service Agency. Source: Farm and Dairy

Britain must lead world research if crop production is to meet global food demands, experts have warned. Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive

The National Party will not support an emissions trading scheme, regardless of any concessions for farmers. Source: ABC Rural

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, considered the world's richest man and now one of the top philanthropists in the battle against hunger, called for a practical approach when he spoke to a packed hotel ballroom at the World Food Prize meeting in Des Moines, Iowa Thursday. Source: AgricultureOnline

Issue Two is the attempt by the Ohio Farm Bureau to negate the efforts of HSUS on behalf of the animals being raised on the industrial livestock farms in Ohio.

EU agriculture ministers are set to hold talks on the crisis in the dairy industry. Source: Farmer's Weekly Interactive