Smithfield moves into gas production Friday, April 8, 2016 The largest pork-producing company in the world is months away from opening the largest manure-to-energy project of its kind in the United States.Nine Smithfield Foods farms housing almost two million pigs in Missouri are involved. The US$120 million project, begun in 2014, involves installation of impermeable covers and flare systems on 88 existing lagoons, each capable of holding about 15 million U.S. gallons. The hog manure will produce approximately 2.2 billion cubic feet of pipeline-quality renewable natural gas annually, equal to 17 million gallons of diesel fuel. The equivalent of 850,000 tonnes of CO² will be prevented from entering the atmosphere. Rain will be kept out of the lagoons and odour reduced.The builders are Missouri-based Roeslein Alternative Energy and ABUTEC (an acronym for Advanced Burner Technologies.), based in Georgia. According to press releases and reports, ABUTEC will install 1.5 megawatt electrical generators to deal with excess methane, letting Smithfield access about US$1 million-worth of carbon credits. Duke Energy in North Carolina will purchase the gas to meet clean energy requirements for power generation. Blake Boxley, Director of Environmental Health and Safety for Smithfield Hog Production, says this project can be replicated across the country. BP Ontario's pork industry faces an era of 'accountability and change' That whacky Chinese pork stock market
Oil Falls, Stocks Rise, and Weather Risks Shape Farm Markets Tuesday, April 21, 2026 On the weekly with experts Farms.com Risk Management Chief Commodity Strategist Moe Agostino and Commodity Strategist Abhinesh Gopal, for the week of April 13 to 17, 2026, both experts agreed that the markets moved significantly. The title of the podcast was “Crude Oil Futures Plunge 13%... Read this article online
2026 Alltech Agri-Food Outlook shares global feed production survey data Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Alltech, a global leader in the agriculture industry, has released its , a report that includes the results of the company’s annual global feed-production survey. Based on that data, global feed production in 2025 reached an estimated total of 1.44 billion metric tons (mt)—representing an... Read this article online
Operating farm equipment in Quebec Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Farms.com continues its exploration into the insurance and licensing requirements for farmers across Canada with this look into Quebec. Is a license mandatory to operate farm equipment in Quebec? If the equipment stays on private land, no license is required from the SAAQ, the Crown... Read this article online
Ag included in new Canada-U.S. economic committee Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Canadian agriculture will have a voice around the table of Prime Minister Carney’s Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations. The 25-member committee “will serve as a forum for expertise and strategy on all aspects of the Canada-U.S. economic relationship” as this summer’s... Read this article online
Operating farm equipment in Nova Scotia Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Farms.com continues its tour across Canada diving into the insurance and licensing requirements for farm equipment. This article focuses on Nova Scotia. Is a license mandatory to operate farm equipment in Nova Scotia? If the tractor or other piece of machinery remains on private... Read this article online