Georgia's Hog Down Awards and Higher Tariffs for Canada
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced its Hog Down Awards Program, an incentive-based effort to increase use of traps to remove sounders of feral hogs.
Trapping to remove large groups, especially female hogs and their young, is the most efficient way to combat this destructive species, according to the Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division.
Through this program, the Georgia DNR will award 20 hog traps, 5 each quarter, to randomly selected participants.
www.gfb.org/news/ag-news/post/georgia-dnr-introduces-hog-down-awards-program
**President Trump says Canada will face higher duties for some products beginning next month due to the Canadian government’s decision to retaliate against U.S. duties applied this year.
He also reiterated his call for greater market access for U.S. dairy producers.
From August 1, Canadian products not covered by the USMCA will face a 35% tariff, up from the existing 25%.
Energy products and potash will still face the reduced 10% rate.
**A recent study finds that drought can lengthen heat waves if these two features occur at the same time.
A NOAA/NIDIS research team found that drought increased the average duration of heat waves by 13 to 48 hours at most of the weather stations included in the study.
Nationally, heat waves during drought had an average of about nine more hours of extreme heat compared to heat waves that occur in non-drought conditions.
