Wade Hendricks is always thinking about the next generation and how he can breed better Duroc hogs. Here’s why he jumped at the opportunity to get involved with a new Duroc pork program.

Backed-up pork processing plants. Holding diets. The waiting game. If anything good came out of the pandemic and it’s initial impact on the pork supply chain, Randy Francois said it was hog inventory management.

What do consumers want? Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2022 Stakeholders Summit will dive into the question, hoping to stay ahead of the next wave of consumer preferences.

It’s a prime opportunity to address a gap in the industry, says National Swine Registry CEO Clay Zwilling. Here’s why NSR is moving forward with its first association-based branded pork program, Certified DUROC Pork.

It’s no surprise pork products made the U.S. CBP’s Top 10 Agriculture Seizures of 2021 list more than once. Protecting animal ag is a high priority, especially as deadly swine viruses like ASF move closer to the U.S.

The Biden administration and some cattle groups blame meat industry concentration for producers getting a smaller share of consumer dollars for beef than they did decades ago. The Meat Institute disputes such claims.