China’s sow herd at the end of November was 4.7% higher than the previous year at 42.96 million head, the agriculture ministry said late on Thursday.

A flattening of the U.S. swine breeding herd is supported by the continued pace of sow slaughter, analysts said in the Daily Livestock Report. Here’s a look at sow slaughter in 2021.

Equipment prices soared in 2021. As equipment manufacturers had issues sourcing parts to build new, it placed even higher demand on used. Machinery Pete weighs in on lessons learned during such a dynamic year.

In a video address to U.S. pork producers, Bill Even, National Pork Board CEO, shared the organization’s priorities for 2022.

The Biden Administration unveiled a new, four-pronged action plan to aid independent meat processors, strengthen the Packers & Stockyards Act, and issue new “Product of USA” labeling rules.

Several major U.S. supermarket chains and a food distributor filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing pork processors of conspiring to fix pork prices from at least 2009.