The Canadian federal budget’s establishment of a vaccine bank for foot-and-mouth disease is an excellent step forward for Canada’s pork industry, Canadian Pork Council chair Rene Roy says.

Country music superstar Luke Bryan is helping uncover the good all around us – at the table and beyond – as he teams up with Smithfield Foods in a new collaboration.

The 12th-annual Iowa Swine Day program is packed with a top-notch group of speakers focusing on important issues facing U.S. pork producers. Mark your calendar to attend this event on Thursday, June 29.

More than 100 pork producers from around the country attended NPPC’s Spring Legislative Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Here’s a look at the big topics they brought to the table.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 34,050 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $34.29, down $5.35 per head from last week.

Boston resident Altin Kalo, chief economist with Steiner Consulting Group, said the hog market reminds him a little of his drive in to work each day in Boston traffic.