Farm Journal’s PORK asked four industry experts a simple, yet straightforward question. Admittedly, it’s one that doesn’t have an easy answer.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 43,850 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $60.84, up $4.35 per head from last week.

The definition maintains longstanding exemptions for farming activities but trims an exclusion for prior converted cropland that had been in the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Everyone has their eye on next spring to be the big fork in the road or the big reveal as to how our current situation in the U.S. and global economy will find its pathway to a resolution (of inflation primarily).

Here’s a list of the stories that drew eyes from the pork industry and beyond in 2022. Which one was your favorite?

Sow behavioral changes from weaning to 10 days post-weaning can provide important clues about the optimum time for breeding. Nicole Moest, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, is exploring possibilities.