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Connect with our webinar where experts discuss how to get the best value when you choose water as your method of antibiotic delivery.

This one-of-a-kind webinar sponsored by Zoetis provides insight on how to successfully remove ractopamine from pork production systems from feed mills to production to processing.

As African swine fever (ASF) continues its deadly spread across Asia and Europe, discussions on biosecurity are laced with increased urgency.

Each farm is different in terms of management and facilities, so there’s no blanket approach to biosecurity.

Producers battle invisible enemies that threaten our industry daily. From ASF to FMD, the impact of these diseases on the U.S. would be devastating. Now's the time to improve biosecurity in your operation.

Because labor productivity is directly related to output, it has a major impact on economic growth and the standard of living.

There are many days to be thankful and celebrate but few have us as excited as Sept. 1— International Bacon Day! Yes, a whole day to celebrate the versatile strips of meat that turn dishes from good to sensational!

Whether in the classroom or on the street, there are people who want to put an end to animal agriculture. Here are six tips for how you can effectively share your point of view.

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) is supporting a near real-time domestic swine disease monitoring system.

This market update is a Pork weekly column reporting trends in weaner pig prices and swine facility availability.

All over the country, instructors are sharing an opinionated view of food production.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for the second straight session on Tuesday, easing on follow-through technical selling in the wake of bearish government supply data released late on Friday, traders

It۪s bad enough wading through rhetorical swamps teeming with PR-ese written by animal activist screechers. But since when did the mainstream media become their press agents?

All over the country, instructors are sharing an opinionated view of food production.

Three National Pork Board officers and two members of the senior leadership team saw first-hand the potential for pork in Japan and China during a recent trade mission trip to those countries. Read about their impressio

Unseasonably hot U.S. weather is accelerating corn and soy crop maturity after months of concerns that lagging development could drag down yields or put some late-planted acres at risk of damage from frost, agronomists

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled about 2 percent on Monday after government data on Friday showed bigger-than-expected placements of cattle on feed in August.

Hurricane Maria will come close enough to North Carolina to trigger gusty winds and rain, while unleashing dangerous seas elsewhere along the East Coast this week

The only person who can build your farm’s culture is you. Here are ways to accomplish that goal.

This market update is a PorkNetwork weekly column reporting trends in weaner pig prices and swine facility availability. All information contained in this update is for the week ended September 22, 2017.

Nebraska’s success luring Costco’s chicken processing plant to Fremont suggests they may be a fit for Tyson.

Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is planning $28 million expansion of its Waterloo pork processing plant

It can be a challenge to keep up with the latest technology and how it might fit on your farmwhich is exactly why Farm Journal is hosting the AgTech Expo. Whether you۪re a novice, an early adopter or somewhere in betwe

Agriculture continues to be the most deadly industry in the United States based on the number of deaths per 100,000 workers.

Expansion has been deliberate and thoughtful at Hanor. Establishing working relationships with genetic stakeholders and processors has been key to the company's success from conception. Early Beginnings Hermann Kronsede

A three-pronged strategy, led by R. Dean Boyd, of financial viability, production management and technical improvement has kept Hanor at the forefront of innovation.

U.S. live cattle futures jumped to the highest levels in over a month on Friday, lifted by technical buying and expectations for bullish government supply data that was due after the close of trading.

Federal police in Brazil sent a formal request to prosecutors to pursue insider trading charges against Wesley and Joesley Batista, owners of JBS SA.

On their Seymour, Ill., corn and soybean farm, the Klein family works each day to make sure their operation is running efficiently while keeping their goals in mind. With numerous family members and employees, it can so

The Brown County, S.D., Planning Commission has rejected the proposed expansion of a small hog operation in the Bath, S.D., area.

Hong Kong authorities on Thursday suspended meat imports from a Brazilian exporter and two producers on suspicions that health certificates had been falsified for 10 shipments of frozen chicken feet and livestock offal.

No matter what state fair you go to this year, bacon is all the rage! Here's are a few of our favorites:

Soybeans have come full circle not only from this year۪s price rally but back to the familiar two-year range of $8 to $10 per bushel that occurred from 2008 to 2010. It took the droughts of 2011 and 2012 to allow an up

China could import up to 20 million tons of corn a year, more than six times the current level, to meet a switch to greater use of ethanol in fuel, an analyst predicted on Thursday.

Food companies and marketers should be careful what they name their products.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange October lean hog futures fell sharply to a contract low on Thursday, weighed down by a months-long decline in cash prices and abundant supplies, traders said.

As we turn the calendar to fall, will summer-like weather stick around the Midwest? Mike Hoffman of AgDay shares the forecast for September 21 and beyond.

Shunned by Leavenworth County, other communities are interested in new plant.

That is the question: Whether ۪tis nobler on the grill to slather one۪s steak with the salt and pepper of outrageous flavor, or rise up against a sea of chefs who say: ay, there۪s the rub.

Farrow-to-finish pork producers lost an average of $4 per hog last week, according to Sterling Marketing's Profit Tracker.

With a new administration in place and movement on this issue in Washington, D.C., this article offers an overview of where we have been and where we are going.

Interview questions related to a candidate's age, citizenship, nationality or language, religion, disability, marital or family status are the most common offenses by interviewers. However, this is not an inclusive lis

Even if upcoming tax reform eliminates the federal estate tax, many states will continue to keep an estate tax as part of their tax regime.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures notched their biggest gains in 11 months on Wednesday, boosted by optimism for higher cash cattle prices and technical buying, traders and analysts said.

As we look at our portfolio, it remains very strong in terms of working capital and owner equity, in general, but I know it's just a snapshot and does not represent one individual producer. I also know the variation in

How can people claim to love animals as most of us freely acknowledge and then kill them for our eating pleasure? Psychologists have one explanation; I've got another. Are you familiar with what psychologists well,

Working with people outside of the family on a family farm can present challenges. On the Klein۪s Seymour, Ill. farm, they strive to make sure everyone feels heard.

U.S. livestock futures gained on technical buying on Tuesday, with feeder cattle rising to a two-month high and lean hogs climbing by as much as 2.6 percent, traders said.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is preparing for its first major marketing events for U.S. beef in China, which recently reopened to U.S. beef after a 13-year absence from the market.