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Jennifer Shike

As the brand leader of Farm Journal’s PORK and host of “The PORK Podcast,” Jennifer Shike pairs her deep animal science expertise with a heart for the people in the pork industry. Her work is a vital resource on swine health and biosecurity, reporting on threats such as PRRS, PED and African swine fever. By keeping a close watch on national and state policy, she translates trade deals, California’s Proposition 12, environmental regulations and farm bill updates into what they mean for American pork producers.

Latest Stories
Sometimes it feels like there are so many things we shouldn’t do when it comes to dealing with animal activists. Don’t get provoked. Don’t be easily angered. Don’t engage. Don’t confront. But what can we do?
Challenges are just part of the pork industry. There’s no way to avoid them because there’s no way to control every variable. But Chad Leman, an Illinois farmer, says he’s not crying in his napkin yet.
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.
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 demand for crocodile meat is exploding in Thailand as local consumers are hit by a spike in the price of pork.
A news story about a “pig farmer” in Iowa facing allegations of livestock neglect went viral this week. After reading the stories and doing research, here’s why I think he’s being mislabeled as a pig farmer.
APHIS is allowing biosecure facilities that handle regulated garbage to hold it in tightly sealed, leak-proof containers for up to 120 hours. Prior to that, garbage had to be processed within 72 hours.
Ohio pork producer and Columbus Blue Jackets hockey fan Jacey Snyder’s dream came true when defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov sported her socks during a recent game.