In Part 1 (Time to Shake Things Up in the Meat Business), speakers at the 2023 World Pork Expo talked about changing consumers’ mindset on pork loins. Here’s what the industry plans to do.
Our friends in the European nation most famous for its beer and chocolates is now advising its citizens to concentrate their diets on water, veggies, tofu and noodles. Meat? Oh, not at all!
Leslie McCuiston, a pig farmer from Columbus, Nebraska, is the 2017 America's Pig Farmer of the Year. She achieved the highest combined score from a third-party judging panel and online voting.
Although the U.S. is no longer part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, what happens to the agreement could have a significant impact on pork producers here.
The annual James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference will be held on Nov. 2-3. The program is designed to answer daily concerns of swine practitioners, but producers will find it valuable as well.
After recovering from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus in 2014, pork producers not only regained productivity levels lost during that time, but surpassed previous levels on a steady upward trend.
Interview questions related to a candidate’s age, citizenship, nationality or language, religion, disability, marital or family status are the most common offenses. However, this is not an inclusive list.
“NAFTA has been a resounding success, and we don’t want to go backwards,” said Nick Giordano, vice president and counsel, global government affairs, for the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). He said losing access to the Mexican and Canadian markets for pork would be a “huge financial problem.”
Grain quality issues can create additional problems with weaned piglets, but so can the protocols meant to protect pigs against contaminated feed, say researchers.
The majority of research on gut function in weaned pigs has focused on the first 1-2 weeks post-weaning while the long-term impacts are often overlooked.
Weaning is a critical time in a pig’s life. Try to control as many variables as you can, and consider these tips for keeping pigs on the right track.
Wild pigs are as much a problem in Europe as they are in the U.S., say industry, government and health officials there. Rome’s Democratic Party has accused the city’s present administration of failing to tackle the problem of rubbish in the streets, thought to be a factor in attracting both wild pigs and rats.
Don’t expect a big change in hog prices in the short term, but barring major increases in production, producers should see an uptick as the year progresses. Here's what to keep your eyes on.
You could imagine it happening in Iowa, the largest pork-producing state in the nation, where pigs far outnumber people. But it was in New Hampshire – not Iowa – that a pig showed up at the polls.
The global pork market will remain weak through the rest of the first quarter, followed by a slight improvement leading into Q2, according to Rabobank’s Global Pork Quarterly Q1 report.
After going through 2014 – arguably the most profitable year in modern times – producers are re-evaluating their balance sheets as prices dip below the cost of production in 2016.
