Hog Production
Audrey Angus, a swine specialist with Furst-McNess, opens up about her battle with cancer and how she refuses to let it define her.
A show pig is often a family affair. For one Georgia family, a show pig became more of a companion as the animal brought their 16-year old daughter normalcy as her father battled cancer in the middle of the pandemic.
The modern beard is the bear hug of facial fashion, says Best Beards in the Pork Industry Contest judge Clinton Griffiths. There’s no question competition was stiff this year. Here are the results.
Zoetis announces the first comprehensive Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae management program.
A coalition of public health advocacy groups and online activists have filed a lawsuit against the FDA and its Center for Veterinary Medicine, challenging the decision to keep important antibiotics in animal ag.
Despite the challenges of the current wave of COVID-19 infections in China, the import forecasts of beef and pork in 2023 are revised up and are now forecast higher year-on-year, according USDA’s most recent report.
With the recent creation of Legacy Feed, Co-Alliance will now manage over 2.1 million pigs each year.
As the threat of African swine fever inches closer to the U.S., more research is being conducted to help prevent and prepare for an ASF outbreak. Few studies about the risk of boar semen have been done until now.
Although the likelihood of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) being found in the U.S. is low, here’s why USDA is taking this virus seriously.
Experts say the best way to help control the next emerging disease in the U.S. pork industry is to enhance wean-to-harvest biosecurity.
If Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is discovered in the U.S., how big of a threat is the feral swine herd in spreading this deadly virus?
China’s pork output in 2022 increased by 4.6% from 2021 to reach its highest since 2014, official data showed on Tuesday, confounding some expectations for a smaller rise.
Boars are often pushed to the side of research efforts, says Taw Scaff, a Purdue graduate student. He’s studying how nutrition in boars can impact management, semen production and semen characteristics.
The concept of a clean-dirty line in your barn is not new, but you may be underestimating the critical role that it plays in keeping your herd’s health status where you want it.
U.S. pork exports saw continued growth in November, posting the largest volume and value numbers of 2022. Despite a November slowdown, beef export value sets records in key markets. Here’s a look at what’s happening.
A review of technologies that remove or/and inactivate airborne pathogens found that air filtration, solely consisting of fibrous filters, is currently the only established and implemented system on swine farms.
When outbreaks of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 15 were detected in the upper Midwest in late 2021, experts agreed they were unusual in several aspects. Here’s what they learned after the outbreaks.
In most facilities and climates, the heat produced by young pigs may not be enough to achieved the desired environmental temperature and an additional heat source is required. NCSU reports on some of the options.
BioZyme, Inc., has launched its newest brand, AO-Biotics, a line of fermentation products derived from BioZyme’s innovative fermentation of Aspergillus oryzae.
Of all the challenges coming at the U.S. pork industry in the year ahead, economists agree it likely won’t be the price of pigs. Here’s what four industry experts have to say about the 2023 pork outlook.
How can Rural America embrace the evolution of their small-town communities through the changing labor pool? In this four-part series, Carthage Veterinary Service and Carthage System shed light on an evolving topic.
Farm Journal’s PORK asked four industry experts a simple, yet straightforward question. Admittedly, it’s one that doesn’t have an easy answer.
Here’s a list of the stories that drew eyes from the pork industry and beyond in 2022. Which one was your favorite?
We’re recapping 2022’s most important issues though a look back at the covers of Farm Journal’s PORK magazine.
“You don’t know what you don’t know if you’re not tracking it and if you’re not monitoring it,” says Brad Eckberg of MetaFarms, Inc. Here’s a look at the Production Analysis Summary for the U.S. Pork Industry.
If there is such a thing as “normal,” Caleb Shull, director of research and innovation for The Maschhoffs, says he’s not sure the pork industry will see it in 2023. Here’s his take on what producers can expect.
There’s no question the risk of virus transmission in feed is real and poses concern for the U.S. swine industry. How can this knowledge make a difference?
Sow caretakers often focus on increasing feed intake in lactation. However, gestation feed intake comprises over 50% of sow feed intake. Here’s how you can improve sow gestation in your barn.
It’s the four-letter word we’re all tired of: PRRS. It’s a cunning enemy, an enemy that fights dirty and constantly changes its tactics.
Despite analysts’ pre-report expectations, for the first time in 2.5 years, the national swine breeding herd has seen a year-over-year increase, according to the Dec. 1 USDA Hogs & Pigs Report.