Industry
As pork prices fall, some economists and analysts fear more plant processing closures could come soon. That’s as producers explore ways to reduce costs and weather this market headwind in order to not repeat the 1990s.
he world’s biggest pork processor, WH Group Ltd, reported on Tuesday a 32% jump in 2019 profits as record high pork prices in China boosted the value of the company’s exports from the United States.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an expanded list of EPA-registered disinfectant products on Monday that have qualified for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Analyze why employees leave your farm. Many times, their departures fall into these nine categories.
As we gear up for the exciting and stressful planting season, reflect on how you can be a better leader this year.
Create a simple, viable and active strategy for your farm.
Set clear expectations and accountability for fruitful family governance.
The Ohio Pork Council delivered a powerful event for producers on Tuesday and Wednesday in Columbus. Here’s an overview.
Here’s how to create an emergency response plan for your farm.
More Brazilian fresh beef, pork and poultry is headed to China, thanks to a new partnership announced between JBS S.A. and China’s WH Group, a publicly traded Chinese meat and food processing company.
The Iowa Pork Producers Association crowned Abby Bean as the 2020 Iowa Pork Queen and Alexis Berte and Caleb Hogan as pork ambassadors from a field of 13 contestants last week at Iowa Pork Congress.
It’s a popular conceit to depict Stone Age people as little more than tribes of ignorant brutes. But a closer look at how they lived reveals that in some ways, their ‘lifestyles’ were superior to ours.
AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths shares an update on this week’s top headlines.
Residents in The Woodlands Township, located near Houston, Texas, are getting serious about feral hog removal in their neighborhood.
We want to know if you plan to attend or have attended a state pork meeting this year. If you do make time in your busy schedule to attend these events, we want to know why.
Here’s how to start, continue and succeed in your farm’s transition plan.
Europe’s top pork producer is taking measures to try to thwart the deadly African swine fever (ASF) that’s roiled global meat trade and is moving ever closer to its borders.
To help support California food bank’s efforts to meet demand for protein during a difficult fire season, Cargill donated nearly 50,000 pounds of beef to local families in California.
Dutch company Meatable’s goal is to “satisfy the world’s appetite for meat without harming people, animals or the planet.”
A surge in U.K. pork exports is expected to stretch into at least next year as China seeks to fill a shortage caused by a deadly hog virus, according to one of Britain’s top producers.
Budgets are never perfect — but you need to complete one.
What will it take to help small towns survive?
The U.S. Meat Export Federation ended its strategic planning conference by electing new officers. Cevin Jones, a cattle feeder from Eden, Idaho, will succeed Conley Nelson, an Iowa pork producer, as USMEF chair.
Alliance welcomes American Feed Industry Association, Zoetis and National Corn Growers Association into new board roles.
Four young leaders were named the “stars” of 2019 for their outstanding accomplishments in FFA and agricultural education. Here’s a recap of Farm Journal’s coverage of the 2019 National FFA Convention.
Apply by Nov. 1 to serve on the National Pork Checkoff Board of Directors.
Missouri pig farmer Kylie Epperson says she discovered her voice in agriculture after a fire destroyed their sow farm in 2018. But it certainly wasn’t the path she expected.
The estimates surrounding just how many hogs China has lost due to ASF vary widely. In John’s World, John Phipps explains why accurately forecasting the ASF death toll in China is so tough.