Industry
What started as a regular livestock auction ended as a moment that changed one Florida 4-Her’s life.
Fatty acids, well known to have a positive effect on human nutrition, may also one day help to protect pigs from a deadly virus.
The nation’s only ban on meatpackers owning hogs has ended due to a new Nebraska law that allows processers to control the animals from birth to slaughter.
Imagine walking into your building and finding lesions on your sows or market hogs that look just like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). Would you know what to do or whom to call?
Feral swine cost the Florida cattle industry at least $2 million a year in lost cattle production, according to a new study led by a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher.
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Research shows the hog industry needs to increase truck washes in regions like Iowa that have higher densities of hog farms and packers.
Cargill Inc., one of the world’s biggest agriculture companies, posted a 77 percent gain in net income in the fiscal second quarter after the $1.45 billion sale of its U.S. pork business.
Kansas’ war on feral swine is being fought largely on a 40-mile front along the Oklahoma state line.
A report by two federal agencies say there is no significant impact to the Buffalo National River from a nearby hog farm.
The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows hogs and pigs in South Dakota on Dec. 1 totaled 1.36 million head.
Researchers collaborate to develop the first generation of pigs resistant to PRRS.
Researchers announce a new breakthrough regarding the PRRS virus.
Kansas environmental regulators have approved a permit for a new hog-feeding complex in Greeley County, a move that will vastly expand Seaboard Foods’ operations in the state and generate wastes that conservationists say are equivalent to a city of 1 million people.
Undercover videos have been top for mind for all sectors of the agriculture industry and activists aren’t going to stop using the tactic anytime soon.
One recipe for renewable natural gas goes: Place manure from about 2 million hogs in lagoons, cover them with an impermeable material and let it bake until gas from the manure rises. Then, use special equipment to clean the gas of its impurities and ship the finished product out.
Farmers are holding onto new-crop corn and soybeans in hopes of a post-harvest rally, but it could come back to haunt them.
Cold weather is quickly approaching. Being prepared will help your livestock winter a little easier.
Cheaper soybean meal prices will help take the edge off of the cost of feeding hogs in the year ahead, according to a recent study by Michael Langemeier, agricultural economist at Purdue University.
This Indiana farmer is bringing home top honors after being named the first-ever America’s Pig Farmer of the Year by the National Pork Board.
Pork supplies should be only modestly higher in 2016 and provide prices which cover all costs of production.
Ag exports are down slightly in 2014 but are still enjoying historically high levels. Pork has been a part of that success story, driving nearly $7 billion in exports in 2014. Here are the top 10 states producing the most pork.
Extra care is needed to avoid accidents while pumping hog manure from pits. Experts have developed recommendations to help producers deal with the potential for danger and keep everyone (and every pig) safe this season.
UMN Extension has developed a new web-based calculator to determine the value of manure.
As grillers welcome cheaper pork now, money managers are betting that costs will climb again as demand strengthens.
Bacon is having its moment. It’s always been popular, but now, driven by reduced cost, that popularity has exploded.
State investigators have concluded an investigation into a huge fire that killed more than 12,000 pigs and hogs at a southern Minnesota swine farm.
Twitter’s penchant for word games has wandered into the agriculture industry multiple times this week.
Public comments are accepted on a draft environmental impact statement until Feb. 2.
The University of Missouri has built a small-scale anaerobic digestion system to produce biogas from pig manure.
Wild hogs have no business in Montana, according to legislation proposed Thursday that aims to keep the animals out of the state.