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The yakiniku industry is a big user of variety meat, beef tongue, sometimes pork tongue and also intestine, large and small, says USMEF’s Tom Kasatani.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump justified the tariffs as a response to what he described as excessive migration, drug trafficking and unfair trade practices. While he suggested the tariff rate could further increase, he indicated a decision on whether oil imports would be exempt would come soon.
When JayJay Goodvin revealed his quest to eat a pork tenderloin in all 99 Iowa counties, there were certainly a lot of people asking the question: Is he for real?
USDA encourages pork producers to send in their best biosecurity photos for a chance to win.
With food recalls skyrocketing, one might find it hard to discern whether they’re reading a current USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service report or a chapter straight out of Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel “The Jungle.”
Smithfield shares make muted return to US exchange. CEO monitors trade, immigration policy under Trump.
Although he received the most public recognition for his work in restructured pork, which led to the development of the McRib, his body of work led to many breakthroughs that influenced the meat industry
Germany’s agriculture minister will seek financial aid for farmers hit by the impact of a case of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in east Germany.
Smithfield Foods said it priced its initial public offering well below its forecast range, raising $521.7 million for the company and the selling stockholder.
MIT scientists have developed robotic insects that could aid farming through artificial pollination.
Here’s a look at who won awards and achieved Master Pork Producer designation at the 2025 Iowa Pork Congress.
Mycotoxins, natural substances produced by molds and fungi, are more prevalent — and more of a problem in agriculture — than ever before.
Updates from nutrition, genetics and equipment companies serving the livestock industry.
The Iowa Pork Producers Association passed three resolutions at its 2025 annual meeting in Des Moines. Here are the big topics on Iowa producers’ minds.
Enthusiasm. Optimism. Energy. It’s not hard to see those three traits in the newly elected 2025 president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association.
There’s a certain lure to stepping out onto the trade show floor and looking up and down the lines of booths and vendors. The nearly 250 exhibitors at the 2025 Iowa Pork Congress didn’t disappoint.
A leading distributor of research-backed specialty feed ingredients, announces its collaboration with an independent supplier of precision minerals.
The competition, held on Jan, 20, 2025, at the Iowa Events Center, marked the end of a cherished tradition that has celebrated the creativity of professional chefs and the versatility of pork for nearly four decades.
The MetaFarms/SwineTech partnership, driven by customer demand, is the first of its kind, the companies say.
Red shirt, hair in a bun, the stare. You don’t even have to be in the stock show industry, and you’ll likely remember seeing Karis Dadson showing her pigs in iconic tiktoks, shorts, videos and reels.
2024 was a year that confronted APHIS with new challenges, forcing the agency to find new and creative solutions to animal and plant health threats, says APHIS Administrator Michael Watson.
A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by authorities to remove and even euthanize her triggered a storm of protest.
The current outbreak underscores the importance of biosecurity measures, rapid response and vigilance to protect agriculture and livestock from this economically devastating disease. Here’s the latest on FMDV.
With growing tourism in Roatán and Honduras, USMEF conducted seminars to help chefs pair local ingredients with U.S. red meat.
The report echoes calls by other scientists to ramp up the surveillance of felines, which are susceptible to the virus and have a high mortality rate. The AVMA says several cases in cats linked to poultry or wild bird exposure had been reported before the outbreak began in dairy cows last spring.
Meteorologists say the active start to January is a sign of what’s ahead with concerns about drought, more cold and a sharp divide in areas of the country seeing too much moisture versus not enough.
The site of a deadly listeriosis outbreak has been reported to have had “inadequate sanitation practices,” according to a USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service report.
Germany’s meat and dairy exports outside the EU face severe restrictions after the country’s first case of the livestock disease foot-and-mouth was confirmed on Friday.
The 2025 class includes 17 exceptional individuals from across the country who have been selected to join the program, representing a diverse group of leaders poised to drive innovation and advocacy within the pork sector.
For the first time in nearly 40 years, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed on the outskirts of Berlin.