Industry
Officials in China now say the population sits at 1.4 billion, which came as a surprise to many economists and market analysts. The news draws concerns about what it means for demand both short- and long-term.
United Animal Health is adding a new member to it’s executive leadership team on Jan. 23.
Alltech is adding two new members to its pig business team with extensive experience in modern pork production to support more producers with nutritional solutions and services.
Meetings are an inevitable element of business, but they can be a boon or a bore, depending on how they are run.
The Pennsylvania Farm Show has a long-standing tradition of highlighting the best in all of Pennsylvania agriculture. Here’s a look at how pork left its mark at the 107th edition of the show.
Company acquisitions, research grants, promotions and new hires—the pork industry has several updates to note. Here’s a look at recent happenings.
Faith in the inherent safety of plant-based products is misplaced, says scientists with the Agricultural Research Service. Here’s why.
A truck and trailer with two show pigs has been found Tuesday morning after they were stolen sometime between 8 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday from a hotel parking lot in Denver, Colo.
At least 11 pig farms in Penang have confirmed cases of African swine fever. Area pig farmers are being urged to cooperate fully with their state Veterinary Services Department to stop the spread of this deadly virus.
Learn more about USDA’s Value Added Producer Grant during a free webinar hosted by ChopLocal and Stewards Unlimited. Learn more about grant requirements and discover tips on writing applications.
The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) has awarded nine grants to develop management strategies that improve judicious antibiotic use in beef cattle and swine.
Applications are open for the GRANTS program that funds research geared at improving swine health and production. Here’s more information.
Growing demand in a mature market isn’t easy. USMEF’s Gerardo Rodriguez told Pork Leadership Institute participants that it requires creating new channels and new products during their recent trip to Mexico City.
The Canadian Pork Council’s (CPC) Board of Directors named a new board chair, René Roy of Quebec, and vice-chair, Scott Peters of Manitoba, at a recent board meeting in Banff, Alberta prior to the Banff Pork Forum.
Don’t miss the annual meeting of the Colorado Pork Producers Council on Feb. 13 in Greeley, Colo.
Can swine manure be converted into pavement? A team of University of Illinois researchers thinks so.
The U.S. livestock and food sectors account for more than $150 billion in annual cash receipts. It’s no wonder threats of foreign and emerging animal disease outbreaks are increasingly making headlines these days.
Ohio Pork Congress will be delivering relevant information for everyone in the pork industry, from pig caretakers to farm team members to decision makers and allied industry partners, organizers say. Here’s the details.
Going on the fifth year of litigation, In re Pork Antitrust Litigation becomes the consolidation of 27 cases involving 146 parties in price-fixing allegations.
John Phipps examines one aspect of the pandemic experts have noticed: consumption of more alcohol during and especially immediately after the isolations and quarantines. What does it mean? John explains in John’s World.
From operational trials to rebranding and merging companies, the pork and agriculture industries have recent news worth sharing. Here’s a look at Nutreco’s Selko brand, EnBiorganic Technologies and Pinion.
Impossible Foods has hired its first Chief Demand Officer.
Creator of a patent-pending, autonomous, biological wastewater treatment system, EnBiorganic Technologies shares recent findings from a swine and row crop farm operational trial near West Liberty, Iowa.
Tis the season for a spike in illegal pork smuggling, especially across East Asian countries. In 2022, the amount of illegal pork products brought into Taiwan by international travelers was four times more than in 2021.
Legacy Feed, LLC, formed in partnership with Co-Alliance Cooperative, Inc., and Signature Farms, LP, announced its plan to deliver an integrated swine production service to farm families in eastern Indiana.
African swine fever continues to wreak havoc and devastation throughout the world at the start of the new year.
Researchers at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station discover more information from the complex environment of microbial communities in pigs, known as the swine gut microbiome.
Jason Franken, agricultural economist at Western Illinois University and contributor to the University of Illinois farmdoc team, says he’s optimistic about hog prices and weighs in on the December Hogs and Pigs report.
One of the largest animal health companies non-exclusively licensed the USDA and the University of Connecticut’s jointly owned vaccine candidate for African swine fever, a lethal disease in pigs, reports UConn Today.
The constellation will collect high-quality data for crop monitoring, application mapping, soil moisture, yield prediction and biomass levels.