Now that the mystery illness impacting some dairy herds has been revealed as the same strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza that has been impacting the U.S. poultry flock, pork producers are asking questions.
From the farm bill to wild pigs to nuisance trials, December was full of headlines to capture your attention. Here are some of our top stories from PorkBusiness.com in December in case you missed it.
R. L. Zeigler Co., Inc., is recalling nearly 12,000 pounds of ready-to-eat poultry and meat sausage products that may be contaminated with metal, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Sunday.
For anti-industry activists to gin up their fund-raising appeals — just in time for their acolytes to divert some Christmas cash to the cause … of destroying production agriculture, that is.
Digital use is changing many areas of our lives, and the National Pork Board and the Pork Checkoff is working with Google to reach consumers and influence meat and food purchases in a whole new way.
As agriculture enters into its sixth year of the current recession in the sector, relationships with ag lenders are growing even more important. Three ag lenders answer: "How do you know it’s time to walk away?"
The holidays are a time for entertaining and for giving back. USDA’s food loss and waste initiative offers tips on making the most of both sides of the season.
Those storybook scenes of the North Pole don’t show the tension during the last hectic hours — especially when Santa has to choose ‘appropriate gifts’ for those who’ve been naughty.
Merck acquires parent company of Allflex and SCR, Alltech announces the winners of their #iamAG photo contest, and Smithfield adds a new distribution center and creates jobs for 250 people in North Carolina.
Iowa Select Farms and the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation donated 17,000 boneless pork loin roasts during Operation Christmas Meal, a free pork loin giveaway for families unable to afford a Christmas meal this year.
The editors at AgWeb.com are looking at experts’ projections for 2019 to help you succeed and be profitable in the coming year. Here’s what to expect for the upcoming year in the livestock segments.
USDA announced details of a second tranche of MFP payments, but growers may want to talk with their tax specialist before rushing to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) office according to a Farm Journal tax expert.
There’s a tradition in my little hometown of Centralia, Mo., that’s getting bigger every year. The Christmas season truly begins when area farmers bring their tractors decked with lights down the street.
2018 beef and pork exports will use a combined total of 14.9 million tons of corn and DDGS, which equates to an additional 459.7 million bushels of corn produced – an increase of 29 percent over the 2015 projections.
Trade is the hot topic of the moment, but record production of agricultural products leads to volatile markets and subsequently, less predictable producer net income.
Holiday movie storylines are increasingly popular and often romanticize small towns while society seems to be running in the opposite direction. Clinton Griffiths shares his Farm Sense on these Christmas movies.
Christiana Figueres, the United Nations official behind the 2015 Paris climate agreement, thinks if carnivores want to eat meat they can do it outside the restaurant with the smokers.
Residents crowded into Centralia, Mo., for the 12th Annual Lighted Tractor Parade, featuring more than 70 entries of tractors, sprayers and other equipment, all wrapped in Christmas lights.
Not much firsthand data is available on how our prehistoric ancestors lived; sadly, there was no YouTube 250,000 years ago. But new research suggests what they ate was seriously primitive.
An entrepreneur at heart, Doug Hankes' passion to make a better snack stick has their family-owned business, Thrushwood Farms, on a path to double their snack stick production by 2020.
Digital use is changing many areas of our lives, and the National Pork Board and the Pork Checkoff is working with Google to reach consumers and influence meat and food purchases in a whole new way.
An entrepreneur at heart, Doug Hankes' passion to make a better snack stick has their family-owned business, Thrushwood Farms, on a path to double their snack stick production by 2020.
Culver’s is making sure younger generations have access to agricultural education by giving back to organizations training young leaders to maintain and improve our country’s future food supply.
Wondering what the 100 Hottest Food Trends for 2018 might be? Wonder no more. Despite the media’s salivation over alt-meats and veggie eats, meat and poultry still dominate foodservice.
The Year-End Unreserved Online Dealer Auction, featuring a complete range of farm machinery, will kick off opening bids on Dec. 6 and close on Dec. 27. Unreserved. Nationwide. Adios to buyer’s fees.
We're proud of this new series, highlighting the young leaders impacting the future of the pork industry. Click below to meet each one, or email editor Jennifer Shike to nominate others.
An animal rights group applauded a court ruling ordering Idaho to pay $260,000 to attorneys for animal rights groups over the state's law banning spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses violated free speech rights.