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The amount of information coming at the average person each day is overwhelming. Just think of how that increases during an event like the National Pork Industry Forum. Industry leaders cut through the clutter.
Industry players, including MASCO, Danisco Animal Nutrition & Health, a business unit of IFF, Hormel Foods Corporation and Maple Leaf Foods Inc., announce recent updates within their companies.
Joseph Connor, a Carthage, Ill., native, was honored as the American Association of Swine Veterinarians’ 2023 Howard Dunne Memorial Award winner.
Scott Hays says he never imagined a Missouri farm boy raised “back in the hills” would get an opportunity to lead the National Pork Producers Council. On March 10, Hays began doing exactly that.
“It would be a lost opportunity if we just sit on the sidelines and watch other countries engage while the playing field continues to tilt against us,” said Rep. Smith (R-Neb.).
The world’s first cloud-based carbon marketplace for the livestock industry, Athian, recently announced an investment from Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, Inc.
Claire LeFevre, DVM, and Emily Mahan-Riggs, DVM, were named the 2023 recipients of the AASV Hogg Scholarship during the American Association of Swine Veterinarians 54th annual meeting in Aurora, Colo.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) announced the speaker lineup and registration details for its 2023 Spring Conference, which is set for May 24-26 in Minneapolis.
Winter is not the high precipitation time frame for many portions of farm country, Snodgrass says. One spring storm system can deliver the same amount of soil moisture as all the snowfall during the winter.
Chilean authorities on Monday confirmed the South American country’s first outbreak of avian flu in poultry, prompting it to suspend chicken exports from the country.
Here’s a look at who won AASV’s Meritorious Service Award and AASV’s Outstanding Swine Academic of the Year Award.
A standardized outbreak investigation instrument is now available to help producers and veterinarians.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus dominated the final day of discussion at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians annual meeting. However, speakers covered a variety of topics at the event. Here’s a glimpse.
Household units and mini fridges are often unsuitable for maintaining veterinary products, according to a recent study by Emmanuel Rollin, DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia.
AASV’s Young Swine Veterinarian of the Year, Jessica Davenport, DVM, works for JBS Live Pork where she is responsible for the health of more than 60,000 sows, gilt multiplication and nursery and grow-finish.
Hailed the “smartest man in the room” by many producers, Ron Plain has spent his career focused on his passion for education and his passion for the pork industry. Here’s how the industry honored him at Pork Forum.
To put cover crop investments in motion, NRCS would draw on federal, state and private conservationists to hire “thousands” of employees for rural America.
What is the state of the U.S. economy? How will these macro factors impact the agricultural economy? John Deere’s Kanlaya Barr provides a guide to a few risks you should monitor in the next year.
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) announced 12 scholarship winners at the National Pork Industry Forum, supporting college students pursuing careers in the U.S. pork industry.
U.S. pork exports finished 2022 strong and continued momentum into January, while U.S. beef exports slow in 2023, with shipments well below the large totals from a year ago, according to USDA data compiled by USMEF.
The Beagle Brigade Act of 2023 would provide congressional authority to USDA’s National Detector Dog Training Center that trains canine teams that work to prevent foreign animal disease from entering the U.S.
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded $100,000 in funding for research. Learn more about here.
Humble. Innovative. Quiet. A good friend. Honest. A man of faith. Those are just a few ways William “Billy” Herring’s friends would describe the 2023 inductee of the National Pork Industry Hall of Fame.
As a person who likes to consider a glass as half full and not half empty, it takes some effort to read the latest book by Nouriel Roubini, also known as Dr. Doom.
The room roared with applause as former Iowa Pork Producers Association Executive Director Mike Telford was honored with the Paulson-Whitmore State Executive Award on March 9 at the National Pork Industry Forum.
William Hollis, DVM, was named president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians during the association’s 54th annual meeting in Aurora, Colo.
The Minnesota Pork Board recognizes Chef Donnie Schoenrock, proud owner of the renowned Kat’s Hog Heaven restaurant, as this year’s Pork Promoter of the Year Award recipient.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a $25-million Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program grant award to Wholestone Farms for a major plant expansion in Fremont, Neb.
Having another financing option can make all the difference when the right opportunity comes your way.
Many people in the industry are skeptical that hog prices this summer will line up as forecasted by the summer futures prices. Here’s a deeper dive into summer hog prices with Dennis DiPietre and Lance Mulberry.