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The Minnesota Pork Board recognizes this year’s Environmental Steward of the Year award recipient, Adam Barka, who is passionate about thriving rural communities and the people within them.
A team of 15 U.S. industry leaders participated in a local food show, visited a processing facility and saw the broad range of food retail offered in Monterrey, says Gerardo Rodriquez of USMEF.
The National Farm Machinery Show revealed one major theme: the supply chain is still posing major problems for ag equipment manufacturers, an issue that’s improving, but could still last the remainder of this year.
Deploying protein modifications developed by Kansas State, Acceligen announced it’s able to breed pigs naturally resistant to PRRS. The resistance was proven effective through a University of Illinois collaboration.
Another case of African swine fever has been confirmed in farm pigs in east Germany.
As farm shows and meetings portray a crowd that seems to be aging, is there a shortage of young farmers threatening the future of ag? John Phipps explains why an abundance of young farmers may not be on the farm today.
Market participants seem to be more focused on the day-to-day trading in the spot meat/livestock markets, and the short-term impact from weather events, Steiner Consulting says.
Poland has reported outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in five wild boar in the northern part of the country.
Consumer demand has been a key driver of strong pork and hog prices, but will it remain that way in 2023? Steve Meyer weighs in on factors impacting the pork outlook from exports and demand to Prop 12 and inflation.
Beyond Meat forecast full-year revenue above market estimates and said it was looking to control costs at a time when high inflation is denting demand for its plant-based meat products. Shares surged 14% after hours.
Utah state legislators have passed a bill they say closes a loophole that allowed two people accused of burglary to be acquitted last year after taking two sick piglets from a Beaver County pig farm.
Strong used equipment values have been a theme for the past 18 to 20 months, and Machinery Pete doesn’t see that story changing anytime soon. During National Farm Machinery Show he revealed why those prices could last.
For the third straight year, agricultural exports from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic have reached an all-time record with pork leading the way in 2022.
This year’s Minnesota Pork Board Distinguished Service award recipient, Reuben Bode, embodies everything pure and good that pork producers stand for.
After seeing a controversial Facebook post with two photos of ground beef that differed in appearance for many reasons, Dr. Chad Carr speaks up about why it’s great to have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
Here’s an overview of what’s happening in state pork associations around the country this week.
Wholestone Farms of Fremont, Neb., and Prestage Foods of Iowa announced a new joint venture on Wednesday.
Feral cattle in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest are expected to come under crosshairs once again as USFS and USDA APHIS plan to decrease the area’s population via aerial gunning, beginning Thursday, Feb. 23.
Easton Corbin is no stranger to agriculture. Growing up in Florida, raising and showing cattle was engrained from the start, as was FFA. The Florida farm kid, instead, attending college majoring in Agriculture Business
SCOTUS has declined to hear Tyson Foods’ arguments about why federal judges should oversee lawsuits tied to the deaths of workers at its plants caused by COVID-19, including its pork processing plant in Waterloo.
Supply chain challenges consistently hit ag in 2022. While 2023 shows improvement with fertilizer availability, National Farm Machinery Show revealed the ag equipment sector is still fragile to supply problems.
Dennis Dohrman was honored with the Chairman’s Award during the 2023 Missouri Pork Expo.
Here’s a round-up of the latest company news headlines in the pork industry.
Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly that.
Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston, isn’t just growing in its number of residents – it’s growing in its wild hog population, too. And residents don’t know how to stop it.
After easing China’s COVID restrictions and a wave of COVID moved through its residents, Chinese consumers are quickly returning with an excess of cash in hand, the U.S. Meat Export Federation reports.
On a bitterly cold January morning, a helicopter soars above central Texas farmland. The four passengers hanging outside the aircraft are hunting - going after feral hogs, an invasive species in the southeastern U.S.
Looking at the modest profitability of the pork industry over the past four years, it would typically garner discussion of new projects, says Steve Malakowsky of Compeer Financial. Here’s why producers are reluctant.
There’s nothing like the love of an animal to get you through hard times. Miriam King, 16, learned this lesson in the past year as her family battled not one, but two wars in the midst of a global pandemic.
The crowd roared when Caroline Gaye walked into the Night of Stars Gilt Sale at the Oklahoma Youth Expo with her Duroc gilt, Penny. Penny is just not some pig – nor is Caroline Gaye just another showman.