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Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd. announced the first Carthage Emerging Leaders Group on Friday. Two years ago, CVS embarked on this unique training opportunity to help develop the next generation of leaders.
Livestock haulers secured a win in the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill, which the House approved last week. Provisions of Sen. Deb Fischer’s HAULS Act are included in the bipartisan infrastructure framework.
Cases and deaths from COVID-19 among workers at the leading U.S. meatpacking plants were three times as high as previously estimated based on an investigation by the House Select Subcommittee.
Here are five bad habits to break to be a better farm leader.
Longtime swine breeder Roy Henry of Longford, Kan., was recognized as the 2021 Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry Distinguished Alumnus on Dec. 6.
From disease resilience to swine behavior, seven graduate students from across the country presented their research at the National Swine Improvement Federation meeting. Here’s what they are working on.
When students walk into Anna Dilger’s classroom, they can expect play dough, cartoons and dancing. But her students aren’t kindergartners; they’re college students. And they’re learning from one of the best.
Here’s a roundup of the latest pork industry headlines.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation Strategic Planning Conference and Board of Directors Meeting, held Nov. 10-12 in Carlsbad, Calif., wrapped up with the election of new USMEF officers.
When Harry Martin escaped from slavery and enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, little did he know the legacy he was about to establish for generations to come when he returned home to Wayne County, N.C.
A round-up of new hires, promotions and more in the U.S. pork industry.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. will assemble a team of company and third-party experts to develop an infectious disease preparedness plan that the company will implement at all of its processing facilities nationwide.
Seven Iowa high school football players took home awards recognizing their play during the final games at the 2021 Iowa high school state football championships Nov. 18-19 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
November employment data was called disappointing despite the unemployment rate dropping slightly. Retaining workers has become difficult even as employers raised pay, which eventually gets passed along to consumers.
Nine young women and men are competing for three positions on the 2022 Iowa Pork Producers Association Youth Leadership Team.
David Preisler, long-time CEO of the Minnesota Pork Producers Association and Minnesota Pork Board, announced his plans to retire from the organization effective June 1, 2022.
What do North American and South American pork industries have in common? It’s more than you possibly think. Here’s how cultural differences create opportunities to improve the pork business.
A thick, well-groomed, salt-and-pepper, eye-catching brute of a beard is taking home top honors in the 2021 Farm Journal’s PORK’s Best Beards in the Pork Industry Contest. Here are the top 10 winners this year.
The Swine Health Information Center is hiring an associate director. Here are the details.
Passionate. Purposeful. Visionary. Intelligent. Thoughtful. A man of integrity. Of the many ways one could describe Neil Dierks, retiring NPPC CEO, all would agree on this: his leadership has made the industry better.
Kent Bang, director of swine lending at Compeer Financial, shares his views on mentoring, leadership, strategy and what he’s learned during his career in this exclusive Farm Journal’s PORK Q&A.
A round-up of new hires and new product announcements in the U.S. pork industry.
Company news headlines from the U.S. pork industry.
When John Deen, DVM, was a kid, he remembers a time when sow mortality was not a problem. However times have changed, and Deen says it’s partly our creation. Here are seven sow management trends to watch in 2022.
How do we extract the most value from swine performance data? Aaron Lower of Carthage Veterinary System shares how his team is approaching data collection, summarization and analysis in order to take action.
A round-up of headlines in the global pork industry.
Making the leap to a full-time career is a hard decision. For 22 students, the opportunity to explore the inner workings of a pork production company became a life-changing experience last week.
A round-up of company news in the swine industry.
Britain’s pig industry said it faces collapse after an exodus of east European workers led to a shortage of butchers and a backlog in slaughtering more than 170,000 pigs.
Chef Chad Myers of Bellevue, Iowa takes home first place in the Taste competition held at the 2022 Iowa Pork Congress, featuring the special ingredient ground pork in his Mexican street tacos.