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Iowa pork producers won a major victory last week after the Iowa Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision said the state may provide livestock producers immunity from nuisance lawsuits such as ones complaining about odor.
U.S. beef exports topped $1 billion for the fourth month this year while setting new volume and value records. Pork exports, still below last year’s large totals, rebounded in May as shipments were the largest of 2022.
The Justice Department failed in its third attempt at prosecution of chicken industry executives for price-fixing and bid rigging.
China’s inflation soars with the local pork industry a reason to blame. Several tactics will be used to decrease pork prices, but they face some headwinds.
Here’s a recap of important topics, news and happenings within the pork industry!
Benny Mote, University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor and swine Extension specialist, believes producers can help tackle the lameness issue in their herds by focusing on three simple things.
Patterns in investigations show the finishing phase of production as a specific area of vulnerability in swine herd health and biosecurity measures. SHIC allocates funding to drive research in this area.
The spread of African Swine Fever to Germany’s most important pig rearing region has dealt a serious blow to the sector with major markets such as China likely to maintain import bans for years to come, analysts said.
Two more case of African swine fever (ASF) have been confirmed in farm pigs in Germany, Germany’s federal agriculture ministry said.
To bridge the gap between the U.S. and UK, a recent USDA trade mission focused on current barriers that challenge U.S. agricultural exports in the UK market.
Jason Franken, WIU ag economist and contributor to the University of Illinois farmdoc team, forecasts hog prices for the next four quarters following the recent USDA Hogs and Pigs Report.
The University of Minnesota is identifying existing and emerging technologies across different industries for their ability to contain bioaerosols in the face of swine disease outbreaks. Here’s a look at some options.
If we ever get ASF or another FAD in the U.S., and we don’t detect it very, very early, it’s going to spread because of a lack of ability to prevent transmission from one herd to another. Here’s a look at some gaps.
A lung tissue from a U.S. pig revealed the the first known detection of canine parvovirus 2 after diagnostic laboratory sequencing in October 2020. This unexpected detection spurred further research funded by SHIC.
Although the June Hogs and Pigs Report came in close to analysts’ expectations and was a “neutral report” in the market, Altin Kalo said it does provide hints into supplies and pricing down the road.
Does reducing or eliminating trace mineral supplementation during finishing impact overall performance? South Dakota State University evaluated feeding a commercial trace mineral premix on grow-finish pig performance.
Strong basis bids are sparking questions about the reality of corn supplies and issues in getting grain to areas of the country that need it. Analysts are watching USDA’s Grain Stocks report this week for answers.
Live From Pork Week - PIC’s Stacey Voight, Technical Services North America
Over 1,250 poll responses reveal the least favorite job you had as a kid likely centered around weeds and rocks.
Reducing piglet mortality is one of the “low hanging fruits” in swine production, says Dalton Obermier, PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He’s optimistic technology will help the industry get there.
After the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Lab identified a new virus in the genus Morbillivirus from 22 pig fetuses originating in Mexico in 2020, SHIC funded a study to determine if the virus is in the U.S.
As countries close down operating nuclear power plants, John Phipps says it’s clear the decision to overstate the minuscule risks- and assume greener power sources would be there to replace them -was wildly inaccurate.
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Four economists take a look at the issues most likely to spark attention in the upcoming USDA Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report to be released on June 29.
Can cultivated meat be “exercised”? Deep-tech food company MeaTech 3D Ltd. thinks so.
British officials on Friday ruled out a suspected case of foot and mouth disease in the rural eastern English county of Norfolk.
In recent years, pork producers in the Americas have seen major changes in the marketplace. One of the most prominent changes is a shift in focus to rising foreign markets, especially in Asia.
UNL researchers found that planting, harvest and calving season shave off 28 minutes of a farmer’s sleep each night, while fewer than 7.5 hours increases their risk of injury by 61%.
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