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You’re responsible for giving helpful feedback to employees. Here’s advice to make awkward conversations a little less awkward.
USDA Food Safety Inspection Service says it will continue to allow inspectors to decide whether non-ambulatory disabled animals are fit for human consumption.
African swine fever has wreaked havoc on pork production in many parts of the world. This map shows the more than 40 countries that have reported outbreaks and occurrences of the disease since 2014.
With so many food items now containing bacon, are too many items now “baconized”? John Phipps talks about the bacon overload in John’s World this week.
The agriculture industry was pleased with the Senate vote to confirm Bill Northey for a post at USDA.
The 2018 Pork Industry Forum began with an interesting presentation by author Michael Specter and a panel of experts on gene-editing and the future of this world-changing technology.
Tyson Foods confirmed that plant operations at their Longsport, Ind., facility were resumed Wednesday after a brief production issue.
The 2018 NIAA Annual Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado at the Renaissance Stapleton Hotel, April 10th & 11th, with the follow–up Workshop on April 12th.
Small farming infrastructure grants bolster farmers’ environmental and financial sustainability. The Food Animal Concerns Trust awarded more then $66,000 in grants recently.
USMEF promoted a U.S. beef “pound steak” and pork cheese teji karubi, a Korean-style barbecue dish in Tokyo at the Yakiniku Business Fair.
Pinterest is full of cute animal pictures, and among the most popular are teacup or miniature pigs. But like we all know—pigs, however big or small, are still…well, pigs.
Researchers from across the globe -- including some from the University of Florida -- are improving a UF/IFAS-designed software system developed to help feed the world.
If you can figure out how to bridge the generational divide, your business will thrive as we approach the 2020s.
“This time of year can be especially hard on pigs and people who have endured a long winter,” says Lisa Becton, DVM, director of swine health and information with the Pork Checkoff.
The price of biofuel blending credits tumbled Friday on mounting speculation that the fight by independent oil refiners to change U.S. laws mandating the use of ethanol will lead to rule changes.
Ohio will require group sow housings by 2025. As a result, Ohio pork producers are preparing for a to deal with more fights between sows as they create a social hierarchy.
Researchers at South Dakota State University found antibodies against influenza D in blood samples from horses. Cattle are the primary reservoir for Influenza D, which was first isolated from a diseased pig in 2011.
The export picture for corn continues to improve, and could give hope to increased prices coming off a record corn harvest in 2017.
Exports and domestic consumer demand for pork will be key to maintain producer profits for the remainder of 2017 and for the first half of 2018, say industry analysts.
U.S. livestock and grain producers visited Japan Sept. 3-8 to meet with buyers of U.S. pork and beef and get a firsthand look at this leading international market for U.S. red meat.
Celebrate October—it’s Pork Month! Top 10 facts to share about the pork industry.
No matter what state fair you go to this year, bacon is all the rage! Here are some of our favorites.
Recognizing herd health is a constant concern, Hanor uses a robust sire line in sow farms that have been more challenging in terms of pig performance.
If you build packer space, the hogs will come. With an unprecedented amount of packing capacity open and more slated to come, producers have been quick to respond by increasing supplies.
Machinery Pete keeps close tabs on auctions that happen across the country.
In addition, agricultural producers, as a group, tend to be very independent, do it ourselves types, and the transition into being people managers instead of maybe “livestock or crop managers” is not the easiest.
On Monday, the White House unveiled its proposed budget for the country, and President Trump has released his ideas on how to spend $1.5 trillion to improve the nation’s infrastructure.
As the ‘Me Too’ movement continues to spread, animal activist groups are no longer exempt from scandals involving sexual harassment. Here, from the left, is the explanation why.
The American Thoracic Society says thousands of lives would be save if counties met their clean air standards, which are higher than those set by EPA.
Bazooka Farmstar expands its Full Throttle product line and John Deere has an addition to its low profile specialty tractor line.