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The pork industry’s economic resilience is being challenged on all fronts.
After recent seminar with Mexican meat industry officials, USMEF says education of inspectors is key to keeping meat trade open with Mexico.
China continues to deal with an outbreak of African swine fever.
NPPC supported revisions to existing federal trucking regulations that allow livestock haulers to comply with the rules while maintaining the pork industry’s high standards for animal welfare in comments to DOT.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health (KDA–DAH) is pleased to share that Kansas now has more than one million head of cattle covered by Secure Beef Supply Plans.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ag specialists and a Beagle K-9 at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport seized and destroyed a cooked pig found in checked luggage at the busiest airport in the world.
Stress is a factor in most professions, but particularly for veterinarians and especially for those just beginning their careers. Here’s what to look for, and what to do about it, as the profession responds.
The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA), the nation’s animal health forum for over a century, is holding its 122nd annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo., from Oct. 18-24.
Looking at hog sales in May 2018 using May 2018 futures, the weaner breakeven was $67.29, down $0.15 for the week. Feed costs were down $0.56 per head.
Promised vote on immigration issues no later than Feb. 8 wins over Democrats.
The agriculture industry is placing its youth directly in harm’s way, according to an editorial signed by leading safety experts and ag engineers.
Targeted to show livestock families, Exiss Trailers announces its newest product – the Exhibitor Mini.
Produce Retailer editor Pamela Riemenschneider and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the revamped meal kits from Chef’d and other products now in stores -- and the all-important question of where to merchandise them.
The omnibus spending bill before Congress this week does include a change to Section 199A of the President’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Scientists continue to make advancements in biotechnology, but regulatory obstacles keep most of those advancements from reaching commercialization, resulting in sparse return on investment.
Elizabeth Wagstrom receives the Meritorious Service award and Adam Schelkopf is the 2018 Young Swine Veterinarian of the Year, announced at the annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.
Erin Brenneman encourages producers – and everyone in agriculture – to use social media as a way to connect with consumers.
Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on a $1.3 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown this weekend after key compromises were reached during overnight talks.
Understandably, there’s concern about the ‘alt-meat’ products now on store shelves and restaurant menus and labeled as ‘beef’ or ‘chicken.’ But is banning those terms the ideal response?
Studying how to make and combine cutting-edge materials is leading to cheaper, more efficient, and more sensitive gaseous sensors. Maybe they will be affordable enough for use in the pork industry.
The outlook into early to mid-April is a volatile one with ups and downs and plenty of rainfall on the table, especially for the eastern ag belt.
To kill or not to kill — that is the question over which animal activists wax eloquent, with the answer inevitably being ‘Never!’ But is that proscription a moral absolute, or an existential variable?
Dr. Mary Battrell was named 2018 Swine Practitioner of the Year at the annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Practitioners, held earlier this month in San Diego, Cal.
Iowa Senator Grassley expressed frustration today with Scott Pruitt’s lack of action to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standards law.
The growing distance between food production and the consuming public is creating an abyss in knowledge and understanding of where food comes from, or what to do with it after it after it’s purchased.
Farmland values continue on a steady trend throughout most of the country.
While her photography caught my eye about four and half years ago, Erin Brenneman has led a revolution of social advocacy for the pork industry.
Comply with the rules, keep good records and organize those records for accessibility, and you shouldn’t worry about FDA inspectors scheduling an audit.
The president understands agriculture’s need for access to a reliable labor force and will make it a priority to help fix the issue.