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The stakes are higher than ever, and the transparency required to maintain consumer trust means the industry and producers alike must be aligned on environmental goals.
Elon Musk wants his futuristic Optimus robots to clean dishes and scrub carpets. But what if you wanted one of those creepy looking things working in your fields?
New facility aims to advance, support and communicate continuous improvement of livestock production, economic vitality and environmental stewardship, as well help collaboration between all livestock and agriculture industry groups.
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s latest report recommends moving beans, peas and lentils from the vegetable group to the protein group.
A new partnership is focused on developing livestock and poultry technologies.
Agricultural producers face many pressures and challenges. With a growing population that will demand more food, and a strained climate that requires attention and adjustment of practices, it is difficult to know right from wrong and fact from fiction.
Pork producers can find technology solutions that are not only easy enough for most personnel to use, but also sophisticated enough to control practically all functions across multiple rooms. Below are five big tech trends helping to make this possible.
Although wastewater treatment plants are good at reducing nutrient pollutants in water, they aren’t designed to remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products. So antibiotics, hormones, and other drugs are sent back into streams and onto crop fields.
Farming is tough. For Jenna Siegel Meteer of Bement, Ill., creating her own cookbook was a little way she could help farm families thrive during planting and harvest and stock show families survive state fair season.
Ten $2,500 scholarships are awarded annually to college students with aspirations to become pork industry leaders.
John R. Tyson, Tyson Foods Inc.'s heir, pled guilty to drunken driving and other charges after his arrest in June.
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Chromium is a trace mineral that helps improve the cellular uptake of glucose, which provides energy to support biological processes such as growth and immunity.
In its comments for the most recent report, NPPC listed 20 countries and the European Union as having varying tariff and/or non-tariff barriers limiting U.S. pork exports.
NPPC argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, defending the city of San Francisco in a Clean Water Act case that could have major ramifications for livestock and other agricultural interests,
Scientific advancements have made it possible to use light to shrink and kill cancer cells, but some types of cancer, like melanomas, don’t respond well to this new treatment.
Former NPPC lobbyist and a fourth-generation livestock producer named as two award recipients.
2025 Meat Institute Slate of Officers
PRRS surveillance is particularly challenging in low-prevalence scenarios due to the cost of testing representative units and the complexities associated with PRRSV ecology.
With a goal to provide welfare-friendly and cost-effective methods for active PRRSV surveillance, Cesar Corzo, Mariana Kikuti and colleagues led a study to evaluate the accuracy of different postmortem specimens collected from piglets in breeding herds for disease detection.
With a healthy dose of optimism and realism, Bryan Humphreys, National Pork Producers Council CEO, shares how the organization is tackling the farm bill, Prop 12, dietary guidelines, the Clean Water Act and more.
Five reasons why you should attend the 2025 Top Producer Summit.
Learn about the first restaurant to win Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest twice.
As soon as Megan Bollin was old enough to drive, she drove to her local veterinary clinic to find a job. That proved to be a wise decision.
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the theft of a tractor-trailer containing approximately $100,000 worth of poultry products
Research updates are the cornerstone of Kansas State University’s annual Swine Day planned for Thursday, Nov. 21.
Here’s a round-up of new products on the market.
Florida, Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan and Nebraska have all made news headlines this year in regards to cultivated meat legislation.
As agriculture faces multiple challenges, USDA’s latest net farm income forecast is masking the reality for farmers. While livestock margins have improved for 2024, high input costs and below breakeven prices for row crops means margins could be the worst in nearly 20 years.
NPPC comments on Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Recommendations.
Pork is so versatile, says famous food blogger Jenny Goycochea-Marker. Pork has the unique ability to absorb flavor in ways that other proteins can’t.