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A new study debunks plant-based meat analogue product claims to be healthier for your diet than real meat.
Ensuring the health and safety of our pigs is a top priority for every producer. While we often focus on biosecurity measures at sow farms, it’s just as crucial to implement strong protocols in wean-to-finish barns.
Alltech announced a new marketing structure designed to better serve both the company’s customers and the needs of its internal teams
Properly functioning ventilation systems are vital to today’s pork production facilities, and following a regular process for maintaining their operation can pay big economic dividends.
More than 200 meat and poultry plants were recognized by The Meat Institute at the 2024 Environmental, Labor and Safety+ Conference in New Orleans for their positive environmental impact efforts.
There’s now a 60% chance La Niña will develop between June and August and an 85% chance it’s in effect by November 2024 to January 2025, according to NOAA.
It’s not sharks, wolves, or bears that kill the most people—it’s wild pigs, and the numbers are trending up.
Danish Crown will close one of its major slaughterhouses in Denmark and lay off nearly 1,200 employees by mid-September this year.
Understanding the differences in the microbiome between light and heavy market hogs may provide insights into optimizing growth performance, feed efficiency and sustainability of the swine industry.
The Iowa Pork Producers Association invites Iowans to nominate their favorite restaurant for the 22nd annual Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest.
An Iowa company must close its two pig-buying stations in South Dakota for 15 days as part of its punishment for defrauding livestock producers and farmers in Iowa.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans serve as a cornerstone for promoting health and preventing disease. For U.S. pork, these guidelines play a crucial role in shaping consumption and perceptions surrounding pork.
Preweaning mortality is a complex issue, says Cara Haden, DVM, of Pipestone Veterinary Service. That’s why the pork industry continues to search for answers to improve pig livability on the farm.
Cattle and hog feeders are benefitting from dramatically lower grain and feed costs this year while live animal sale prices are higher. Profit margins for both species have doubled in the past month.
Unrelenting inflation continues to weigh down the U.S. economy and agriculture. Still, CoBank says it believes the Fed will stick with its decision to cut interest rates three times in 2024.
When Trish Cook, past president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, joined 20 Iowa pig farmers on a trip to California to see the effect of Proposition 12, she wasn’t surprised by the amount of chaos it’s created.
U.S. pork exports to Central America were outstanding in 2023, and the momentum is continuing in 2024. One of the reasons for this growth is an increased focus on showing targeted consumers how to properly prepare pork.
The Loeffel Meat Shoppe at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is re-opening on May 3 with a celebration you won’t want to miss.
China’s pork output eased in January-March from a year earlier, the first quarterly decline in nearly four years, as farmers slaughtered fewer pigs to support a recovery in hog prices.
dsm-firmenich announced the renewal of the European Union authorization for Hy-D for ruminants and renewal in pigs and poultry.
After 17 consecutive months in the red, pork production is returning to profitability, says Brian Earnest, lead economist, animal protein for CoBank Knowledge Exchange Division.
Defining the U.S. regions at greatest risk for JEV is an important step towards U.S. prevention and preparedness as well as allocation of efforts for surveillance.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson said he will move a bipartisan farm gill out of his committee in May.
Here’s an overview of the most important matters of concern brought before legislators this week at NPPC’s spring Legislative Action Conference in Washington, DC.
The pork industry needs to share the good news of what producers are doing on the farm more, especially around the topic of sustainability.
A string of pork thefts are turning truckers’ heads. On April 10, more than $12,000 worth of pork was stolen from a tractor-trailer parked overnight in northeast Philadelphia.
South Dakota Dairy Producers encourages all dairy producers to closely monitor their herd and contact their herd veterinarian immediately if cattle appear symptomatic.
Catch the soulful flavor of pork. Celebra tu cultura y Ponle Pork a tu vida. Why is the Pork Checkoff focused on creating messages like this focused on the multicultural consumer more than ever right now?
Knowing there are many methods for swine disease spread, the objective of a SHIC-funded study was to increase understanding around the risk of vehicles traveling to and from swine farms for disease transmission.
Now that the mystery illness impacting some dairy herds has been revealed as the same strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza that has been impacting the U.S. poultry flock, pork producers are asking questions.