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USDA has lifted an order that required sows from one Manitoba assembly yard to be certified free of Seneca Valley virus before crossing the border.
Cattle feeders and beef packers both printed closeouts with red ink last week, slight advantage packers. Pork producers also operated underwater but pork packers saw improving margins.
The FFA Swine Facility Management Contest tests the knowledge of youth on issues pertaining to swine production—feed, water, air, facility management and recordkeeping.
The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel rejected challenges from environmental groups, emphasizing that the permit applications were appropriately scrutinized before approval.
Some Republican House and Senate members have expressed their concerns to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, particularly regarding the new payment formula used for ERP in 2022.
Handling low profits means you need to manage the financial risks affecting your operation.
A California jury deliberated for six days before returning guilty verdicts of conspiracy and trespassing for DxE co-founder Wayne Hsiung. The jury deadlocked on a second conspiracy charge.
Analysts say an initial cut could be made as early as first quarter 2024. One of the key factors the central banking system will consider is whether its inflation rate target of 2% has been achieved.
Farmers have struggled with the same business and family problem essentially forever: what happens to the farm when parents die. The conflict between fairness and equality has never been truly resolved.
Smithfield Foods will end contracts with 26 hog farms in Utah to optimize its supply chain for more efficient operations in the face of an industry oversupply of pork, weaker consumer demand and high feed prices.
Is your small swine farm ready for winter? Here are some critical steps to consider when preparing your small farm for winter.
The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) adds its voice to other groups supporting Bill C-359, An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Seeds Act and the Pest Control Products Act.
Do you have what it takes to be named one of the best beards in the pork industry? Or, do you have a decent beard and want to be a good sport? Get your nominations in for our Best Beards in the Pork Industry Contest.
Not only has ASF rocked China’s pork supply, but pork prices more than doubled to reach record levels. A new report investigates the degree to which China’s reduced pork supply affected pork-exporting countries.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul saved the life of Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst during a closed-door Republican party launch last Thursday.
Sen. Josh Hawley introduces the Protecting Interstate Commerce for Livestock Producers Act to protect farmers from costly regulations – made in other states – that will hurt their business and drive-up consumer costs.
A Rock Rapids, Iowa, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to manipulating weights of hogs in order to defraud pork producers.
For the U.S. swine industry, 2023 has been a year most farmers would like to forget. However, this time, it’s not because of disease issues. Here are three predictions for pig health in 2024 by Pipestone’s Joel Nerem.
It was a seasonally quiet week in grocery store meat departments and up the distribution chain for turkeys and hams, reports Steiner Consulting Group in the Daily Livestock Report. Here’s a look at pork, turkey and beef.
If your Christmas shopping list contains people who work daily with animals, you’ll want to get them something meaningful that speaks to the things they enjoy, and might make their workday a little more pleasant, too.
U.S. agriculture had a $2.4 billion trade deficit in 2022, its first shortfall since 1959. NPPC joined more than 30 ag organizations in this ask to the President’s Export Council.
Illinois pork producers step up to donate roughly 50,000 pounds of ground pork to regional food banks in the state.
“We got fat and lazy,” Tyson Foods Inc.’s leader candidly shared about his company’s underperformance in an interview following the opening of Tyson’s new $300 million plant in Virginia, Bloomberg reported.
The downtime between flocks or groups is an ideal time to target rodent populations.
The National Pork Board and Showpig announced a strategic partnership to enhance and support the show pig industry on Wednesday at the Legends and Dreamers Showpig Summit held in Nashville, Tenn.
The U.S. pork industry has learned its lesson about paying attention to disease outbreaks in other countries. That’s why a new website has been created about Japanese Encephalitis Virus that wreaked havoc in Australia.
In his Value Creation in Cell Ag class, Tufts senior Adham Ali was tasked to work with a group of peers to design a product using cellular agriculture (or cell ag for short) to make life easier for consumers.
Pipestone’s Karyn Havas wants to develop a protocol that tracks antibiotic use across large-scale commercial swine production systems and compares it in real-time with its respective on-farm antibiotic use.
The Meat Institute and the Protein PACT will highlight animal agriculture’s commitments and progress toward global goals at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai Nov. 30 through Dec. 12.
Lawyers representing the estates of Tyson workers who succumbed to COVID-19 complications during the 2020 pandemic are urging a reevaluation of a court decision that dismissed their legal actions.