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Do you have a plan for swine vaccination administration? Here’s one tool that can help.
National Pork Board highlights the importance of consistency in terms of ‘nutrient-dense’ definition, to support the role of pork in its nutritional contributions as part of NPB’s input to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines.
China’s second-quarter pork output rose 4.6% from a year earlier to 14.4 million metric tons, the highest in at least a decade for the period, as farmers raised more pigs on hopes of better demand.
Cattle industry leaders on Thursday (July 13) praised the introduction of a bipartisan congressional resolution recognizing the importance of commodity checkoff programs, including the Beef Checkoff.
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) introduced an act to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting U.S. land near security sites, and would push a review of current ownership in these areas.
State officials find these states serve as early examples of the challenges other places may face in response to the recent Sackett ruling on WOTUS.
Ventilation systems that function at their best are critical for pork operations. IPIC is now offering a seasonal approach to checking the various components in an easy-to-use checklist format to help producers.
USDA’s APHIS is awarding more than $3.2 million to create antimicrobial resistance dashboards to improve access to information on antimicrobial resistance in domesticated animals.
Meanwhile, service prices and the core index (which excludes food and energy) remain high, with the core CPI descending to 4.8%.
Last week produced the lowest feed costs and lowest break evens for pigs placed in the finish barns since December 2021. Cattle feeders also saw declining feeding costs.
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This slump, deeper than May’s 7.5% drop, represents the largest decline since February 2020.
2023 FFAR Vet Fellow Lauren Nicole Cromwell of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be studying swine pain management.
Swine nutrition can be a complex beast under the best conditions. However, when you have pigs flowing from a disease challenge or with a history of a disease challenge, that can take the complexity up a notch.
The global meat trade outlook remains similar to April in the July USDA Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade report. Beef and chicken meat exports are not significantly revised while pork is raised 2%.
The U.S. pork industry has a plan to help keep foreign animal diseases like African swine fever (ASF) out of the country, but it requires everyone in the pork industry to do their part.
USDA looks to improve the future measure, monitoring, reporting and verification of ag climate emissions via a $300 million investment announced on Wednesday.
JBS announced a proposal to list company shares on the São Paulo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange in order to better reflect its global presence and unlock value for shareholders.
Did you attend the National Pork Industry Conference? From animal activism and consumer demand to swine health and Prop 12, here are some insights and perspectives that stood out during the discussions.
The program targets those who were discriminated against before Jan. 1, 2021, or those still in debt from discriminatory USDA farm loans.
Is Question 3 worse than Prop 12? That’s a question on many producers’ minds. A Massachusetts judge has signed an extension of the current stay on implementation of Q3. Here’s what that means for the industry.
Which cities have the best barbeque? The answer depends on who you ask, and two recent rankings provide different results.
The strike at Canada’s busiest ports is causing severe disruption to the nation’s economy and shows no signs of a quick resolution. The Canadian Pork Council is calling on the government for help.
OSU with Osage Nation recently concluded its inaugural Meat Mastery Program, a hands-on experience aimed to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge on multi-species meat harvesting and value-added processing.
NOVUS International, Inc., recently launched its new Scale Up Program for Grow-Finishers, for swine producers in the Americas aiming to maximize economic return.
In what is for many, the first time they have witnessed a significant and sustained demand drop in the pork industry, the reasons for it and the way forward to success are perplexing.
Introducing a new feed additive aimed to promote increased weight gain in growing-finishing swine, Elanco Animal Health Inc. has announced the addition of Microtracer technology to its Skycis 100 product.
Social media feeds full of vacation photos from around the world are a reminder that international travel is picking back up. Don’t forget to report your production ag traveler experiences going through customs.
Launching the new Center on Vaccine Evaluation and Alternatives for Antimicrobials, or CVEAA, Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine aims to support animal vaccine development and usage.
Farrow-to-finish pork producers earned $28 profit per hog last week, a $3 per head decline from the previous week. A month ago farrow-to-finish pork producers showed a loss of about $2 per head.