Pork Business
Despite ongoing cost pressures, early signs signal expansion in the U.S. hog herd, Rabobank says in its latest Rabobank Global Pork Quarterly Report.
USDA’s first official net farm income forecast shows an expected 16% drop in 2023 net farm income, largely due to a decline in commodity prices and government payments with higher expenses and costs at the farm level.
If cash rent leases are negotiated via auction, Jim Rothermich is seeing prices drawing double – even triple digit gains. In Illinois, prices are up 90% to 120% compared to the previous year.
Ohio Pork Council’s president Nick Seger opens up about his farm, his family, his goals as president and the type of leader Ohio pork producers are getting in their new president.
Family businesses are often complex and making the decision to join the family farm is no different. Here’s a list of questions the next generation should consider about the family business.
The price surge comes as Europe announced a ban on Russian diesel fuel and G7 countries vowed to price-cap Russian oil products.
Rabobank analysts agree that the industry may find growth difficult to sustain through 2023, given the slow production growth in major exporting regions, mainly the European Union and the U.S.
USMEF notes as the U.S. pork industry seeks to diversify global demand, Central and South America will be key growth areas.
It’s great to know what you want to do next, but we don’t always get to control how life shakes out. That’s why mental toughness may be one of the most important attributes we can develop.
Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 30,149 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $66.85, down $0.88 per head from last week.
Mark your calendars for the Missouri Pork Expo, scheduled for Feb. 21 and 22 at the Margaritaville Lake Resort at Lake of the Ozarks near Osage Beach, Mo.
African swine fever has basically spread everywhere on Hispaniola. Amy Delgado, DVM, has been deployed five times to the DR and twice to Haiti to support the USDA’s response to this outbreak. Here’s an update.
Much ink and many pixels have been wasted, in my opinion, on rants about people other than U.S. farmers owning farmland. Surprisingly, critics are just as hard on wealthy Americans as foreigners.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Alexis Taylor for Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. According to Taylor, her priorities include addressing export markets and food insecurity.
Obtaining rectal temperatures on sow farms is very time consuming. Kaci Way, a DVM student at The Ohio State University, said it can often drop in priority on the farm’s to-do list. Here’s a way to bump it up the list.
With Republicans now in control of the House, Rep. RandyFeenstra (R-Iowa) said he wants to introduce legislation shielding the stepped-up basis and like-kind exchanges.
By the world’s standards, they looked like an unlikely group of employees to bring into a sow barn. But to Jimmy Tosh, owner of Tosh Farms, they looked like a group of women who could use a second chance.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the barn when Samantha Nicole Iselt of Lexington, Texas, was named the exhibitor of the Grand Champion Market Barrow at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
The first thing Gracee Workman will tell you about her story is she is not a victim. Shew grew up far from hog barns and oblivious of the industry she’s come to love. Here’s her journey from the streets to the barn.
The first thing Gracee Workman will tell you about her story is she is not a victim. She grew up far from hog barns and oblivious of the industry she’s come to love. Here’s her journey from the streets to the barn.
Audrey Angus opens up about her battle with cancer.
Audrey Angus, a swine specialist with Furst-McNess, opens up about her battle with cancer and how she refuses to let it define her.
Although Trish Cook didn’t set out to be a pig farmer, she’s spent the last 27 years doing just that. At the 2023 Iowa Pork Congress, she was named the first female president of IPPA. Here’s an inside look.
A show pig is often a family affair. For one Georgia family, a show pig became more of a companion as the animal brought their 16-year old daughter normalcy as her father battled cancer in the middle of the pandemic.
USDA’s second-highest ranking executive, Jewel Bronaugh, announced her resignation on Thursday as Agriculture Deputy Secretary.
Indiana Pork recently honored three individuals who have dedicated much time to advancing the pig industry.
For those in agriculture, owning farmland has long been viewed as a symbol of status and wealth. Now, even individuals who don’t farm are jumping on board, looking to buy farmland.
“It’s a mystery as to why the USDA began to hide the names of many recipients,” said Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs for the Environmental Working Group.
Understanding the environment farmers operate in was top of mind for U.S. Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, at the first Farm Bill hearing.
Nearly 80 years of pork industry experience in key leadership positions will be added to the Cargill Animal Nutrition pork team.