Pork Business
Longtime swine breeder Roy Henry of Longford, Kan., was recognized as the 2021 Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry Distinguished Alumnus on Dec. 6.
Seven Iowa high school football players took home awards recognizing their play during the final games at the 2021 Iowa high school state football championships Nov. 18-19 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
From disease resilience to swine behavior, seven graduate students from across the country presented their research at the National Swine Improvement Federation meeting. Here’s what they are working on.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. will assemble a team of company and third-party experts to develop an infectious disease preparedness plan that the company will implement at all of its processing facilities nationwide.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation Strategic Planning Conference and Board of Directors Meeting, held Nov. 10-12 in Carlsbad, Calif., wrapped up with the election of new USMEF officers.
Passionate. Purposeful. Visionary. Intelligent. Thoughtful. A man of integrity. Of the many ways one could describe Neil Dierks, retiring NPPC CEO, all would agree on this: his leadership has made the industry better.
It feels like every business I enter has a “help wanted” sign right now. Opportunities for hardworking, honest, reliable employees are limitless. Unfortunately, many college students overlook the swine industry.
A thick, well-groomed, salt-and-pepper, eye-catching brute of a beard is taking home top honors in the 2021 Farm Journal’s PORK’s Best Beards in the Pork Industry Contest. Here are the top 10 winners this year.
Kent Bang, director of swine lending at Compeer Financial, shares his views on mentoring, leadership, strategy and what he’s learned during his career in this exclusive Farm Journal’s PORK Q&A.
A round-up of new hires and new product announcements in the U.S. pork industry.
Company news headlines from the U.S. pork industry.
Nine young women and men are competing for three positions on the 2022 Iowa Pork Producers Association Youth Leadership Team.
David Preisler, long-time CEO of the Minnesota Pork Producers Association and Minnesota Pork Board, announced his plans to retire from the organization effective June 1, 2022.
What do North American and South American pork industries have in common? It’s more than you possibly think. Here’s how cultural differences create opportunities to improve the pork business.
The Swine Health Information Center is hiring an associate director. Here are the details.
When John Deen, DVM, was a kid, he remembers a time when sow mortality was not a problem. However times have changed, and Deen says it’s partly our creation. Here are seven sow management trends to watch in 2022.
How do we extract the most value from swine performance data? Aaron Lower of Carthage Veterinary System shares how his team is approaching data collection, summarization and analysis in order to take action.
A round-up of headlines in the global pork industry.
Despite rising pork prices in recent months, retail and carcass prices in the U.S. are still relatively low when compared with prices in other countries, says Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University economist.
It’s a real struggle to find people with good stockmanship skills who want to work in livestock production, said Caleb Shull, director of research and innovation for The Maschhoffs during a recent Farm Country Update.
Britain’s pig industry said it faces collapse after an exodus of east European workers led to a shortage of butchers and a backlog in slaughtering more than 170,000 pigs.
Chef Chad Myers of Bellevue, Iowa takes home first place in the Taste competition held at the 2022 Iowa Pork Congress, featuring the special ingredient ground pork in his Mexican street tacos.
Kevin Rasmussen, a pig farmer from Humboldt County, Iowa, took over the reins as the Iowa Pork Producers Association president during the Iowa Pork Congress. I sat down with him to find out more about IPPA’s new leader.
A round-up of company news in the swine industry.
Making the leap to a full-time career is a hard decision. For 22 students, the opportunity to explore the inner workings of a pork production company became a life-changing experience last week.
Rena Striegel, a consultant with Transition Point Business Advisors, detailed five steps toward strengthening the core of a farm business, speaking at Top Producer Summit in Nashville, Tenn.
Human and animal health are on people’s minds now more than ever. Dr. Peter Davies’ lifelong career researching both subjects made him a logical recipient of the Minnesota Pork Board’s 2022 Distinguished Service Award.
On Feb. 1, Acuity and Fast Genetics came together in a merger that raised a few eyebrows. Farm Journal’s PORK sat down with Wolter and Schwab to discuss what this means for their companies and for the pork industry.
Ohio pork producers shook things up during the 2022 Ohio Pork Congress. In addition to a power-packed line-up of speakers, they filled the meeting room at their new venue in Lima. Here’s a snapshot of the event.
Awards were presented to Ohio pork producers and industry friends during a luncheon held during Ohio Pork Congress on Feb. 9. Here are the highlights.