Pork Business
The House Ag Committee is seeking feedback on the 2018 Farm Bill in preparation for the 2023 Farm Bill draft.
From swine health and human resource development to personal growth and financial success, day one of the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, covered a wide range of topics. Here are a few things that are worth repeating.
NPPC held its fall Legislative Action Conference last week, meeting with their members of Congress to discuss pork industry priorities.
In an ongoing pork price-fixing lawsuit, JBS USA receives approval of $20 million settlement, reaching over $57 million in total for the case.
With the industry becoming increasingly more digital, is your farm’s electronic data protected and computer systems secure?
Three research proposals will receive $35,000 in funding from the Growing Research and New Technology for Swine (GRANTS) program, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
While high-throughput pig phenotyping remains labor intensive and costly, a recent study set out to determine valuable, heritable traits while using less people and the addition of one camera.
Pork burger has traditionally taken a back seat in retail stores for consumers looking for a grilling item or diverse meal option. But ground pork is making a comeback. The original ‘ham’ burger is back...but why?
With the extreme volatility the pork industry has seen recently, Steve Malakowsky poses the question: How do you not only survive the unknowns but thrive?
As group housing systems for gestating sows continue to increase in the U.S. swine industry, strategies to manage social interactions have become increasingly important. Here are three ways nutrition could help.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 5,670 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $60.68, down $4.38 per head from last week.
Traditional breeding, which relies on existing, natural genetic variation within a population, can produce pigs with enhanced robustness to disease in a subsequent generation, Topigs Norsvin said in a release.
Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) and partners will use funding in a five-year pilot project to demonstrate a climate-smart future for corn, soybean, livestock and renewable natural gas production.
Europe’s biggest pork producer, Danish Crown, said on Thursday it would cut 350 jobs at two factories in Denmark as a result of declining supplies from farmers hit by rising energy and feed prices.
Don’t underestimate what you do each and every day as a pig farmer – feeding your family as well as everyone else’s, says Heather Hill, president of the National Pork Board and an Indiana pig farmer.
Ongoing research aims to provide clarity on why sows die. What’s challenging about sow mortality is the largest contributor is a bucket of reasons labeled “unknown.” The leading identifiable reason? Lameness.
The appearance of African swine fever in Italy and recently on the border of Germany and France illustrates this disease moves in two distinct ways and can teach the U.S. important lessons about this deadly virus.
Is your operation in the sweet spot for owning a sprayer? Of course, every decision has downsides (and a price tag). But, investing in a sprayer for your farm could offer a clear upside.
Jeff Pybus is farming’s invisible grim reaper, slaying rats in the dark as he shoots and films for an addicting, no-frills YouTube channel.
An Executive Order recently called for “advancing biotechnology and biomanufacturing” to create a more “sustainable” bioeconomy. What is this, you may ask? A decoy.
I’d like to pretend interviewing superstar Luke Bryan didn’t get my heart racing just a little, but it did. Here’s an inside look at what I learned.
For country music superstar and five-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan, saying yes to be the face of National Pork Board’s Mythbusting 2.0 campaign was an easy decision. Farm Journal’s PORK has the exclusive.
What should companies do when they are cash-rich and have fundamentally sound business generating record profits, but all the professional forecasters say disaster is around the corner?
Fear of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks have prompted the ban of pigs from the 2022 Melbourne Royal Show in Australia.
China will release 15,000 metric tons of frozen pork from state reserves on Saturday in preparation for the upcoming holidays.
To educate students about pork production and to purchase pork for the classroom, 45 Illinois schools have received the IPPA Food Service Grant for this fall.
Grains close mixed with a big rally in soybeans pulling up corn, while wheat ended lower after the WASDE. Cattle were mixed, hogs set back. Michelle Rook gets analysis with Darren Frye of Water Street Solutions.
“Protein alternatives” manufactured by Beyond Meat, Inc. have been found to contain less protein than the company claims. The company now faces a lawsuit under five action causes.
Grain shipments on some railroads could stop as early as Wednesday, two days ahead of a possible rail strike. A rail stoppage is growing more likely as the country’s main rail unions remain at odds with rail companies.
Servicing a farm’s fail-safe equipment should be part of every manager’s routine maintenance program