Pork Business
A 1.9% year-over-year drop in the U.S. swine breeding herd, combined with ongoing productivity challenges, will limit 2022 U.S. hog slaughter and remain supportive to nearby markets, says Christine McCracken, Rabobank.
Farmers and ag cooperative need to be on high alert this spring. That’s according to the FBI, which is predicting cyber criminals might attack the industry during planting and harvest.
What would you do if an activist showed up on your farm? How would you respond if an extremist broke into your barn? No one wants to imagine themselves in this position, but experts agree it’s important to be prepared.
World-renowned ASF researcher Douglas Gladue of USDA’s ARS will be recognized by the Arthur S. Flemming Commission for his outstanding service in the field of science.
McDonald’s Corp on Thursday said Carl Icahn’s call for the fast food chain to stop buying pork from suppliers that house the animals in crates would be logistically unfeasible and prohibitively expensive.
China appears to be significantly throttling soybean imports this year to well below recent norms following a record haul last marketing year, which had coincided with a meaningful restoration of its hog herd.
Although the meaning of sustainability has been subjected to a variety of interpretations, Animal Agriculture Alliance points out it is critical to understand sustainability is a continuous journey, not a destination.
Herd health challenges and higher costs are expected to slow global pork production growth, limiting global pork availability and helping to boost expected hog prices, Rabobank says in its Global Pork Quarterly report.
According to the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System data collected in 2019, the majority of Salmonella isolates collected from humans were not resistant to any of the antimicrobials tested under NARMS.
About 500 rural counties in the U.S. have too few or no veterinarians. The lack poses risks to farming livelihoods and, ultimately, the country’s food supply.
Ventilation fans are no different than any other piece of equipment on the farm...they perform better with annual maintenance. Doing that maintenance now means you will not be doing it in the summer heat.
Experts say Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) will impact Australia’s pork supply as there are now 30 infected piggeries in New South Wales experiencing production losses of up to 80%.
Featuring 18 automated cranes within nearly 20 million cubic feet of space, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Lineage Logistics, LLC announce new, next-generation distribution center in Olathe, Kan.
Chinese hog farmers should return to profit in the third quarter, a farm official said on Wednesday, after more than a year of heavy losses that have eroded rural incomes and curbed demand for some feed ingredients.
Bhutan reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a pig farm near the border with India, the World Organization for Animal Health said.
Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018.
There are several ways to evaluate feed cost and feed performance in wean-to-market pigs, says Pipestone’s Jacob Koepke. Each method can provide a different answer for the producer about the “best” way to feed a pig.
When you cook pork, how do you know when it’s ready? In a recent survey, two-thirds of consumers used the color of cooked pork chops to determine when it was done. Now, you might be thinking…what’s wrong with that?
It is not easy to get a clear handle on how pork producers in the U.S. or any major pork country can mitigate against disruption. Maybe the best strategy is one forced by sensible economic judgment – reduce production.
Genvax Technologies is developing a self-amplifying messenger RNA vaccine for African swine fever in collaboration with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Services Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
China stocks closed down on Monday, with investors disappointed about a smaller-than-expected cut in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) that many felt might not be enough to reverse a sharp economic slowdown.
China posted its highest quarterly pork production in more than three years during January through March, data showed on Monday, reflecting a boost in breeding following a disease-led decline.
Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 26,600 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $63.20, up $0.15 per head from last week.
Mangled mammal meat might have been the logical outcome that most superhero fans pictured when Batman took on Superman, but the potential outcome this bat meat posed to mortals was much more real, CBP reports.
Alltech launches its first renewable energy system and adopts the use of compressed natural gas at its Serdán plant in Mexico.
Rumors of catastrophic PRRS outbreaks continue to shake the pork industry. One farmer told AgriTalk’s Chip Flory that he moved 1,500 pigs in and two-thirds of them were dead within a week due to the PRRS virus.
Last night it hit me I should probably figure out my Easter menu beyond our family favorite – ham. I checked in with my colleagues to find out their favorite holiday recipes. Here are a few you may want to consider.
In hot-box style, five diverse farm technologies—Salin 247, Susterre, Phinite, BovIQ, and Holganix—took center stage at Top Producer Summit in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 15.
The best attributes for managing risk are experience and intuition. Ironically, both of these require experience.
Perhaps the greatest potential advance in optimizing hog production across both cost and revenue components of profit is the use of machine learning, commonly referred to as artificial intelligence, says Dennis DiPietre.