Pork Business
It’s no surprise pork products made the U.S. CBP’s Top 10 Agriculture Seizures of 2021 list more than once. Protecting animal ag is a high priority, especially as deadly swine viruses like ASF move closer to the U.S.
The Biden administration and some cattle groups blame meat industry concentration for producers getting a smaller share of consumer dollars for beef than they did decades ago. The Meat Institute disputes such claims.
A new year brought with it another attack on North Carolina’s pork industry. This one arrived in the form of a 16-minute video from an online outfit called Vox. It produced the video with money from an activist group.
The demand for crocodile meat is exploding in Thailand as local consumers are hit by a spike in the price of pork.
Iowa State University research seeks alternatives for saturated animal fats that retain the original products’ desirable qualities of taste, texture and appearance and offer more choices to health-conscious consumers.
Hong Kong reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the northern part of the territory, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.
On Monday the People’s Bank of China also announced a 0.1 percentage point cut to two of its key policy rates. It acted after GDP grew by more than 8% in 2021, but slowed down in the fourth quarter.
A news story about a “pig farmer” in Iowa facing allegations of livestock neglect went viral this week. After reading the stories and doing research, here’s why I think he’s being mislabeled as a pig farmer.
APHIS is allowing biosecure facilities that handle regulated garbage to hold it in tightly sealed, leak-proof containers for up to 120 hours. Prior to that, garbage had to be processed within 72 hours.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 8,775 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $87.18 up $4.75 per head from last week.
The report found nitrogen accounts for more than 50% of fertilizer costs for a corn producer at $117 per acre.
Italy on Thursday banned hunting and several other outdoor activities in two northern regions affected by a recent outbreak of African swine fever, a deadly hog disease.
China’s imports of meat fell 5.4% in 2021 from the year before, customs data showed on Friday, as a surge in domestic supply of pork cut demand for overseas supplies.
Ohio pork producer and Columbus Blue Jackets hockey fan Jacey Snyder’s dream came true when defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov sported her socks during a recent game.
Federal agents seized and destroyed more than 1,900 pounds of prohibited pork, poultry and ruminant products from New York City-area retailers in the past three months.
The 2022 Annual Meat Conference (AMC) to be held in February, hosted by the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and The Food Industry Association (FMI) has been cancelled.
Steve Lerch, former Google executive, will share his insight into digital issues, consumer behavior and innovation at the 2022 Ohio Pork Congress in Lima, Ohio.
U.S. pork producers can now export sausage and similar products to Nigeria. On Jan. 12, the country located on the western coast of Africa, announced it is partially opening its market to U.S. pork.
What’s being done to grow understanding of Porcine sapelovirus, an emerging virus isolated in a diagnostic specimen from a U.S. swine farm?
Total China meat supply in 2022 is expected at 79 million tons, revised up 7% from the prior forecast and again surpassing total meat supplies before ASF struck. Here’s a look at the revised forecast.
AFBF President Zippy Duvall told members this week he will continue to press for policy that progresses agriculture, citing AFBF’s work on changes to the White House’s “America the Beautiful” plan as an example.
Hog futures have dropped this week as market participants have gone on the defensive following reports of lower-than-expected slaughter and ongoing processing bottlenecks.
Although the export potential may start off small in India, U.S. Meat Export Federation’s president and CEO Dan Halstrom believes the opportunity to tell U.S. pork’s story is a gamechanger.
The Food and Drug Administration provided notice in the Federal Register on Tuesday of its intention to hold a public hearing regarding Mecadox, a widely used treatment for controlling bacterial diseases in swine.
A survey reveals how residents in two of the largest pig producing counties in the country feel about their local community, the impact of agriculture and renewable energy projects on farms.
History was made on Jan. 7 when a 57-year-old Maryland man with deadly heart disease received a heart from a genetically modified pig.
Such events show just how vulnerable we are to attacks that can randomly take major portions of our infrastructure off-line without warning.
AFBF’s in-person annual convention focused on everything from H-2A workers, drought, supply chain chaos and policy changes like the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed the group Monday.
After decades of work, the world’s second-most populous nation is allowing imports of U.S. pork and pork products. Industry leaders say this presents a major opportunity for U.S. pork producers.
Despite rising inflation and supply chain disruptions, American consumers continued to purchase meat products at an astounding rate, led by ground beef sales in 2021 that reached $11.3 billion.