Pork Business
While the pork industry spends millions locking down feed and air, untreated water remains a massive, wide-open doorway for costly pathogens to slip directly into the herd.
Colin Johnson shares practical insights and strategies to help pork producers navigate current challenges in disease management, labor sourcing and facility transitions.
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How this farrowing production manager invests himself to grow elite caretakers and high-performance sows at Schwartz Farms.
Jay Johnson received a $1.15 million USDA grant to expand his HotHog app, which helps producers mitigate heat stress on pigs.
Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman says if the bill is not passed out of committee on Thursday, it would be “very, very difficult” to get a Farm Bill passed this year. The chairman says the SNAP state cost share delays will be a hang-up for some Democrats.
While BinSentry alleges willful infringement of its patented feed-bin monitoring system, BarnTools asserts the lawsuit is entirely without merit and vows to defend its independent technology.
To celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, the Iowa Pork Producers Association is giving away 1,776 free applewood-smoked pork chops on Aug. 16.
While modern swine genetics have advanced rapidly, our assumptions about water quality remain stuck in the past—costing producers average daily gain and wasting expensive medications.
Agricultural leaders welcome the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act while warning that severe consular delays could undermine grower gains.
As activist-led lawsuits target essential nutrients and farming permits, agriculture must stand united behind sound science to protect the future of food production.
When you consider that today’s purchased weaner would be sold in January 2027 using February 2027 futures, the weaner breakeven was $26.68, down $6.51 for the week, and $23.53 below the average cash price for the week of $50.21.
A New York farmer’s viral videos exposing pressure tactics by solar developers caught the attention of USDA’s new Special Envoy for American Landowners, John Rich, turning a local fight into a national one.
It takes very little contamination to cause a lot of harm, making mycotoxins an invisible threat to pig health.
Preliminary tests on three dead wild boar piglets prompt immediate quarantine zones and spark concerns over the nation’s crucial pork export market.
Minnesota Pork CEO Jill Resler dives into the vulnerability, trust and grit required to pave a sustainable future for family farms.
Eliminating porcine epidemic diarrhea virus is only half the battle. Here’s how building a domestic elimination pathway lays the exact groundwork needed to fight foreign animal diseases, too.
A $719,415 public-private investment is funding projects to advance early detection of African swine fever, improve airborne disease filters and launch wastewater monitoring on pig farms.
How can pork producers navigate labor, nutrition and disease challenges? Speakers from Kansas State, Ohio State and N.G. Purvis Farms gather in Muncie, Ind., to provide on-farm solutions.
Paying attention to early-life hoof integrity can prevent premature culls, boost lifetime pigs weaned, and unlock your herd’s true genetic potential.
The National Pork Board is transitioning from task forces back to producer-led advisory committees to give grassroots pork producers a strategic voice in guiding checkoff investments.
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While the bill aims to curb childhood obesity, pork producers argue its definition of “ultra-processed” foods lacks scientific consensus and could mislead consumers.
You wouldn’t leave your barn unlocked—here is how to apply the same common-sense security to your organization’s most valuable data.
Despite a historically weak yen, U.S. pork exports to Japan surged nearly 20% through May 2026, driven by rising convenience food demand and restricted competitor supply.
Former US Trade Representative Bob Lighthizer says Mexico, not Canada, will be the biggest test in USMCA talks, citing trade deficits. That’s as agriculture leaders push to protect billions in North American trade.
As triple-digit temperatures threaten county fairs, Indiana veterinarian Dr. Jeff Logue shares critical advice to protect your show pigs from dangerous heat stress.
When you consider that today’s purchased weaner would be sold in January 2027 using February 2027 futures, the weaner breakeven was $33.18, up $0.50 for the week, and $16.34 below the average cash price for the week of $49.52.
Biosecurity managers say the recently launched Protocol Farm Visits app takes the guesswork out of compliance by automatically recording barn visits, managing downtime requirements and helping farms stop outbreaks before they spread.
A newly developed lipid nanoparticle platform offers a rapid, cost-effective defense against rapidly mutating cross-species flu viruses.