Pork Business
Over the past decade, the number of mixed animal and food animal veterinarians has decreased by 15%. USDA’s plan encompasses five actions to support veterinarians and protect livestock across rural communities.
Former senior vice president of market growth tapped to lead the organization, staff and industry into a productive and powerful next season for pork.
Mexico reports 53% increase in NWS cases since July.
Meat Institute CEO says this initiative can help counter confusing and misleading information about nutrition, including the role of meat and poultry in health dietary patterns.
When it comes to getting pigs started right in the barn, one area that needs talked about more is sanitation, says K-State’s Joel DeRouchey.
When activists are again successful at persuading a state to adopt anything different than Prop 12’s housing requirements, the wholesale revision of farm practices and contracts will start all over again.
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From a conference full of practical production tips and cutting-edge research results you can use on your farm, here are some things to think about.
The Tucker plant’s bacon production will be moved to other facilities.
Animal Health Corridor launches new campaign, toolkit and website to give companies ready-to-use resources to engage with the next generation about career opportunities in animal health.
We often hear that protein helps build muscles—but how do we actually know? Is it as simple as handing a few body-builders some pork chops and watching what happens?
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 9,000 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $74.55, up $3.23 per head from last week.
An individual who had traveled to the U.S. from El Salvador has been confirmed with NWS.
APHIS awarded a contract to Merck Animal Health to supply up to $20 million in tags to sow and exhibition swine industry segments, over the next five years.
Per capita availabiity of red meat and poultry is projected higher in 2025 and 2026.
The European Union will provide preferential market access for pork, has committed to streamlining requirements for U.S. pork sanitary certificates, and intends to address other non-tariff barriers affecting agricultural trade.
This ER nurse and dairy farmer’s wife shares that the difference between an accident and a tragedy is truly milliseconds.
She’s arguably one of the most valuable investments on your farm, driving performance from farrowing to finish. How do we keep it that way?
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The legs and the feet create the interaction between the animal and the environment, allowing the animal to go to feed, look for water and reproduce.
South Australia pig farmer Shaun Blenkiron reflects on an adventure
The Food System Outlook 2025 report shows millennials and Gen Z are reshaping the food industry, with 90% prioritizing healthy, fresh and clean-label foods over other expenses, even during economic hardship.
StockLink takes aim at the censorship of traditional platforms by offering a space where livestock comes first, says Kaitlyn Hofschulte.
If there’s one factor to watch in the farmland values equation today, it’s the ag economy.
HHS allows FDA emergency use of animal drugs to combat New World screwworm.
Ohio EPA reports the red color in Carey Creek stemmed from a discharge of liquid manure that was pulled from an anaerobic manure lagoon on a nearby hog farm.
The rerouting system showed that even without effective truck cleaning and disinfection, it reduced up to 42% of the contacts between infected and uninfected farms via vehicle movements.
USMEF Chair Steve Hanson says there are buyers who want top of the line, others who want that mid cut and a lot of demand for cuts not used in the U.S.
Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 70,875 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $55.75, up $2.09 per head from last week.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced a plan to build a facility near Edinburg, Texas. It will be capable of producing 300 million sterile flies per week to combat New World screwworm and is estimated to be in production in one year.