Pork Business
Reports indicate about 20% of the herd has been wiped out in the latest wave.
Taiwan has begun testing hog herds and putting in place movement controls near where a dead pig infected with African swine fever washed ashore over the weekend.
Senators John Hoeven and Michael Bennet reintroduced the Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act, bipartisan legislation to reform the Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device regulations at the U.S. DOT.
Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 30,775 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $52.81, down $2.10 per head from last week.
A livestock sale in Limestone Co., Texas turned into much more than a sale last week. Chad Walker was ambushed on the side of the road. A local hero, the livestock sale turned into an act support for the Walker family
A wave of ASF outbreaks this year has wiped out at least 20% of the breeding herd in northern China, industry sources said, exceeding expected losses and raising fears about the potential impact in the south.
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Easter 2021 will likely be an indicator again of how people consume and behave during the winter holiday. As vaccines roll out, restrictions ease and families travel more, what shift will we see in buying behavior?
A federal court has removed a provision of the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System that enabled pork processors to establish maximum line speeds.
The pork industry entered one of its darkest periods in spring 2020 when COVID-19 forced the shutdown of several pork packing plants. Paul Yeske, DVM, Swine Vet Center, helped hog producers work through the closures.
Each year, several thousand dogs enter the U.S. for resale or adoption. In a recent Hogs on the Hill article, NPPC chief veterinarian Liz Wagstrom wrote that it’s time to sound the alarm on importing rescue dogs.
The latest USDA report shows there’s a great deal of caution in the pork industry right now despite some of the highest prices the industry has seen in some time, says John Nalivka, president of Sterling Marketing.
The governments of nearly half the U.S. states are in agreement of the North American Meat Institute’s petition challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12.
President Biden is preparing to announce a $2.25T infrastructure plan on Wednesday. It’s aimed to fuel funding for America’s roads, waterways, broadband and the electric grid, but there’s also a focus on climate.
Held annually in Tokyo, FOODEX is traditionally the largest food trade show in Asia and one of the largest in the world. The event was much smaller this year, but USMEF was able to exhibit U.S. Pork and Beef products.
Commodity prices have producers revisiting strategies to reduce feed costs and preserve profits, says Ryan Strobel, DVM, with Swine Vet Center.
Injured Texas Trooper Chad Walker has ties to the fair as his family shows livestock. So, the Limestone County Fair Association livestock sale turned into an opportunity to raise money for the Walker family.
Lean hog futures finished slightly higher Tuesday. The strengthening U.S. dollar may be a factor, but there are also other fundamentals playing into the market.
JBS USA agreed to pay $20 million to settle a consumer class-action lawsuit alleging the company conspired to fix prices for pork.
Corn is the most commonly used cereal grain in diets for pigs and it can easily be grown. Innovation in corn genetics has resulted in a new cultivar that contains more oil than conventional hybrids of corn.
Use of illegal African swine fever vaccines by some Chinese hog producers last year reduced output of hogs and will support prices in 2021, an executive from leading pork processor WH Group said on Tuesday.
Eight years of research has led to a disquieting scenario for swine producers: Feed and feed ingredients could potentially serve as means for the introduction and transmission of foreign animal diseases of swine.
USTR Katherine Tai on Monday told the European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, that she has a “strong desire to develop a more positive and productive” trade relationship with the EU.
Farmers and ranchers have more time to sign up for the Paycheck Protection Program. The Senate passed legislation to extend the deadline from March 31 to May 31.
A shocker. A game-changer. A surprise. In USDA’s March 1 Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report, analysts agree this very bullish report changes the outlook perspective.
The USDA’s March Hogs and Pigs report estimates represent the first March-over-March reduction since 2014, says Jason Franken, Western Illinois University ag economist. Here’s his perspective on the pork outlook.
A resurgence of African swine fever in Indonesia’s southern East Nusa Tenggara province has reportedly killed tens of thousands of pigs, adding to the long list of recent outbreaks around the globe.
Failure is a part of life, but how we bounce back from it determines how successful we will become.
Vaccines are the most important tool we have to control influenza, says Montserrat Torremorell. That’s why her team continually studies how it is transmitted and how vaccines can help prevent transmission.
Dr. Pat Hoffmann, DVM and technical consultant for Elanco Animal Health, recognizes the importance of a proactive approach to swine respiratory disease (SRD) to stave off resulting economic impacts.