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In pork production, the first few days of a piglet’s life set the tone for everything that comes next.
The Senate and House each have their own Committee proposals for President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. There are some key differences in each that could impact farmers and ranchers.
It’s not easy being a baby, but weaning piglets are particularly subject to a host of stresses. What can you do to help the pig during this critical time of development?
Here’s a look at news from NutriQuest, Novonesis and Veterinary Pharmaceutical Solutions.
With no fail-safe playbook for raising pigs from start to finish, pork industry experts share three areas to focus on.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announces plans to reopen Moore Air Base in Texas as a New World screwworm sterile fly distribution facility. Long-term production is anticipated to be 300 million sterile flies per week.
A $600,000-plus grant from BioMADE, a Manufacturing Innovation Institute sponsored by the Department of Defense, will fund a project looking at ways to recover and valorize swine waste streams.
In one second, years of audience-building and customer relationships were lost for Chris and Kaitlyn Hofschulte, showpig breeders in Miami, Okla.
Check out Sterling Marketing’s Profit Tracker for week of June 14.
Old farm trucks might be rough around the edges, but their quirks, dents and stubborn reliability make them unforgettable fixtures of life on the farm.
NPPC’s Director of Animal Health Anna Forseth shares why developing a H5N1 response plan for the swine industry and establishing the National Swine Health Strategy have been two major priorities for the industry this year.
State pork associations in Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and Iowa are keeping busy this summer. Here’s a round-up of some of the recent headlines.
Saddle and Sirloin Portrait inductee and former National Swine Registry CEO will long be remembered for his creative ability to envision, implement and navigate periods of change.
After a week of ICE seemingly targeting dairy farms, California produce farms and a meat packing plant in Nebraska, President Donald Trump is reportedly ordering the Department of Homeland Security to exclude farms from immigration raids.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average with 18,246 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $83.94, up $3.73 per head from last week.
The need for people to pursue pork industry careers has never been greater. Here’s one way the pork industry is trying to rise up to meet the need.
Here are four pieces of gray-haired wisdom from the auction price guy.
Meat Institute’s Julie Anna Potts says President Trump has an opportunity to solve the agriculture labor crisis that has challenged farmers and ranchers for decades.
Youth exhibitors explore careers during The Exposition in Indianapolis.
The newly approved facilities include 23 pork plants and 83 poultry plants, according to a Chinese Customs database.
National Pork Board shares about new consumer marketing campaign, animal welfare research and protecting freedom to operate so producers can concentrate on raising quality pork.
Mike Tokach uses his deep understanding of the day-to-day issues that livestock producers face to through those issues using his swine nutrition and research knowledge.
Transitions of any kind are hard — but farmland might be one of the toughest, says Steve Bohr of Farm Financial Strategies.
It doesn’t matter how old we are. Mentors are valuable at all stages of life. All too often we fail to make the first move to ask because we let our doubts have more power than they deserve in our lives.
If both parties can come together – a farm seeker and a person that’s trying to get out of business – they can create a plan for the next generation.
If the next generation isn’t coming back, it’s not the end. But it is time for a new plan.
Strong succession is driven by leaders who are willing to plan boldly, act decisively and invest in their next generation. Your family and your operation are counting on you.
The heavy responsibility of ag literacy can start with conversations in your community or online. “Everyone has a role in our trust factor as an industry,” says Kylee Deniz with the Oklahoma Pork Council.
The new NPB pork promotion, which launched in May, uses data to help drive marketing efforts and measure performance.
Eight livestock producers reflect on some of the greatest lessons they’ve learned in life.