Pork Business
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.
They survived the farm crisis of the 1980s, overcame industry challenges and quit their day jobs in the late 1980s to focus on building their dream — Brenneman Pork — into a legacy.
Elevated levels of the disease are trending currently, and are of ‘serious concern’ over the next eight weeks, say researchers.
Strong hog prices, along with continued pressure on feed costs, are resulting in robust margins for many producers, Rabobank says in its Q3 report.
The company’s CEO is proud to grow its operations in Iowa, where they already operate four production facilities, with another expected to break ground later this year.
The Monday Night Social offers a fun and meaningful opportunity for deeper engagement, business development and collaborative conversations ahead of the full conference agenda.
As a pork producer, you can’t personally control how far north the New World screwworm advances, but you can protect your own operations and interests as much as possible.
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K-State’s Glynn Tonsor says the July Meat Demand Monitor revealed positive trends in meat consumption and consumer attitudes toward protein purchases.
USMEF’s Dan Halstrom says it wasn’t that long ago that the U.S. was at a severe disadvantage with Japan tariff wise.
A repeat offender has falsely labeled meat products from China.
Smithfield says demand is cautious due to inflation. Consumers have shifted their spending patterns and are increasingly looking for value.
The government of Africa’s biggest economy has tried for months to negotiate a U.S. trade deal but failed to reach agreement before Trump’s deadline.
For pig farmer James Lamb, carrying on his farm isn’t just about the present — it’s a tribute to the legacy of generations past.
The White House said on Monday to not expect public release of the Make America Healthy Again policy recommendations on Aug. 12
Court dismisses the challenge of activists to an earlier EPA rulemaking that exempted livestock farms from having to treat routine air emissions as emergency releases and report them to local first responders.
A critical line of defense, this mounted patrol is taking on new endeavors to keep NWS out of the country.
Nine new mosquito species are confirmed to carry Japanese encephalitis virus.