Pork Business
Ninety ag groups sent a letter to President Trump last week calling for a new program to provide legal, documented workers to work in agriculture and related industries.
If you ask 20 people to describe what leadership means, you’ll likely get 20 different answers. For farm owners and operators, this creates the difficult task of developing new managers by cultivating a common set of
Cash traded weaner pig volume was above average last week, with 48,675 head being reported. This figure is 140% of the 52-week average.
Iowa State University and other universities are part of the effort of telling stories of discovery related to agricultural research.
Brazil plans to file protest with WTO following EU decision to ban meat imports - mostly poultry - from 20 Brazilian plants.
GlobalVetLINK (GVL®) is hosting VFD Audit Process Q&A, a free webinar to help the industry better understand the VFD inspection process, on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. (CDT).
Adding animals to existing herds poses a certain amount of risk. Make sure to check off the important information prior to purchasing.
During low-profit years for farmers, off-farm income can improve the odds of farm survival.
BamWX forecast calls for a week of good planting weather, but then the roller coaster comes back.
The most recent USDA reports provided little support for corn and soybean prices. Trade policy and weather developments look to dictate corn and soybean price movements as we move through the summer.
The World Food Prize will be awarded this year to two men who have dedicated their careers to improving the availability of nutritious food for pregnant women and children in developing countries.
Hormel Foods Corp., Tyson Foods Inc. and other meat packers are accused in a class-action lawsuit of artificially jacking up the price of hot dogs, bacon and other pork products.
Operating loans will likely be hard to come by this year, here are a handful of tips to help you get one.
“There’s a lot of good-looking corn in northwest Ohio that’s just finishing up pollination,” notes Farm Journal Agronomist Ken Ferrie in this week’s edition of Boots In The Field.
For 2018, the national average for cash rents on cropland is $138 per acre, which is 1.5% higher than 2017.
Most people don’t consider raw steak to be ready-to-eat, unless they’re following an extreme cave man diet. It’s that consumer - the serious meat-eater - that Applestone Meat Co. is pursuing.
Recent research suggests more emphasis on feed biosecurity, particularly in imported ingredients, could help reduce the risk of introducing foreign animal diseases to U.S. livestock herds.
WeWork’s enforced vegetarianism is a warning to livestock producers.
In many cases, veterinarians know exactly how sickness appears in a group of cattle. In other cases the source remains a mystery, and management, by necessity, focuses on treatment.
The farmer who employed murder suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera says he’s received death threats. Rivera was charged with the murder of missing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts. Rivera worked at the dairy farm.
With China being by far the world’s largest pork-producing and pork-consuming country, ASF’s entry into China is certainly an issue of major concern for China’s massive pork industry.
Iowa and Minnnesota were full of surprises as the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour wrapped up in Rochester, Minnesota. Listen to the podcast to get all of the final tour results.
“There’s the hardcore vegans, the hardcore vegetarians, but we’re seeing more and more flexitarians or reducetarians looking for plant-based options,” Maple Leaf Foods President Dan Curtin commented.
This morning Dan Hueber was greeted with higher prices uniformly across the grain and soy complexes.
In case you missed the PORK Intel pages in the July-August issue of PORK magazine, here’s a recap.
Commodity businesses are cyclical by nature, and pork production is no different. To make the most of market upsides and minimize the impact of downsides, producers need to maximize their production by controlling the f
Three months after taking office, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has nominated his second in command, American Soybean Association CEO Stephen Censky.
Gather a group of good ol۪ boys (and gals) into a steakhouse saloon in an iconic Western town, and both the beers and the banter start to flow and some interesting insights result.
About 40 years ago, Rock Katschnig of Prophetstown, Ill. bought his John Deere 4010 with the primary use of planting sweet corn.