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Employee performance evaluations are essential for fostering growth, aligning goals, and addressing areas for improvement. What questions will you ask your employees in 2025?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service requests public comments on a proposal to establish an official program for safeguarding, improving, and representing the health status of U.S. pigs.
Which stories caught the most attention in 2024? Here’s a look back at the top 10 stories on PorkBusiness.com in 2024.
As 2024 comes to an end, roughly 70% of the U.S. is experiencing some level of drought and dryness. What does that mean for 2025? According to one meteorologist, in six of the past 10 years with a really dry fall, the spring to follow was also dry.
Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 41,501 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $76.72, up $5.56 per head from last week.
The ASEAN American Epicurean Table program delivers customized training and promotional programs for targeted importers and their customers.
Will corporations, LLCs, and LPs be required to report Beneficial Ownership Information soon? Here’s the latest developments.
Will the challenges of 2025 outweigh the opportunities? Economists encourage pork producers to consider these four important questions.
Registration for SowBridge, the distance educational series for those who work with sows, boars and piglets, and with genetic and reproductive issues, is now underway.
From trade and deregulation to alternative land uses and cash rent prices, ag economists have no shortage of issues on their radar for 2025.
Cash cattle averaged $194.99 per cwt. while lean carcass hog prices were at $80.35 per cwt.
The European Parliament has approved a one-year delay to regulations that would require importers of beef and other goods to show their products are not linked to deforestation.
While the use of bells when Bevin Bells was founded in 1832 is much different today, the sixth-generation company continues to spread Christmas cheer year-round.
At just 11 years old, Reed Marcum had an idea for a project: Collect toys and give them to children in his community. Eight years later, the toy drive has given away more than 64,000 toys at an annual event people wait in line for hours to attend.
Brian Forrest of Maple Ridge Dairy near Stratford, Wisconsin, embodies a spirit of selflessness and resilience, as he has been an organ donor, not just once, but twice.
A showpig breeder. An Iowa State football player. A chief executive officer. A professor of animal science. A high school student. A mom. A retired researcher. A veterinarian. A cancer survivor. What does this list have in common?
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the second round of RAPP grants, which is intended to allocate $300 million, expanding American food and agricultural exports in emerging global markets.
We must have a paradigm shift that is focused on making pork loin relevant to young, domestic, multicultural consumers.
Although there were no earth-shattering surprises in the Dec. 1 USDA Hogs and Pigs Report, economist Lee Schulz says there are several important takeaways for pork producers as the year comes to a close.
Nearly half of all farmworkers are undocumented, and industries such as dairy and meatpacking plants are especially vulnerable to labor shortages.
Baltimore’s Impero Foods & Meats, Inc., has recalled 7,485 lb. of raw pork sausage products.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 20,350 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $88.03, up $5.37 per head from last week.
The World Food Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., attracts thousands of competitors and food lovers from around the globe.
Ralph’s Packing Company of Perkins, Okla., is recalling approximately 3,132 lb. of ready-to-eat pork and beef bologna products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
“What are you hearing out there? Are employers still hiring?” These are common questions posed to AgCareers.com.
Smithfield announces the formation of a new company called VisionAg Hog Production.
Bob Morrison’s mantra, “Learn. Teach. Have fun.” is put to work through an annual event that always draws a crowd. Here’s a look at the seven students who competed for the Morrison Swine Innovator Prize in September.
As the Trump administration prepares to return to the White House, these appointments signal a continuation of its previous agricultural policies and priorities, with experienced individuals who have both legal expertise and connections to the farming community.
An advocate for the livestock industry who wears many hats including teacher, coach, mentor, advisor, husband and father, Dan Shike, joins The PORK Podcast for the final episode of 2024.
Now that the profitability potential has returned to the swine industry, a few critical management decisions in the coming months will play a vital role in rebuilding liquidity in your operation.