Patrick Bane, an Illinois pig farmer, has been named America’s Pig Farmer of the Year by the National Pork Board. Bane will travel the U.S. as an ambassador and voice for the pork industry throughout the year.
Today’s consumers are asking more questions about where their food comes from and now, a new non-fiction book by children’s author Katie Olthoff will help tell the story of raising pigs on a modern Iowa farm.
For Chris Smith, whose North Carolina farm is home to 30,000 chickens and 150 acres of sweet potatoes, the fight to survive Hurricane Florence is not yet over.
A report from the North Carolina Pork Council (NCPC) on Saturday updated the public on how well pig farmers in the state planned and prepared for the predicted devastation from Hurricane Florence.
I often come across posts from activist groups doing their best to undermine animal agriculture. The most frustrating thing is that I’m only seeing these posts because one of my friends has chosen to “share” them.
The veterinary community is working together to protect the efficacy of antibiotics for generations to come. Work with your veterinarian on a disease prevention plan that fits your operation.
Everywhere people congregate, they’re on their phones, tablets or laptops. They’re checking their social media for status updates or photos. Do you know what they're saying? It's time to connect.
Louisville’s JBS Swift pork processing plant has suspended pig shipments from a Kentucky farm after Mercy for Animals released a video Monday, that allegedly shows pigs being mistreated.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue wrote an op-ed piece for USA Today Monday focusing on trade tensions and telling farmers he’s working on tools to help ease the burden.
Talk about extremes: Twin news stories are touting, respectively, saving farm animals by going veggie, and breeding, raising and butchering them in your very own home slaughter operation.
A new bill would establish a working group at the Department of Transportation to examine the federal Hours of Service rules and the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations. Pork producers are pleased.
Calling 2018 a rough year for the Humane Society of the United States is an understatement. A third charity watchdog has downgraded HSUS to a “D” in its most recent rankings.
Producers say keeping pigs cool during transport, especially in the summer heat, is critical to animal health, during the 2018 Farm Journal's Pork Expo ticket giveaway.
