PORK Perspectives is a recurring column that provides business and leadership strategy tips from some of the pork industry’s finest. Meet Jeff Simmons, president and CEO of Elanco Animal Health.
Despite many advancements in the industry’s focus on disease risk mitigation, 28 states still allow some type of garbage feeding to swine, increasing the risk of foreign animal disease (FAD) transmission.
Jeremy Pittman, DVM, has joined the Swine Health Information Center Board of Directors to put his experience, training, and interests to further use for the benefit of the swine industry.
The most valuable resource and opportunity for future progress is our young talent, said Dr. Deborah Murray, DVM, during the Alex Hogg Memorial Lecture at the 2019 AASV annual meeting.
Pork Perspectives is a recurring column that provides business and leadership strategy tips from some of the pork industry’s finest. Meet Robbie Moody, head of U.S. pork marketing and business operations at Zoetis.
Alfonso Clavijo has been appointed Director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, a state-of-the-art USDA research and diagnostic facility designed to protect the nation's agricultural systems and stakeholders.
With more than 14 cases reported in six Chinese provinces, officials from UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said 40,000 hogs had been culled so far to stop the disease from spreading.
A new genome editing method is creating swine that remain in a pre-pubertal state, thus eliminating the need for surgical castration, according to a release from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR).
Amid continued outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in China and Europe, U.S., Chinese and European pork industry leaders met for the seventh U.S.-China Swine Industry Symposium.
David Herring, NPPC president, shares his thoughts on AgriTalk after testifying before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
