Search - Pork Business

U.S. swine production has seen gains in sow productivity, measured by piglets weaned per sow per litter farrowed. But it has accompanied by an increase in the number of total born piglets that are alive at weaning.

Farmers and ranchers work to remove confusing food labels from store shelves.

Here’s how to talk about compensation in an interview.

Economist Dermot Hayes says U.S. producers have lost $2.2 billion on an annualized basis due to events leading up to and following China’s 25% punitive tariffs in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel.

Thursday on AgriTalk After the Bell with Chip Flory, Bryan Doherty from Stewart-Peterson detailed some of the research he and others in his group use as a “pricing guideline.”

In contrast to all the positive aspects of showing pigs, in recent years swine shows have been linked to influenza illnesses in people. What should commercial hog producers know about influenza at swine shows?

Going from liquid to dry diets presents challenges for young pigs.

The FBI took particular interest in whether feed ingredients present a potential agroterrorism threat,

While changes in temperatures and humidity trend as they have in the past 50 years, research from Michigan State University shows that crop yields can not only survive – but thrive.

Comparing production measures in a broader group allows us to see where we are as a business and what we should be working to improve.