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Selling more than five million market hogs each year doesn’t come without a fully staffed team on each of The Maschhoffs’ production sites. Finding, training and keeping good employees is a large part of the success story of The Maschhoffs’ fifth-generation business.

Analyzing final harvest data, hog manure can be a viable sidedressing option for farmers in tough application situations, according to Melissa Wilson, University of Minnesota Extension specialist.

Meat labeling, documentation and other technical issues still present significant obstacles to growing beef and pork exports in several South American markets.

Anxiety, stress and worry are always byproducts of low or negative profits. These are serious issues that need focus, an understanding team, expert advisors and a proactive approach.

“This is a huge decision and one that they didn’t come about lightly. I know that many industry experts and leaders have been thinking about this for a very long time,” said Jennifer Shike in an AgDay interview with Clinton Griffiths.

More than 125 pork producers participated in the Spring Legislative Fly-in to talk trade issues with state and national leaders. Four central priorities remain to get the pork industry free access to foreign markets.

Allowing pigs with no evidence of infection to move from a disease control area is possible if science-based risk mitigation measures are in place.

Chef Aaron Braun, Meadowlark Restaurant, took top honors at the Ohio Pork Council’s Taste of Elegance Chef Competition and Legislative Reception, earning the coveted Chef Par Excellence award.

An exclusive interview with Dr. Eduardo Fano provides an overview of the emerging porcine circovirus Type 3 (PCV3), including how producers can detect it within their herd and what detection can mean for them.

As the fifth hog nuisance lawsuit against Murphy Brown LLC, a subsidiary owned by Smithfield Foods, finished closing arguments this week, an appeals court in Virginia received an amicus brief for the first lawsuit.