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The Power of Meat report released on March 24 reveals some major wins for the livestock and poultry industry.

Here’s a quick look at awards achieved and opportunities afforded in the U.S. pork industry.

With tariffs and trade in focus again, a recent AgWeb poll asked farmers if they support President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs as a negotiating strategy.

Replacing some amount of commercial fertilizers with manure maintains annual crop yields, increases soil organic carbon storage, reduces GHG emissions, and reduces crops’ carbon footprint, the organization points out.

H5N1 is different than other new swine disease outbreaks because USDA has jurisdiction over H5 in any animal, so they have the regulatory authority, says Scanlon Daniels, DVM.

The majority of respondents in the March Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor agree the U.S. is currently in a trade war, but who wins? Ag economists say it’s not the U.S., Canada or Mexico but rather Brazil that could come out on top.

For the first time in over 50 years, Slovakia detects foot-and-mouth disease in three farms.

Emma Zwart presents the findings of her Porcine Astrovirus Type 4 study and the best sampling techniques she discovered for detection and surveillance of this virus.

Rafe Royall will serve as a new assistant professor and SDSU extension swine specialist and Kaylyn Rudy is the new SDSU extension swine field specialist.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is hyper-focused on poultry, but no vaccine is yet available. The agency has ‘separate work streams’ to address the virus in the ‘cattle and dairy’ industries, but dairy is not part of USDA’s primary focus for now.