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Innovative technologies will require employees with different skills. Three experts at the 2024 World Pork Expo hope this need attracts more people back to agriculture.

Cattle feeding margins remain near historic levels but the cost of replacements continue pushing breakevens to all-time highs. Pork producer profits hold above $50 per head.

I wanted to be defensive. I wanted people to understand why it’s important and why it matters. I wanted to find a way to explain “our side of the story.”

Modern-day sows, through genetic innovation and improvements, better biosecurity, updated ventilation and housing, increased herd health and efficient feeding programs, can produce 4,000 lbs. of pork.

From increasing difficulty in accessing households due to new telephone technologies to concerns about data privacy and time constraints from farmers, the number of farmers participating in USDA surveys is on the decline.

Hogs Bounce Off Contract Lows

Every day, the U.S. military steps forward to protect our country. For Jess Stevens, an Ohio pork producer and member of the National Pork Board, that reality hits close to home.

Missouri Pork hosts swine symposium. Iowa Pork hires summer interns and a new program and events manager. Missouri students also receive scholarships from Youth Pork Institute.

The company has been cutting back on meat purchases and has made efforts to return to profitability by shuttering chicken, beef and pork plants, as well as laying off corporate employees.

Nationally recognized divers are promoting nutritious pork in the diet.