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Increased regulation and the search for better work-life balance are two factors leading to a shortage of truck drivers in the U.S. Walmart is now increasing the starting salary for drivers to try to attract new people.

Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 12,105 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $111.75, down $6.22 per head from last week.

Automated ceiling inlets offer a time-saving alternative to gravity inlets.

China’s state planner said on Friday it will buy another 40,000 tonnes of frozen pork for state reserves in its fourth round of stockpiling this year to support prices.

The labor bottleneck isn’t improving for the U.S. pork industry. As pork prices continue to rise, Nick Giordano, NPPC vice president and counsel for global government affairs, said the solution is simple.

Global demand for high-quality U.S. beef, pork and lamb has proven resilient, and USMEF sees opportunities for further growth in both established and emerging markets.

Why are researchers working on a finding an applicable U.S. case definition for porcine circovirus 3?

“We need action now,” National Pork Producers Council president and Minnesota pig farmer Terry Wolters urges legislative leaders during NPPC’s Legislative Action Conference in Washington DC.

The European Union considers applying their health and environmental standards to all imported agricultural and food products. USMEF’s Cheyenne McEndaffer expresses her opposition of the idea.