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UMN Extension has developed a new web-based calculator to determine the value of manure.

Specialty markets in pork production are cropping up across the U.S. in response to a growing interest in pasture-raised pigs.

Travis Hood of Hood’s Heritage Hogs in Robertson County, Ky. is working to recreate an old breed of pig with the help of D’Lovely, an Andrus red wattle sow.

Pork supplies should be only modestly higher in 2016 and provide prices which cover all costs of production.

North Carolina’s hog industry has been getting organized this year to fight what it considers misleading information about its farming operations and nuisance lawsuits challenging their environmental practices.

Cheaper soybean meal prices will help take the edge off of the cost of feeding hogs in the year ahead, according to a recent study by Michael Langemeier, agricultural economist at Purdue University.

Farmers are holding onto new-crop corn and soybeans in hopes of a post-harvest rally, but it could come back to haunt them.

This Indiana farmer is bringing home top honors after being named the first-ever America’s Pig Farmer of the Year by the National Pork Board.

A number of management factors can contribute to poor air quality and ammonia in the swine barns, such as overfeeding nutrients as well as reduced ventilation.

Ag exports are down slightly in 2014 but are still enjoying historically high levels. Pork has been a part of that success story, driving nearly $7 billion in exports in 2014. Here are the top 10 states producing the most pork.