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

“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.

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.

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.

Convenience stores account for a rapidly increasing share of food sales across the world, including in Mexico.

China, the world’s biggest consumer of pork, appears poised to boost imports, lifting U.S. hog futures from the doldrums.

At the annual business meeting of the National Pork Producers Council, delegates adopted several important resolutions, including those that call on NPPC to strengthen measures to prevent foreign animal diseases.

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.