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By monitoring pigs and farm employees in sow farms and nurseries, Daniel Moraes’ research reveals valuable insights into IAV diversity that could help producers make better decisions.

Check out the Sterling Marketing Profit Tracker for the week of June 21.

New convenience snacks featuring U.S. pork are available in Mexico.

Greg Peterson hit the road last week. He shares a Gold Key Certified John Deere tractor and a vintage International Harvester tractor that made his picks of the week.

Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average with 19,950 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $88.15, up $4.21 per head from last week.

A Farm Credit peer benchmarking review reveals what differentiated pork operations that have done well and those that have struggled.

Although H5N1 is not in the commercial swine herd yet, the swine industry is working to find answers to the hard questions. How can we prevent it? How can we mitigate it? If it does come, what will it look like in pigs?

The on-again, off-again reports regarding ICE raids is sowing confusion for those who rely on immigrant labor and causing labor shortages because employees aren’t showing up for work.

On the surface, strong livestock prices and government payments are painting a rosy picture for the farm sector. A closer look at input costs, commodity prices and interest rates says otherwise.