Search - Pork Business

The World Pork Expo will give attendees a new two-day format packed full with an expansive tradeshow, educational seminars and numerous networking events. Here are four important reminders as you head out to the show.

The Illinois Pork Producers Association awarded $13,500 to nine students to help further their education.

This is the third human case associated with the virus. Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a plan to produce 4.8 million doses of a vaccine for human use to counter H5N1.

Cattle feeding margins exceeded $400 per head as cash prices improved $2 per cwt. and production costs declined modestly. Pork margins saw a slight decline but remain solidly above $40 per head.

Farm CPA Paul Neiffer joined AgriTalk to break down the details of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Joint Policy Statement and Principles released by the Biden Administration.

Join us for the pork industry’s most exciting week of the year: PORK Week. We will be honoring producers, providing opportunities to learn new things and celebrating industry achievements June 3 through June 8.

A competitive review is on for proposals vying for funding in a $1-million research program to enhance U.S. prevention, preparedness and response capabilities for Japanese encephalitis virus, an emerging disease risk.

Recent changes to foreign worker rules from the Government of Canada are having a disproportionate impact on the rural Canadian economy, claim the Canadian meat industry. They are calling on the government to reconsider.

USDA creates online decision tools to help livestock producers with determining qualified losses of animals and feed due to natural disasters.

There have been 469 tornadoes, 3,475 severe wind events and 1,640 severe hail events reported in the U.S. during the month of May. Meterologists say to expect more as the country transitions to a La Niña.