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The Iowa Pork Producers Association tips its hat each year to local leaders. Here are the 2024 winners.

EPA is trying to reinstate the reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA). Under EPCRA, livestock farmers would be required to estimate the emissions of certain gases.

By popular request, the Expo will feature a new schedule and entertainment options for visitors.

A variety of topics ranging from biosecurity breaches to PRRS kicked off conversations during the 2024 American Association of Swine Veterinarians annual meeting. Here’s a quick glimpse of what some experts had to say.

Buzzing underneath a set of railway arches in central London are hundreds of thousands of little flies, showcasing insect-farming technology that some believe turn into food for pigs and chickens on a large scale.

Brazilian poultry and pork processor BRF SA turned a profit of $165.26 million in the final three months of 2023, ending a seven-quarter losing streak.

As meat scientists try to crack the code on producing highly desirable pork for consumers to increase the demand for pork products, how mouth behavior shapes consumer perception will be an important consideration.

Edgewood Locker got its start in rural northeast Iowa in 1966. The business now spans over three generations, and it’s largely thanks to Joan Kerns who helped start the family business that’s now seen phenomenal growth.

Examining Iowa State’s “Estimated Returns to Farrow to Finish” profitability chart, along with the multitude of calls and discussions I’ve had with producers, paints a stark picture of the industry’s challenges.