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With nearly 24 million people and a cultural preference for pork, Taiwan should be a better market for U.S. pork, NPPC says. Last year, Taiwan imported just $13 million of U.S. pork due to market access issues.

With all the talk about artificial intelligence, there’s a new debate: is AI actually real or just a combination of Siri and other search databases? John Phipps addresses a U.S. Farm Report viewer’s skepticism.

Oklahoma State University announced Dr. Jayson Lusk as the new dean and vice president of its Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Lusk will succeed Dr. Tom Coon in early August.

In Part 1 (Time to Shake Things Up in the Meat Business), speakers at the 2023 World Pork Expo talked about changing consumers’ mindset on pork loins. Here’s what the industry plans to do.

Productivity tends to drop in the summer with reduced feed intake, lower finishing weights and increases in mortality. We have to provide other ways they can cool themselves. Here’s a checklist to prepare your barn.

The U.S. and China have reportedly made “progress” and agreed to stabilize their relationship, but no major breakthroughs were outlined during the two-day meeting between U.S. and China high-ranking officials.

The updated drought monitor indicates dryness will continue to expand across eastern Missouri, eastern Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The National Pork Producers Council filed comments asking the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to scrap or rewrite a proposed rule on labeling meat “Product of USA.”

Veterinarians and producers have the convenience of vaccinating for three of the most important swine disease concerns, while reducing the number of bottles to handle and manage, says Merck’s Jamie Lehman, DVM.

Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 7,620 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $37.56, down $2.62 per head from last week.