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Here’s a look at the latest headliners in the swine industry.

While in-person events have a long list of benefits, there is one downside – they allow animal rights activist organizations to attempt to gain attention for their cause by holding “disruptions” and protests.

This past year has been a little like drinking out of a firehose...make that three firehoses at once, says David Newman, National Pork Board president. When people ask him to reflect, he jokingly asks, “Do I have to?”

Here’s the latest association news from around the country.

Registration is now open for the 2021 World Pork Expo. Find more details here.

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announced their 2021 officers at its recent virtual annual meeting.

Shannon Dierking, a PhD student at South Dakota State University, is finding ways to “weed out” gilts that have a low likelihood of reproductive success.

Staffing, competition, culture and flexibility were important considerations for ag organizations in 2020. The pandemic impacted almost all aspects of daily work life. Here’s a look at AgCareers.com’s latest report.

It’s never just a barn. Maybe that’s why we empathize when we hear stories of farmers losing barns and livestock to fire. On March 26, the Limbach family lost their show barn and pigs to a devastating fire.

Kayla Mills is studying ways to identify infertile boars and gilts before they enter the breeding herd in her Ph.D. research at Purdue University. She’s the newest addition in our Up & Coming Leaders series. Read more.