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“Do what you love and call it work,” Wayne Cast said after being honored by United Animal Health with the 2022 John B. Swisher Leadership Award on June 9 at World Pork Expo.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announces plans to decrease its sow herd in the western region and cease production at its Vernon, Calif. facility due to rising costs of doing business in the region.

Iowa State graduate student Jamie Studer is studying immune cell profiles and circulating biomarkers in sows at farrowing to determine if they are predictive of future agalactia, or the absence of milk production.

Purdue reported 23 fatalities related to grain bin entrapment in 2019. These stories haunted a city-dwelling film producer, Sam Goldberg, prompting him to share the dangers in putting food on the world’s table.

Here’s a look at the keynote speakers at the 2022 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, organized by the University of Minnesota, on September 17-20 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre.

When the late Kendal Thompson walked into a room, everyone took notice. It was hard to miss his 6’9” frame, but it was even harder to miss his heart for people, says Mike Hemann, CEO and president of DPI Global.

The Special Olympics of South Dakota has changed its mind about Wholestone Farms’ proposed pork plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. Here’s why.

It’s hard when sows die, says Luis Lopez, a breeding team lead at New Fashion Pork. The reality that you can do everything right and still experience loss on a farm is hard to deal with day in and day out.

Decreased line speeds in pork processing has been a challenge since July 2021. Two more facilities receive approval to join a time-limited trial to pick up the pace.

An AVA Cos. meat packing plant worker was arrested on Aug. 26 and faces criminal mischief, tampering and criminal nuisance charges after allegedly placing a coin in a meat package set to go out to retailers.