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Featuring 18 automated cranes within nearly 20 million cubic feet of space, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Lineage Logistics, LLC announce new, next-generation distribution center in Olathe, Kan.

Chinese hog farmers should return to profit in the third quarter, a farm official said on Wednesday, after more than a year of heavy losses that have eroded rural incomes and curbed demand for some feed ingredients.

Bhutan reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a pig farm near the border with India, the World Organization for Animal Health said.

Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018.

There are several ways to evaluate feed cost and feed performance in wean-to-market pigs, says Pipestone’s Jacob Koepke. Each method can provide a different answer for the producer about the “best” way to feed a pig.

When you cook pork, how do you know when it’s ready? In a recent survey, two-thirds of consumers used the color of cooked pork chops to determine when it was done. Now, you might be thinking…what’s wrong with that?

It is not easy to get a clear handle on how pork producers in the U.S. or any major pork country can mitigate against disruption. Maybe the best strategy is one forced by sensible economic judgment – reduce production.

Genvax Technologies is developing a self-amplifying messenger RNA vaccine for African swine fever in collaboration with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Services Plum Island Animal Disease Center.