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Less than 8 months ago, the Hertzogs opened a meat processing facility without any help from investors or federal funds. The family is finding success through breaking the mold and busting through traditional barriers.

A shareholder activist group is calling on Hormel Foods to issue a report on the environmental and public health costs of antibiotic use in its meat and how those costs could impact the company, investors and economy.

USDA researchers are looking at innovations and smart technology to develop better traps to help control feral swine populations.

For as long as there have been animals, there has been Salmonella. It’s an evolving problem. Here’s why industry leaders are tuning into USDA’s effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products.

The U.S. swine industry wasn’t prepared for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus when it came into the U.S. in 2013. That’s why the multi-phase African swine fever field projects in Vietnam are an important step forward.

With less people living on farms and ranches and understanding where food comes from, Farm Bureau provides agriculturally accurate resources to urban elementary school.

This data confirms the obvious — there is plenty of income and cash in farm country and is being reflected in the record prices being paid for farmland.

The world is transforming as the COVID-19 pandemic advances technology and cultural shifts in how business is done.

We’re recapping 2021’s most important issues though a look back at the covers of Farm Journal’s PORK magazine.