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German pig prices held firm this week as strong sales inside Europe helped markets to recover from import bans on German pork imposed by Asian buyers including China, traders and industry sources said on Wednesday.

China booked its largest purchase of U.S. corn since January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday.

As March Madness tips off, so are statewide Pulled Pork Madness competitions in Iowa and Illinois. If the competition is anything like the Illinois vs. Iowa men’s basketball game, expect a lot of excitement ahead.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a new protocol to help ensure bilateral trade will continue if African swine fever is detected in feral pigs.

It’s easy to identify the price of something, but it takes work to understand the value. Gene Noem says that couldn’t be more applicable to the $15-million investment made to fund the Swine Health Information Center.

A new variant of African swine fever in China has analysts weighing a range of scenarios that could play out in the year ahead.

Where does conservation on the farm begin and end? For one Iowa farm family, it’s never ending. Jason and Sarah Russel farm in Monticello, Iowa. The two is make decisions every day that go well beyond the barn.

The value of the U.S. dollar has weakened substantially in the past year and CoBank analysts expect it to experience modest deflation in 2021. This may be good news or not-so-good news depending on the commodity.