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China officials will crack down further on illegal production and sales of African swine fever vaccines in a sign of the extent of a problem that is damaging the world’s largest pig industry, the ministry said on Monday.

The cases were detected in Aba prefecture in the southwestern province of Sichuan, and the city of Xiangyang in the central province of Hubei.

There are many reasons why consumers prefer purchasing meat online. One Denver, Colo., resident says he wants to know that his purchase directly supports family farmers in a much more direct and intentional way.

Winning the Paulson-Whitmore State Executive Award is humbling, says 2021 winner Don Nikodim. In his eyes, he’s just doing what he’s supposed to do. Nikodim was honored during the recent National Pork Industry Forum.

While Tyson’s lawyers were filing a lawsuit on Monday against one of the packer’s largest cattle suppliers, the ink was still drying on the sale of one of that supplier’s feedlots to one of Tyson’s competitors.

A pork producer, a professional, a mom, a storyteller, a champion for the pork industry. Jen Sorenson, newly elected NPPC president, is hitting the ground running in her new role.

For the week of March 5, Cash-traded weaner pig volume was below average this week with 31,542 head being reported which is 62% of the 52-week average.

Norbrook, Inc. launches Cefenil® RTU – generic ceftiofur hydrochloride injectable for treating common diseases like swine bacterial respiratory disease and foot rot, bovine respiratory disease and metritis in cattle.

Soy in livestock diets is traditionally evaluated on one metric: crude protein. Recent research shows that may not be the best indicator for meeting nutritional needs of livestock. How can you discern those differences?

Although the rising price of U.S. hogs is impacted by the African swine fever setbacks China is experiencing in their hog herd, experts say it’s not the primary driver why prices are soaring in the U.S.