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In USDA’s Dec. 1 Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report, analysts said the decline of the breeding herd stood out as one of the more important numbers, and spoke to the uncertainty of overall supplies for summer and fall 2021.

Agricultural economists shared their forecast prices for the next several quarters following the Dec. 23 announcement of the Dec. 1 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report in a teleconference funded by the Pork Checkoff.

Chet and Cassie Mogler open up about their journey to become foster parents and how they are sharing the gift of farm life.

“I’m not sure what’s going to happen,” South Dakota pig farmer Steve Rommereim confided to his friend Scott Phillips, a pig farmer in Missouri. “It’s bad. Real bad.”

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday thought she was talking to Smithfield CEO Dennis Organ, while in reality she was being punked by animal activist Matt Johnson of Direct Action Everywhere.

2020 was filled with a lot of bumps in the road for the U.S. pork industry, but announcements made during the final days of the year offer great hope to pork producers as they look at what’s ahead.

There’s no doubt about it, the feed situation has changed drastically in the last couple of months, said Illinois hog farmer Chad Leman on AgriTalk’s Farmer Forum.

The Meat Institute has joined with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in asking governors from all 50 states to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline meat and poultry workers.

The swine industry is no stranger to dealing with disease. As human doctors battled COVID-19, the pork industry didn’t let up on its fight against diseases that threaten pigs. Here’s a look back.