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More Brazilian fresh beef, pork and poultry is headed to China, thanks to a new partnership announced between JBS S.A. and China’s WH Group, a publicly traded Chinese meat and food processing company.

Here’s how to start, continue and succeed in your farm’s transition plan.

Rodents can cause major problems due to destruction and contamination of food, in addition to disease spread, say two experts at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

In this time of heightened biosecurity awareness, the importance of an effective disease barrier system for rodent control in and around hog buildings can’t be overstated.

Graduate student Melanie Trenhaile-Grannemann studied videos of sows at 17 different time points and found that angles of the knee and pastern change over time.

Clean water is critical for livestock. That’s why annual water quality tests are recommended for private wells. Owners can have their water tested by collecting a sample themselves or hiring a qualified person to do so

When it comes to water quality, there’s no “one size fits all” Some areas of the country just have poor quality to begin with. Producers and veterinarians need to find root cause, then implement effective solutions

Europe’s top pork producer is taking measures to try to thwart the deadly African swine fever (ASF) that’s roiled global meat trade and is moving ever closer to its borders.

Key elements of a successful biosecurity program are often neglected, says Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt, DVM, a professor at the University of Montreal in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. You can change that outlook.

Biosecurity is described as a combination of management practices designed to prevent the introduction and transmission of diseases and disease-causing agents into a herd. Learn what your biosecurity plan should include