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Taiwan notified the World Trade Organization on Sept. 28 that it was invoking volume-based special safeguards on imports of pork belly, according to the latest USDA FAS GAIN report.

Fewer unique genotypes than the ASF research community first believed means there is less diversity of ASF virus affecting communities across the globe, USDA researchers say.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) successfully concluded its Strategic Planning Conference with the election of a new dynamic officer team, including Randy Spronk, Steve Hanson, Jay Theiler and David Bruntz.

The Animal Agriculture Alliance announced new upcoming board leadership, along with several board seats have renewed through 2026, following its fall board meeting, held Nov. 7 in Washington, D.C.

Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 8,350 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $41.42, up $3.15 per head from last week.

The Butler Community College Livestock Judging team was named high team overall in a tight to the top of the junior collegiate contest at the 2023 North American International Livestock Exposition.

A large crowd gathered for the 4-H Livestock Contests results at the North American International Livestock Exposition on Nov. 15 in Louisville, Ky. Here are the winners in livestock judging, skillathon and quiz bowl.

When a group of pigs escaped from a farm in Marshall County in northwestern Minnesota in 2016, it wasn’t long before a sow wandered into the West Valley Wildlife Management Area, where she gave birth to several piglets.

Hord Family Farms of Bucyrus, Ohio, completed its acquisition of the assets of New Horizon Farms, a farrow-to-finish swine operation in Pipestone, Minn.

Management of swine manure demands constant attention. As manure pumping and application continue, safety and effective treatment strategies are essential to address the rising concern of swine manure foaming on farms.