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Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 50,524 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $23.10, up $3.64 per head from last week.

Guests asked, and Firehouse Subs said they listened. After a hiatus of more than eight years, the brand is celebrating the return of the King’s Hawaiian Pork & Slaw Sandwich. Here’s how the Pork Checkoff is helping.

USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report was slightly bearish. Mike Minor, with Professional Ag Marketing, has analysis.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to the CDC, between 2000 and 2020 suicide rates climbed 46% in rural areas. By comparison, the rate in metro areas climbed 27.3%.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against data company, Agri Stats, on Thursday, alleging its reports on meat pricing and sales have enabled anticompetitive practices in three meat industries.

Based on negative publicity regarding the use of ractopamine, U.S. pork exports to Taiwan plummeted in recent years. However, due to the global pork supply dynamics, U.S. pork has rebounded to the country in 2023.

After reviewing a slightly bearish USDA Hogs and Pigs Report, Altin Kalo, chief economist with Steiner Consulting Group, said pork supplies are not declining as fast as some people are saying they are.

Luke Bryan kicked off his 14th year of his Farm Tour this month, performing across the Midwest with openers Chayce Beckham, The Peach Pickers and Kameron Marlowe.

China has cleared the way for imports of pork from regions of Russia without African swine fever (ASF), its customs agency said in a statement on Thursday.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming rejected a proposal on Wednesday that would have barred USDA from operating commodity checkoff programs.