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Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 84,100 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $16.38, up $2.35 per head from last week.

Years ago, Dennis DiPietre noticed a definite shift in the pork production mindset. Prior to 1985, he dubbed the motive as the pig production mindset. He takes a look back and weighs in on what could be next.

The uncertainty surrounding Proposition 12 is one reason why Scott Hays, a Missouri pork producer and president of the National Pork Producers Council, says he’s not interested in changing how his farm produces pork.

Post-holiday prices held firm but rising costs cut cattle feeding margins last week. Pork producer margins at breakeven.

Olymel LP is planning to close two more plants in the coming months, affecting about 400 jobs in the company.

It’s no wonder farmers experience higher levels of anxiety and depression because of the many factors they deal with that are out of their control. But how does that affect their family? A new study sheds light.

Doug Hensley from Hertz Real Estate answers the question, “How much do crop prices impact the decision-making process of farmland buyers” and shares how this year is shaping up to be a bit busier than anticipated.

The rationale behind a newly funded National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences study led by Iowa State’s Aileen Keating is that many metabolic changes are similar between obese and heat stressed animals.

One may argue teenagers have a lot of learning left to do, but I could argue they are wiser than they get credit for. After all, they are in a period of life where they hear a lot of advice from well-meaning people.

Although there is no shortage of topics the U.S. pork industry needs to wrap its head around right now, National Pork Producers Council CEO Bryan Humphreys says foreign animal disease continues to be a high priority.