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To educate students about pork production and to purchase pork for the classroom, 45 Illinois schools have received the IPPA Food Service Grant for this fall.

Grains close mixed with a big rally in soybeans pulling up corn, while wheat ended lower after the WASDE. Cattle were mixed, hogs set back. Michelle Rook gets analysis with Darren Frye of Water Street Solutions.

“Protein alternatives” manufactured by Beyond Meat, Inc. have been found to contain less protein than the company claims. The company now faces a lawsuit under five action causes.

Grain shipments on some railroads could stop as early as Wednesday, two days ahead of a possible rail strike. A rail stoppage is growing more likely as the country’s main rail unions remain at odds with rail companies.

Servicing a farm’s fail-safe equipment should be part of every manager’s routine maintenance program

Average feed costs for finishing hogs are 28% higher than the same week last year, according to Sterling Marketing’s weekly calculations.

Exciting things are happening in all areas of the pork industry. Here’s a round-up of some recent news!

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 34,356 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $38.25, down $1.50 per head from last week.