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What might hog manure do for soil health? A recent study shows significant gains from hog manure fertilizer usage, along with other conservation practices.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 52,816 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $39.75, up $0.95 per head from last week.

More than $100,000 in pork products were stolen from the JBS plant in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Thursday.

Lawsonia is a cunning enemy because of how it attacks the pig. Don’t miss the Gordon Lawson Ileitis Symposium on Sept. 16 at the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront in St. Paul, Minn.

What is the prevalence of viral co-infections in swine herds? How are multiple viruses co-evolving? Those are just two of the questions Mariana Meneguzzi, a University of Minnesota Ph.D. student, is trying to answer.

New restrictions are being placed on travelers bringing pork products into Great Britain in an effort to protect the pork industry from African swine fever, BBC reports.

Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame have joined the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases. One of the labs will target Culex mosquitoes, carriers of West Nile virus.

Why should the U.S. pork industry continue to pay attention to Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Australia? Here’s a look at how JEV compares to West Nile Virus and what makes the U.S. a concerning environment.

From outrunning bears to riding a bucking horse, the Carthage Swine Conference equipped pork producers with great perspectives to consider. Here are a few I keep coming back to that might inspire or encourage you.