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When you cook pork, how do you know when it’s ready? In a recent survey, two-thirds of consumers used the color of cooked pork chops to determine when it was done. Now, you might be thinking…what’s wrong with that?

It is not easy to get a clear handle on how pork producers in the U.S. or any major pork country can mitigate against disruption. Maybe the best strategy is one forced by sensible economic judgment – reduce production.

Genvax Technologies is developing a self-amplifying messenger RNA vaccine for African swine fever in collaboration with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Services Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

China stocks closed down on Monday, with investors disappointed about a smaller-than-expected cut in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) that many felt might not be enough to reverse a sharp economic slowdown.

China posted its highest quarterly pork production in more than three years during January through March, data showed on Monday, reflecting a boost in breeding following a disease-led decline.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 26,600 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $63.20, up $0.15 per head from last week.

Mangled mammal meat might have been the logical outcome that most superhero fans pictured when Batman took on Superman, but the potential outcome this bat meat posed to mortals was much more real, CBP reports.

Alltech launches its first renewable energy system and adopts the use of compressed natural gas at its Serdán plant in Mexico.

Rumors of catastrophic PRRS outbreaks continue to shake the pork industry. One farmer told AgriTalk’s Chip Flory that he moved 1,500 pigs in and two-thirds of them were dead within a week due to the PRRS virus.

Last night it hit me I should probably figure out my Easter menu beyond our family favorite – ham. I checked in with my colleagues to find out their favorite holiday recipes. Here are a few you may want to consider.