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The National Pork Board announced an additional $15 million investment of Pork Checkoff funds in the Swine Health Information Center, extending funding for the center through 2027.

China will raise import tariffs on most pork products next year, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, after the world’s top producer rapidly expanded domestic production and reduced its needs for imports.

Although red meat exports are on a record pace in 2021, shipping delays and obstacles remain a major concern for exporters and their international customers.

Here’s how three state pork associations are giving back to their communities and making a difference.

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research project is taking animal production to the next level and has the potential to enhance individual animal monitoring and care practices as well as create farm labor efficiencies.

Sow mortality continues to baffle the pork industry. Although no one has uncovered the smoking gun, most would agree that it’s a multifactorial problem and needs to be approached from many perspectives.

USDA launched a new program to assist hog producers who sold hogs through a negotiated sale during the period in which these producers faced the greatest reduction in market prices due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a move that should alleviate some of the tight pork packing capacity and supply chain issues, the USDA will again allow some plants to run faster harvesting line speeds. NPPC’s Andrew Bailey weighs in on what’s next.