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Three pork industry leaders spoke at the 2024 World Pork Expo about innovations – present and future – that will have a positive impact on the industry, though questions remain on costs.

Brett Stuart, President and Co-Founder of Global AgriTrends, says, “I keep waiting to see when liquidation of the herd will actually outpace productivity and so far, that hasn’t happened,” he says.

Dynamic speakers drew in the crowd at the 2024 Stakeholders Summit.

Topigs Norsvin opens new new boar and research facility and Novus International changes global headquarters location to better serve industry.

Pay equity and transparency as well as posting salary levels are becoming increasingly essential to recruit and retain top talent.

A rally in cash cattle prices lifted cattle feeding margins more than $100 per head and left packers mired in red ink. Pork margins have held firm in the mid-$40s for six weeks.

Environmental researcher Frank Mitloehner says it’s time farmers recognize sustainability is just another word for stewardship, and sharing that message is important to consumers.

The Meat Institute says the proposed rule change to the Packers and Stockyards Act is attempting to set meat production back by encouraging litigation and limiting how livestock producers can market animals to packers.