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Communication between one generation to another can seem like talking a different language. “I suggest you approach looking at another generation with curiosity rather than judgment,” says Kim Lear of Inlay Insights.

Putting sow health and sow happiness above all else is priority one, according to Summer Doty, one of our featured Barn Heroes. She shares more on AgriTalk about her experience as a farrowing barn manager.

The Senate unanimously approved U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Michael Bennet’s (D-Colo.), bipartisan resolution designating May 29 as “Mental Health Awareness in Agriculture Day.”

Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 17,951 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $59.10, down $0.69 per head from last week.

Real-time feedback changes behavior. That’s why a new technology was launched at World Pork Expo to provide biosecurity breach alerts for trucks and trailers.

Shared employment, housing and movement of employees between facilities are possible factors. Such insights could potentially be leveraged to address biosecurity needs in the state and others as well, the agency says.

With 30 percent of U.S. pork going overseas, the export market story remains positive. The National Pork Board focuses on current markets, and on building growth in developing ones like Southeast Asia and Africa.

China has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imported pork and its by-products from the EU, a step that appears mainly aimed at Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, in response to curbs on electric vehicle exports.

KENT Nutrition Group says they are taking their decades-long commitment to real-world solutions for swine producers to new levels with the release of Nexgen Advanced swine feeds. Here’s a look at their rebranded line.