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A round-up of headlines in the global pork industry.

Despite rising pork prices in recent months, retail and carcass prices in the U.S. are still relatively low when compared with prices in other countries, says Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University economist.

It’s a real struggle to find people with good stockmanship skills who want to work in livestock production, said Caleb Shull, director of research and innovation for The Maschhoffs during a recent Farm Country Update.

Chef Chad Myers of Bellevue, Iowa takes home first place in the Taste competition held at the 2022 Iowa Pork Congress, featuring the special ingredient ground pork in his Mexican street tacos.

Britain’s pig industry said it faces collapse after an exodus of east European workers led to a shortage of butchers and a backlog in slaughtering more than 170,000 pigs.

Kevin Rasmussen, a pig farmer from Humboldt County, Iowa, took over the reins as the Iowa Pork Producers Association president during the Iowa Pork Congress. I sat down with him to find out more about IPPA’s new leader.

Ohio pork producers shook things up during the 2022 Ohio Pork Congress. In addition to a power-packed line-up of speakers, they filled the meeting room at their new venue in Lima. Here’s a snapshot of the event.

Awards were presented to Ohio pork producers and industry friends during a luncheon held during Ohio Pork Congress on Feb. 9. Here are the highlights.

On Feb. 1, Acuity and Fast Genetics came together in a merger that raised a few eyebrows. Farm Journal’s PORK sat down with Wolter and Schwab to discuss what this means for their companies and for the pork industry.

Human and animal health are on people’s minds now more than ever. Dr. Peter Davies’ lifelong career researching both subjects made him a logical recipient of the Minnesota Pork Board’s 2022 Distinguished Service Award.