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U.S. red meat exports see strong to record-pacing Q1 totals. U.S. Meat Export Federation president and CEO, Dan Halstrom shares the details.

The North American Meat Institute says a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis’ report distorts the truth about the meat and poultry industry’s work to protect employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis alleges meat packers pressed “baseless” claims of beef and pork shortages early in the pandemic to persuade the Trump Administration to keep operations running.

A strep bacteria, commonly found in horses, was isolated from two cases in Ohio and Tennessee in 2019. In 2021, an Indiana system experienced increased sow death loss. SHIC funded a comparison of the outbreak isolates.

As temperatures reach all-time highs in some parts of the country, it’s an important time to take proper precautions to avoid heat stress in your barn.

Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA posted a first-quarter profit that beat expectations on the back of strength in its United States business, according to a financial statement on Wednesday.

“The more we prepare, the quicker we can respond to an actual incident,” says Tyler Bauman, DVM, herd veterinarian for The Maschhoffs, LLC, about the possibility of a foreign animal disease outbreak.

Biden says Ukraine has 20 million tons of stored grain awaiting export to various countries. He says lack of port movement coupled with halted planting in Ukraine will ignite a global food crisis unless action is taken.

Join AgDay TV’s Clinton Griffiths and PORK editor Jennifer Shike on May 25 for the United Pork Americas Online Symposium on global pork production with Richard Herzfelder, Gira, and Nathan Losey, AgResource Company.

A little bit better is a little bit better, said Ted Matthews, director of Minnesota Rural Mental Health. Matthews dispels myths about mental health, counseling and anxiety on the farm.