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USDA’s January supply and demand report is calling for lower pork exports. The agency is cutting pork exports by 405 million pounds, AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths reports.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 22,757 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $69.06, up $2.04 per head from last week.

Rural communities are likely to see an outbreak of the COVID-19 variant omicron later than big cities but Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the pandemic will eventually end.

Sometimes it feels like there are so many things we shouldn’t do when it comes to dealing with animal activists. Don’t get provoked. Don’t be easily angered. Don’t engage. Don’t confront. But what can we do?

Challenges are just part of the pork industry. There’s no way to avoid them because there’s no way to control every variable. But Chad Leman, an Illinois farmer, says he’s not crying in his napkin yet.

Wade Hendricks is always thinking about the next generation and how he can breed better Duroc hogs. Here’s why he jumped at the opportunity to get involved with a new Duroc pork program.

Backed-up pork processing plants. Holding diets. The waiting game. If anything good came out of the pandemic and it’s initial impact on the pork supply chain, Randy Francois said it was hog inventory management.

What do consumers want? Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2022 Stakeholders Summit will dive into the question, hoping to stay ahead of the next wave of consumer preferences.

It’s a prime opportunity to address a gap in the industry, says National Swine Registry CEO Clay Zwilling. Here’s why NSR is moving forward with its first association-based branded pork program, Certified DUROC Pork.

It’s no surprise pork products made the U.S. CBP’s Top 10 Agriculture Seizures of 2021 list more than once. Protecting animal ag is a high priority, especially as deadly swine viruses like ASF move closer to the U.S.