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In a move that should alleviate some of the tight pork packing capacity and supply chain issues, the USDA will again allow some plants to run faster harvesting line speeds. NPPC’s Andrew Bailey weighs in on what’s next.

What makes a good mother? Can early-life social behaviors indicate a female’s mothering ability later in life? A research project utilizing the NUtrack animal monitoring system is seeking to find out.

Senate leadership’s timeline for the BBB proposal is just before Christmas, according to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin is calling for a strategic pause for the vote, delaying it into 2022.

France has signed an agreement with China to ensure pork trade can continue even if an outbreak of African swine fever occurs, in a breakthrough for European countries threatened by the pig disease.

Economic advisors to the White House suggested Friday that America’s large meat packers have used their market power to drive up consumer prices while underpaying farmers resulting in a huge jump in net profits.

His warnings have gone largely unheeded, while wild pigs rapidly expand across Western Canada, with no nationally coordinated science-based containment strategy in place. For Brook, it’s a recipe for disaster.

Although COVID-19 affected hog slaughter volume in every region of the U.S at the beginning of the pandemic, a new study says the magnitude of the change in slaughter and the trajectory of recovery differed.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 45,750 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $55.51, down $0.89 per head from last week.

How can farms automate more processes to free up labor so employees can focus on other areas of production? Second-year Ph.D. student Zack Peppmeier is studying ways to develop and apply technology.