Hog Production
Environment, animal welfare, food safety, workers and financial viability – the five pillars of sustainability, according to Dr. Mitloehner of UC Davis.
Reasonable public policy that preserves producers’ freedom to operate, ensures healthy animals, provides access to a reliable pipeline of workers and expands markets for pork products is needed for a sustainable future.
Dynamic markets. Volatility. Russia-Ukraine war. High feed costs. Consumer demand strength. The issues affecting the pork outlook go on and on. Five economists share what’s ahead for the second half of 2022.
Here’s a sneak peek of why you don’t want to miss one minute of PORK Week. Starting on Monday, June 6, through Sunday, June 12, we’ll be honoring pork producers and celebrating industry advancements.
Never before has a more intense understanding, and translation, of the world’s pork system infrastructure been more critical. Here’s why experts are optimistic that the Americas are positioned for incredible growth.
Swine industry leaders from across the globe will take part in the United Pork Americas Pre-Event Symposium scheduled for Wednesday, May 25.
From global market dynamics to wild boar populations, the 11th-annual Iowa Swine Day, scheduled for June 30, is packed with a powerful line-up of speakers representing the pork and animal agriculture industries.
“I don’t think we’re ever going to replace the ability of a skilled person in the farrowing barn,” says NCSU professor Billy Flowers. But he, along with others, shared ideas on how technology may help.
If we get it right, agriculture can, in fact, save the planet, said Jack Bobo, CEO of Futurity, during the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2022 Stakeholders Summit in Kansas City.
Challenges are building on both sides of the profit equation: costs of production and sales revenue. Layers of uncertainty are in the air, and even if some are resolved today, their impacts will continue for months.
How can producers better understand their role in an increasingly global protein market that will continue to drive business trends, cost of production and even company longevity?
Even though research points to the benefit of attended farrowing in the sow barn, labor challenges can stand in the way. However, if you could cut your stillborn rate in half, what is that worth?
A fourth pork packing plant has been approved to run faster line speeds under the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) one-year trial program.
A 1.9% year-over-year drop in the U.S. swine breeding herd, combined with ongoing productivity challenges, will limit 2022 U.S. hog slaughter and remain supportive to nearby markets, says Christine McCracken, Rabobank.
Herd health challenges and higher costs are expected to slow global pork production growth, limiting global pork availability and helping to boost expected hog prices, Rabobank says in its Global Pork Quarterly report.
It is not easy to get a clear handle on how pork producers in the U.S. or any major pork country can mitigate against disruption. Maybe the best strategy is one forced by sensible economic judgment – reduce production.
Perhaps the greatest potential advance in optimizing hog production across both cost and revenue components of profit is the use of machine learning, commonly referred to as artificial intelligence, says Dennis DiPietre.
Frequently appearing in antitrust allegations of price fixation, JBS faces lawsuit by Arkansas pig farmer for breaching pig production contract and failing to pay for animals.
Inflation has increased the cost of everything over the past 12 months. First described by many economists as transitory, the reality of higher prices and decreased purchasing power of the dollar has persisted.
The European Union considers applying their health and environmental standards to all imported agricultural and food products. USMEF’s Cheyenne McEndaffer expresses her opposition of the idea.
The Minnesota Pork Board shares their new vision for more sustainable pork production with tracking by the On-Farm Sustainability Reports program.
USDA’s March Hogs and Pigs report places the March 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs at 72.209 million head, down about 3% from last quarter and 2.3% from the prior March, compared to pre-report estimates of 1.2% lower.
Global meat consumption will decline as inflation squeezes consumer spending because of the Ukraine-Russian War, says Rupert Claxton, livestock and met director at Gira.
As the old saying goes-- the way to one’s heart is through one’s stomach. The Oklahoma Pork Council took this idea and brought it to their state capital during Oklahoma’s Annual Ag Day at the Capitol event.
USDA’s March 1 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report gives U.S. pork producers reasons for optimism as values came in significantly less than pre-report estimates. Here’s what the experts had to say.
Precedent-setting mandates are coming at ag from all angles, undermining freedom of farmers. These regulations aren’t based on science. They aren’t based on experience. Many argue they aren’t based on a shred of truth.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) modified the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP) eligibility requirements to expand the interpretation of “spot market sales” and “sale to a packer.”
Third generation farmer and owner of a wean-to-finish operation, Jared Lierman was elected as President of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 14,769 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $117.71, up $1.86 per head from last week.
At Pork Forum, delegates approved a change in the mandatory Pork Checkoff rate from $0.40/$100 value per live animal to $0.35/$100 effective Jan.1, 2023. It passed with 94% of shares voting in favor.