Hog Production
“Farmers have a right to be wary as all the magic beans and magic bullets they’ve purchased, promising them yields and returns they could only dream of. Well, they were just that–dreams.”
As interest for local foods has risen, so has the need to make sure those products are safe. Researchers are addressing the gaps between knowledge and practice in the production and distribution of local foods.
Two Iowa State University animal scientists were honored by their peers: Anna Johnson and Kenneth Stalder, were respectively presented the Animal Industry Service Award and ASAS Fellow in the extension award.
Urgent, unpredictable events, especially those that involve potential loss of resources or opportunities, can trap us into risky thinking patterns. That can lead to impulsive behavior and put your business at risk.
Conditions across the U.S. soybean growing regions are somewhat variable, but the 2018 crop is in good condition overall.
Steady inflation. Low unemployment. Strong consumer spending. Increasing wages. Several key factors are propelling the U.S. economy.
Ed Vallee of Vallee Weather Consulting joined host Chip Flory on Wednesday’s AgriTalk After the Bell to provide his outlook for upcoming weather patterns.
The Maschhoffs company is constructing a new, $1.3 million truck wash in the Village of Louisville, Illinois. The facility will employ 10 people.
The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference is scheduled for Sept. 15-18 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. The strong program offers three new additions this year.
EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler recently codified the latest animal waste report exemptions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), known also as the Superfund.
USDA’s World Agricultura Supply and Demand Estimates for November projects lower production and reduced exports for both corn and soybeans but corn should see smaller ending stocks.
Fall weather may have created risk to animal feed
Cannabis producers are looking for ways to utilize byproducts and bakery waste. Meanwhile, THC in the pig diet interests some because the appetite stimulation by marijuana could increase feed intake. What do you think?
While Colombia’s domestic pork production has been steadily growing in recent years, it cannot keep with the rapid growth in consumption - which creates excellent opportunities for the U.S. industry.
After years of planning, funding requests, and resources, the facility to serve as the primary defense against accidental or intentional introduction of transboundary animal diseases is being built in Manhattan, Kan.
Beagle Brigade steps up to keep foreign animal disease out
Smithfield Foods, Inc., is the first food company to participate in a new program with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) to restore key prairie habitat for monarch butterflies.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Agriculture Canine (K9) teams are making headlines as threats of African swine fever hitting U.S. soil are causing alarm within the pork industry.
With more than 10 Chinese providences reporting cases of African Swine Fever, a new report says this event could change the balance in the global protein sector.
Chinese company connected to seed trade secrets theft associated with the largest reported ASF pig culling to date.
Researchers from the University of Missouri, Kansas State University and Genus plc have successfully bred genetically edited pigs that are resistant to the deadly Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus (TGEV).
NPPC supported revisions to existing federal trucking regulations that allow livestock haulers to comply with the rules while maintaining the pork industry’s high standards for animal welfare in comments to DOT.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ag specialists and a Beagle K-9 at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport seized and destroyed a cooked pig found in checked luggage at the busiest airport in the world.
The increasing number of disease outbreaks are spurring the U.S. pork industry’s focus and collaboration on finding new ways to help protect the domestic herd from costly foreign animal diseases (FADs).
I don’t know about you, but I love looking out the window when I fly. There’s just something about seeing life from a different perspective.
The recent rally in soybean prices leaves the question of which way prices are headed as we continue into the 2018-19 marketing year, says University of Illinois agricultural economist Todd Hubbs.
Newly discovered compounds could revitalize older drugs, making them more effective against resistant superbugs. Research at the University of Colorado in Boulder shows promise.
The pork outlook looked bleak in August. Fear of large pork supplies and Mexican and Chinese tariffs appeared disastrous. The outlook is still suggesting losses this fall and winter but much less than thought in August.
An outbreak of classical swine fever (hog cholera) has been reported in a remote region of Brazil on Oct. 6. The Brazil agricultural ministry says the discovery will have no impact on hog health or pork exports.
Since the first case was reported on Sept. 13, Belgium has implemented numerous measures to contain the ASF outbreak in the region of Etalle, isolating a 240-sq.-mile zone.