Hogs - General
Dramatic price moves have many in the industry wondering when rationing will begin and which sector of the industry is most vulnerable.
President Donald Trump will address farmers regarding his 2019 tariff aid plan.
Do not ignore signs of distress or suicide from your friends, family members or neighbors.
Ashley Arrington of Farmhold Financial, shares these tips to help speed up the process to get the money you need now.
As the partial government shutdown enters day six, the majority of USDA isn’t disrupted yet. If the standoff between the White House and Congress persists, it could impact the timing of the tariff aid relief from USDA.
President Trump’s hard-knocks negotiating turns trade diplomacy upside down.
The farmer who employed murder suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera says he’s received death threats. Rivera was charged with the murder of missing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts. Rivera worked at the dairy farm.
By knowing what risks are the greatest for your farm, you can properly mitigate them.
Just because an odor lawsuit happened in the pork industry, don’t think it can’t happen in other animal ag industries.
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson lashes out at Republican farm bill text.
One of the biggest challenges for farmers today is finding and keeping good help. Farms need sophisticated, engaged, dedicated and hard-working employees.
Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal, Science.
While COVID-19 infections spiked at Tyson’s Waterloo, Iowa, plant, supervisors allegedly placed bets on how many workers would become infected. Tyson CEO Dean Banks suspended the managers and announced an investigation.
A field trial evaluating iron supplementation for baby pigs found the typical 200 mg iron shot at birth is not enough. Here’s what Brittney Scales, DVM, learned when a client wanted to compare different methods.
The race to find a vaccine for African swine fever (ASF) continues across the globe. Vietnam’s minister of agriculture says Vietnam might have a vaccine as early as 2021 following optimistic small-scale test results.
When a plant increases operational capacity, there is an increase in total industry capacity which in turn has economic ramifications through the cattle cycle as the inventory is expanded or liquidated.
In the past 10 to 20 years, the pork industry has successfully integrated technology and improved data collection by leaps and bounds.
Sterling Marketing president John Nalivka says the market outlook for farrow-to-finish hog operations has improved greatly since last spring and will improve going into 2021.
Residents in Louisiana spent the weekend cleaning up from yet another hurricane. Sanderson Farms sheds light on lessons they’ve learned when it comes to weathering storms and how it’s changed their business.
Livestock auctions have been a source of economic opportunity and community morale for decades, and this year auctions continue to invest in the health and longevity of their communities.
The 2021 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, which attracts 1.2 million guests, exhibitors and competitors, has been cancelled in a unanimous decision by the executive committee.
Trump’s efforts on behalf of farmers is clear and warrants their support this November, says Sam Clovis, a member of the organization and also a former White House ag advisor and advisor to President Trump.
Who should rural America pick in the 2020 election? Supporters of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden present their arguments.
While national polls show President Donald Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the White House, the latest Farm Journal Pulse shows continuing strong support for the president in farm country.
Remember, while most of us don’t like conflict, it can be productive, and it doesn’t have to last.
McDoanld’s reported dismal second quarter sales compared to a year ago, but sees improvement ahead as the fast-food giant “has learned to adjust our operations to this new environment.”
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As large Chinese purchases of soybeans continue to roll in while rumors of a broken relationship abound, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer assured farmers on Wednesday that the deal is still intact.
Three of the four poultry executives indicted by the DOJ have pleaded not guilty and were released on their own recognizance by a federal judge.
From a bottleneck in processing to now a massive backlog in pigs, as producers try to wade through the challenges of COVID-19, the industry knows changes could be on the horizon for the entire industry.