Hogs - General
![“I think we're more I think we're down the homestretch [on China],” Randy Russell of the Russell Group told AgriTalk host Chip Flory. “I think if I likened it to running a one-mile race, we're in the last lap, and probably very frankly, headed into the final curve.”](https://assets.farmjournal.com/dims4/default/fd2692e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/539x360+51+0/resize/250x167!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffj-corp-pub.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fs3fs-public%2F91589F42-CC0A-4808-A99E6ED9EC3074E1.jpg)
One analyst says a deal with China is just a month from completion. Meanwhile, politics are the reason for a new snag on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement ratification.
Smithfield Foods has agreed to locate a new distribution center in Cecil County, Md., creating 240 new jobs, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.
China will require all meat processors who handle raw pork to test for the presence of African swine fever virus in May.
Producers may need to re-examine the quality and detail of the data they collect and how it is managed and stored for future use. Avoid these five key impediments that may cause limited or reduced record collection.
Graduates of the Executive Veterinary Program report that the sessions equip them to manage ongoing and new challenges in the swine industry.
USDA releasing its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.
Are you interested in the future of pork production, new technologies, or want to be a leader in the pork industry and are still in high school? Then the 2019 University of Missouri Pork Institute is your answer.
China could increase U.S. pork imports to the highest ever this year as part of its commitment to bolster purchases of American farm goods to resolve the trade war between the two countries.
For the sake of our animals, the environment, consumers and farmer livelihoods, NPPC’s Dan Kovich says we need to put regulatory authority over gene-edited livestock in the right hands.
Nine resolutions and advisements adopted in March to prevent foreign animal diseases from entering the U.S.
David Hollier’s legacy leaves a network of pig producers from Europe to Australia, China to South America.
China made its largest purchase of U.S. pork in nearly two years last week, according to USDA data released Thursday. Chinese hog prices continue to climb as the country an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 top veterinary students.
Dr. Nathan Winkelman was installed as the president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians on March 12.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commends signing of bill that protects Iowa pork producers and economy.
A new outbreak of African swine fever was confirmed in Sichuan province in southwest China after a truck carrying pigs was stopped on a highway.
The future of pork depends on developing a younger workforce.
USDA’s World Agricultura Supply and Demand Estimates for March increase corn carryout by 100 million bushels.
If bacon is the candy of meat, lard is the butter. At least it used to be. But the old cooking staple is making a comeback, after a century of questions about saturated fat.
Police arrested five employees of Wayne Farms, the sixth largest vertically integrated poultry producer and processor in the U.S., after the company uncovered a payroll fraud scheme costing the company nearly $100,000.
The U.S. needs to make moving toward a trade pact with Japan an “extraordinary” priority. That’s according to Gregg Doud, the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday urged cooperation in pursuing resolution to the ongoing trade disagreements with China, reports Jim Wiesemeyer of Pro Farmer.
Access to foreign markets hinges on compliance with new standards
Former judges share the passion and skills they developed while judging hogs as a 4-H or FFA member.
The Iowa Pork Producers Association is partnering with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to offer funding for pig farmers interested in implementing new nutrient loss reduction technologies.
Iowa Pork Producers Association President challenges delegates at annual meeting.
Looking for a change of pace in your career? Oscar Mayer is hiring “Hotdoggers” to drive the iconic Wienermobile.
China has offered to go on a six-year buying spree to ramp up imports from the U.S., in a move that would reconfigure the relationship between the world’s two largest economies.
Livestock farmers achieved an unprecedented victory when President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill Thursday afternoon.
Genomic editing technology increasingly shows potential for improving disease resistance within livestock populations, as researchers in China report success introducing resistance to the CSFV in pigs.