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A new partnership is focused on developing livestock and poultry technologies.
Agricultural producers face many pressures and challenges. With a growing population that will demand more food, and a strained climate that requires attention and adjustment of practices, it is difficult to know right from wrong and fact from fiction.
Pork producers can find technology solutions that are not only easy enough for most personnel to use, but also sophisticated enough to control practically all functions across multiple rooms. Below are five big tech trends helping to make this possible.
Although wastewater treatment plants are good at reducing nutrient pollutants in water, they aren’t designed to remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products. So antibiotics, hormones, and other drugs are sent back into streams and onto crop fields.
Farming is tough. For Jenna Siegel Meteer of Bement, Ill., creating her own cookbook was a little way she could help farm families thrive during planting and harvest and stock show families survive state fair season.
Ten $2,500 scholarships are awarded annually to college students with aspirations to become pork industry leaders.
John R. Tyson, Tyson Foods Inc.'s heir, pled guilty to drunken driving and other charges after his arrest in June.
NPPC argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, defending the city of San Francisco in a Clean Water Act case that could have major ramifications for livestock and other agricultural interests,
Former NPPC lobbyist and a fourth-generation livestock producer named as two award recipients.
2025 Meat Institute Slate of Officers
With a healthy dose of optimism and realism, Bryan Humphreys, National Pork Producers Council CEO, shares how the organization is tackling the farm bill, Prop 12, dietary guidelines, the Clean Water Act and more.
Five reasons why you should attend the 2025 Top Producer Summit.
As soon as Megan Bollin was old enough to drive, she drove to her local veterinary clinic to find a job. That proved to be a wise decision.
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the theft of a tractor-trailer containing approximately $100,000 worth of poultry products
Research updates are the cornerstone of Kansas State University’s annual Swine Day planned for Thursday, Nov. 21.
Florida, Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan and Nebraska have all made news headlines this year in regards to cultivated meat legislation.
Beef packers saw profits increase $26 per head to a total loss of $86 per head. That puts the packer/feeder margin spread at $289 per head in favor of the feeder. Meanwhile, pork packers saw average profits of $25 per head, up $2.68 from the previous week.
Who should attend? If any of these four challenges sound familiar, The DIRTT Project aims to help you and provide clarity.
NPPC comments on Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Recommendations.
Pork is so versatile, says famous food blogger Jenny Goycochea-Marker. Pork has the unique ability to absorb flavor in ways that other proteins can’t.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average with 8,300 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $57.60, down $1.41 per head from last week.
Researchers explore interactive effects of guy microbiomes, fatty acids and muscle to promote better health.
Participants included more than a dozen members of the Iowa State Cyclone football team, which is currently 6-0 and ranked ninth in the country, and four members of the Iowa State women’s basketball team, which is projected to finish second in the Big 12 Conference this year.
NPPC and a coalition of livestock and farm groups filed a Motion for Summary Judgment asking a federal judge to reject activist challenges to the EPA’s regulations exempting livestock farms from filing reports on routine air emissions associated with manure storage and handling.
Meat producer and exporter Danish Crown plans to cut around 500 white-collar jobs in a major reorganization, in order to save around $73.35 million in annual costs.
Missouri pork producer Jesse Heimer joins The Pork Podcast to discuss people, pigs and purpose, and how the showpig and commercial segments can work together to make the pork industry viable for generations to come.
Researchers Examine Trailer Contamination at Harvest Plant and On-Farm Mortality Disposal Structures
Novel tools, technologies and approaches are needed to augment current biosecurity practices in the U.S. swine industry. SHIC announced the funding of two new projects to advance biosecurity of swine farms.
Gen Z’s challenges aren’t just academic; they’re personal, says Jill Bramble, president and CEO of 4-H. Many young people say they are falling short, unable to envision a successful future where they feel connected to their friends, families, and communities.
My goal is to tell the story behind the story in everything I do. But sometimes the stories extend past the space allowed. That’s why I’m starting The PORK Podcast.
August numbers reveal exports of U.S. pork increased year-over-year and U.S. beef exports were below year-ago levels, according to USDA data.