Hogs - General
Faith in the inherent safety of plant-based products is misplaced, says scientists with the Agricultural Research Service. Here’s why.
A truck and trailer with two show pigs has been found Tuesday morning after they were stolen sometime between 8 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday from a hotel parking lot in Denver, Colo.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Jose Emilio Esteban, a veterinarian, as undersecretary for food safety with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in December.
The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) has awarded nine grants to develop management strategies that improve judicious antibiotic use in beef cattle and swine.
The Canadian Pork Council’s (CPC) Board of Directors named a new board chair, René Roy of Quebec, and vice-chair, Scott Peters of Manitoba, at a recent board meeting in Banff, Alberta prior to the Banff Pork Forum.
Farm Bureau hosted Secretary Vilsack at its annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he announced the details of ERP Phase 2 and PARP, U.S.-made fertilizer and new meat and poultry processing facility plans.
Showcasing the diverse opportunities available within the pork industry, 23 students from 16 colleges recently concluded their week-long experience in Seaboard Foods’ annual Winternship program.
John Phipps examines one aspect of the pandemic experts have noticed: consumption of more alcohol during and especially immediately after the isolations and quarantines. What does it mean? John explains in John’s World.
From operational trials to rebranding and merging companies, the pork and agriculture industries have recent news worth sharing. Here’s a look at Nutreco’s Selko brand, EnBiorganic Technologies and Pinion.
Impossible Foods has hired its first Chief Demand Officer.
Kansas State University’s 2023 Swine Profitability Conference is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 7 in Manhattan, with a focus on providing information to improve knowledge for pork producer business decisions.
Legacy Feed, LLC, formed in partnership with Co-Alliance Cooperative, Inc., and Signature Farms, LP, announced its plan to deliver an integrated swine production service to farm families in eastern Indiana.
How can Rural America embrace the evolution of their small-town communities through the changing labor pool? In this four-part series, Carthage Veterinary Service and Carthage System shed light on an evolving topic.
Here’s a list of the stories that drew eyes from the pork industry and beyond in 2022. Which one was your favorite?
We’re recapping 2022’s most important issues though a look back at the covers of Farm Journal’s PORK magazine.
Stock show kids are cut from a different mold. Driven by a purpose greater than themselves, they know it’s up to them to help their animals thrive. Here’s a look at the stock show stories that caught your eye in 2022.
To potentially prevent or limit the next zoonotic disease outbreak, USDA scientists are developing new tests and tools to identify and track the COVID virus and its variants in wild and domestic animals.
Another year has come and gone, but one thing has remained the same— the foundation for the success of the industry relies on its people. Our 2022 PORKtober features serve as examples of the industry’s greatest asset.
The Guest of Christmas Future shares hints about the holiday.
Iowa State University students are using cutting-edge 3D anatomy visualization to see livestock in a new light.
In 2012, Jerry Lageson flipped the switch and transformed an oak tree into a landmark for thousands of passersby. South of Faribault, Minn., Lageson annually adorns this tree with 50,000 white lights.
The 2023 Iowa Pork Congress will be the 50th pork congress that involves a trade show, educational sessions and the Iowa Pork Producers Association annual meeting. Take a look at what you can expect this year.
Consider what passersby think when they see your headquarters or machinery on the highway. Do you want them to draw their own conclusions, or do you want to be the one telling the story?
We know pig farmers are busy, so here’s a list of pig-inspired, novelty gift ideas to help fill those stockings and stack under the tree this season.
Nobody does wild pigs like the Yawt Yawt, aka David Ellis. From backwoods redneck to rising star, Yawt Yawt delivers a rip-roaring hunt as the grim reaper of wild pigs.
Students from Oklahoma State University and Auburn University took home the top prizes in the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2022 College Aggies Online scholarship program. Here’s a complete list of the winners.
The Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act would remove the tax liability for distressed farmers for the assistance provided in Sections 22006 and 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Cody Snyder, a pig farmer of Monticello, Ind., wins the fall Start-N-Arc Sweepstakes, presented by AgTruckTrader.com, part of the Certified Agriculture Dealer (CAD) Program.
After 38 years of hosting the Alltech ONE Conference in Lexington, Ky., the event is transforming into a series of international events around the globe in 2023.
The perfect storm of lower supplies of slaughter-ready hogs with confronting consumer resistance to pork price increases put the pressure on processors’ price spreads.