HOGS
Several health-care companies are examining options for their animal-health business looking to replicate the success of Zoetis Inc., whose shares have almost tripled in value since it separated from Pfizer Inc. in 2013.
It’s a popular conceit to depict Stone Age people as little more than tribes of ignorant brutes. But a closer look at how they lived reveals that in some ways, their ‘lifestyles’ were superior to ours.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation ended its strategic planning conference by electing new officers. Cevin Jones, a cattle feeder from Eden, Idaho, will succeed Conley Nelson, an Iowa pork producer, as USMEF chair.
No one says managing weaned pig startups is easy. A newly weaned pig has its share of challenges: maternal separation, transportation, commingling, transitioning diet, vaccination and environmental changes.
Monetary aid caused by 2018 and 2019 natural disasters is available for qualifying producers.
The USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs report is due out Thursday.
The state Department of Health has issued an approval to operate permit for a 9,000-hog farm near the southeastern North Dakota town of Buffalo.
Hogs have been among the rare bull markets in agriculture for the past five months, but some indicators suggest that strength is waning, says Craig VanDyke, Top Third Ag Marketing.
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Research shows the hog industry needs to increase truck washes in regions like Iowa that have higher densities of hog farms and packers.
The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows hogs and pigs in South Dakota on Dec. 1 totaled 1.36 million head.
Researchers announce a new breakthrough regarding the PRRS virus.
A number of management factors can contribute to poor air quality and ammonia in the swine barns, such as overfeeding nutrients as well as reduced ventilation.
Dramatic increases in propane costs have many pork producers wondering if it’s more profitable to turn down the thermostat.
Total hog inventory expected to be near year-ago levels.
The deal is expected to close on Thursday.
Hog production has returned to profitability but delayed planting is raising concerns.
Hog and pork markets probably won’t be able to maintain the excitement of this spring when live hog prices reached the mid-$60s per hundredweight in early- to mid-May.
There is encouraging news in USDA’s June 26 Hogs and Pigs report. Listen to two experts’ commentary on the report.
Listen in as Pat McGonegle gives us a “state of the Iowa pork industry” for summer 2019.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalizes rule to exempt livestock producers from reporting routine emissions to state and local authorities.
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs urges credit providers to provide credit guarantee services to breeding and large-scale farms.
Any company involved in the production, processing and retailing of milk, meat and eggs has one thing in common – the potential to be targeted by extreme animal rights organizations.
Hiring and retaining great employees is hard. AgCareers.com shares some of the top challenges facing employers.
Not only are the numbers of hogs produced in the U.S. growing, so are the number of hog operations.
The future of pork depends on developing a younger workforce.
Tune into Farm Journal Field Days—Aug. 25 to Aug. 27—and enjoy all the benefits of the first virtual farm show experience.
As the fifth hog nuisance lawsuit against Murphy Brown LLC, a subsidiary owned by Smithfield Foods, finished closing arguments this week, an appeals court in Virginia received an amicus brief for the first lawsuit.
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