State of the Pork Industry
As construction costs for a standard finishing barn approach $1 million, experts discuss how today’s contract growers can protect their ROI through enhanced biosecurity, manure management and a heightened focus on the first 48 hours of pig reception.
Industry experts share critical tips for maintaining barn infrastructure and pig health during severe winter weather. These strategies help producers manage ventilation, prevent transport stress and maintain biosecurity.
Raising pigs in the winter comes with its fair share of health challenges and 2026 is no different. Four industry experts share strategies to rally your operation now.
Fall creates its share of opportunities and challenges for pork producers. Four industry experts share helpful strategies to boost your farm’s health and productivity this fall.
Randy Kuker and Adam Annegers share tips that help them attract more employees into pork production, but more importantly, retain them.
Four industry experts weigh in on how modern strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome are causing challenges for the pork industry now.
With no fail-safe playbook for raising pigs from start to finish, pork industry experts share three areas to focus on.
Here are four ideas to boost productivity on your farm from the experts in the State of the Pork Industry Report.
An undercover video filmed in a pig barn ranked as the week’s “low” for one of the experts in the latest State of the Pork Industry Report taking a look back at the first quarter of 2025.
Four pork industry experts share their take on the possibilities artificial intelligence brings to pork production.
The experts behind the State of the Pork Industry Report share four ways they grew from experiences they went through in 2024.
Why don’t we celebrate the wins in the pork industry more often? In the Q3 State of the Pork Industry Report hosted by Farm Journal’s PORK editor Jennifer Shike, four experts compare what’s behind some of the wins (and challenges) in the latest Q3 data to what they see in the barns.
In the second State of the Pork Industry Report, Cara Haden, Randy Kuker, Adam Annegers and Brad Eckberg compare Q2 2024 sow and grow-finish performance data to what they are seeing in the barns.
As an extension of Farm Journal’s PORK recent state of the industry report, industry experts joined AgriTalk to rally around happy pigs, happy farmers and happy consumers.
What are the non-negotiables for pork producers in 2024? In the first State of the Pork Industry Report hosted by Farm Journal’s PORK editor Jennifer Shike, four experts compare 2023 data to what they see in the barns.