Sarah Mikesell

Editor in Chief

Sarah Mikesell grew up on a five-generation family farming operation in Ohio, USA, where her family still farms. She feels extraordinarily lucky to get to do what she loves - write about livestock and crop agriculture. You can find her on LinkedIn.

Producer & DVM perspective: Biggest challenges facing the pork industry

8 April 2025

11 minute read

Dominican Republic: African swine fever continues to attack small pig farms

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

26 March 2025

3 minute read

DR's small pig farms have little to no biosecurity controls in place

USDA Ag Outlook Forum: Chief economist Seth Meyer’s shares 2025 expectations for beef, swine, egg, dairy

Markets Market Trends Markets and economics

28 February 2025

4 minute read

Livestock pricing expectations, including a focus on the layer & egg market

Discover the secret to piglet livability

Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare Pig welfare

26 February 2025

5 minute read

How to keep baby pigs alive while making them bulletproof

Four Star Veterinary Services Case Study: Unusual presentation of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Disease Managing disease Veterinary

20 January 2025

6 minute read

Have you ever gotten a diagnosis wrong?

April - June 2021

WPX: Asia swine consultant speaks on ASF, rebuilding the breeding herd in China

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

11 June 2021

5 minute read

Todd Thurman, consultant with SwineTex based in Texas, USA, spoke to The Pig Site's Sarah Mikesell at the 2021 World Pork Expo, being held live in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

WPX: Genesus’ Jim Long gives global industry update

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

10 June 2021

6 minute read

Jim Long, president/CEO of Genesus, shares a global industry overview including US prices, ASF in China and what to expect in Europe.

Essential role of colostrum for piglet performance

SPONSOR Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare Group housing sows

8 June 2021

8 minute read

Research scientist Chantal Farmer explains the composition of colostrum compared to milk, colostrum’s role for the newborn piglet and factors that impact colostrum yield.

Rooted in feed?

SPONSOR Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

26 May 2021

5 minute read

What we’ve learned in the last 24 months about feed and the transmission of three critical swine challenges.

Expert speaks on volatility, mega-trends, role of early life in pig productivity and profitability

SPONSOR Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

12 May 2021

8 minute read

How contaminants enter the swine feed supply

SPONSOR Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

5 May 2021

7 minute read

Few environments present as high of a risk of pathogen and virus entry into our food chain as livestock feed.

European PCV2 evolution – the widening gap between field and vaccine strains

SPONSOR Disease Herd management Production Management

21 April 2021

5 minute read

Porcine circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) has historically triggered significant problems in swine and finishing barns, resulting in up to 30% pig mortality.

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Sarah Mikesell

Producer & DVM perspective: Biggest challenges facing the pork industry

Dominican Republic: African swine fever continues to attack small pig farms