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Dr. Paul Sundberg recognized with Distinguished Service Award

Disease Notifiable diseases Husbandry

18 March 2024

2 minute read

Why monitor swine herds for PCV2?

SPONSOR Non-notifiable diseases PCV Treatments and prevention

23 August 2023

7 minute read

An interview with Noel Garbes, DVM – Senior Technical Services Veterinarian, Zoetis

Innovation: HyLife weaning ramp wins Aherne Prize at 2023 Banff Pork Seminar

Production stages Nursery/weaner Treatments and prevention

13 January 2023

2 minute read

Learn more about this new industry innovation

ADM launches new sweetening feed products for piglets

Herd management Feed and nutrition

22 November 2022

2 minute read

Designed to improve the palatability of feed for weanling pigs

Dr. Kenneth Stalder: global pork industry mourns his loss

Pig Welfare Herd management Sow management

5 November 2022

6 minute read

Iowa State University professor, well-known for research his sow lameness, productivity and longevity, has passed away

July 2021

Additional training and barn investments could help phase out tail docking

Pig Welfare Tail biting Tail docking

7 July 2021

6 minute read

It is still too early to stop docking piglets' tails on all pig farms in the Netherlands, according to a new study carried out by Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and commissioned by the Producers Organisation for Pig farming (POV) and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture.

EU pig prices appear to lose ground in June

Product quality and safety Meat quality Market Trends

6 July 2021

4 minute read

Market analysis from Bethan Wilkins, senior analyst with the AHDB, shows that May's upward trend in EU pig prices has fallen away.

Latest US Hog and Pig report meets analyst expectations, says AFBF

Processing Processing Research and innovation

6 July 2021

8 minute read

The US June Hog and Pig report contains few surprises according to analysis conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).

Taiwan postpones pork referendum amid COVID-19 concerns

Product quality and safety Food safety Meat quality

5 July 2021

4 minute read

Taiwan will postpone four referendums due late next month, including two that could potentially ban pork containing ractopamine, because of fears about the spread of COVID-19.

EU agrees three-month ceasefire with UK in "sausage war"

Product quality and safety Meat quality Policy and regulation

2 July 2021

4 minute read

The European Union has agreed to a ceasefire with the United Kingdom in a post-Brexit dispute dubbed the "sausage war" by extending a grace period for shipments of certain meat products from Britain to Northern Ireland.

US pork industry says that foreign-born workers are vital to sector

People Health and safety Facilities and people

2 July 2021

4 minute read

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has launched a campaign showcasing the contributions of foreign-born workers as it seeks changes to the H-2A visa program.

Smithfield agrees to pay $83 million to settle pork price-fixing claims

Processing Processing Industry and legislation

1 July 2021

4 minute read

Smithfield Foods Inc said on 30 June that it will pay $83 million to settle litigation that accused several companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $20 billion-a-year US pork market to inflate prices and their own profits.

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