Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service (ARS) announced April 25 that a vaccine candidate for African swine fever (ASF) passed an important safety test required for regulatory approval, moving the vaccine one step closer to commercial availability.
Swine producers depend on efficient and reliable delivery of feed. Helping to ensure that is the latest load cell technology that automates the monitoring of bulk feed tanks.
“Soybean meal has forever been the gold standard. There’s nothing better for amino acid and digestibility.”
With dry conditions in the western belt, this should mean higher soybean values, market analyst Brian Hoops says.
A new class, “A Year in the Life of a Pork Producer,” is educating military veterans not only about how to start a farm but also raise pigs.
The phrase “throw caution to the wind” has a new meaning for pork producers.
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University veterinarians have taken on the role of gumshoe detectives as they investigate how an aggressive bacterial strain has spread among central Iowa pork production facilities.
Leaders in the state’s pork industry were recognized with awards presented by the South Dakota Pork Producers Council at a January banquet that coincided with Pork Congress in Sioux Falls.
Matt and Angie Schnepf both grew up on farms in northwest Iowa, using lessons learned – hard work, a sixth sense for working with pigs and continuous improvement of their production practices - on their own operation.
While 2021 was a challenging year for many reasons, exports were a bright spot for U.S. agriculture.
Growing up, Adam and Brent Krause, often heard their dad, Laron say, “make time for what matters.” At 61, the Clear Lake farmer continues to put these words into action.
CornCorn closed the week 20 cents higher. Private exporters announced sales of 9.8 million bushels of corn to an unknown destination and 126,000 metric tons of grain sorghum to an unknown destination.U.S. corn exports for the week ended Jan. 13, 2022, were 47.4 million bushels, up from the …
Wholestone Farms opened its first pork processing plant in Fremont, Nebraska in 2018. This last June, the company announced construction plans for a second plant in Sioux Falls, with work starting in late 2022 or early 2023.
The 2022 Iowa Pork Congress will be held Jan. 26 and 27 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.
America has a lot of people working around the clock at places like airports, border checkpoints and shipping ports to keep U.S. agriculture safe. But they aren’t alone, as many of those same people have four-legged partners, nicknamed the “Border Brigade.”
Pork producers in Nebraska and in Kansas have positive news this year, a welcome change after last year’s stress brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
There is no better time than October to celebrate that Iowa is the country’s top pork-producing state. That achievement is a testament to the work done by the women and men who work in the industry. In fact, if all the people who worked in pork production were aggregated into one place, thos…
African Swine Fever is as close to the United States as it’s been in a long time.
As pork month comes about, Glenn Muller of the South Dakota Pork Producers Council said that they are excited to get back to a normal year of showcasing what pork has to offer.
Yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem signed Executive Order 2021-13, which extends the timeframe that hay haulers may move hay to 2 hours before sunrise and 2 hours after sunset.
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