Early vitality drives faster growth, smoother transitions, and uniform pigs that improve efficiency and profitability.

While pig growth is not harmed, producers must account for the potential reduction in carcass yield when calculating their ...

Feeding management Multiple feeding practices have been related to sow livability. At the gilt level, research by Deen and ...

The South Dakota Animal Industry Board is responsible for protecting the health of the state’s livestock to enhance ...

“Demand is growing for high-quality U.S. red meat throughout the region,” says USMEF Central America Representative Lucia ...

Lessons learned from feeding a late finishing ration to newly weaned piglets to using the wrong semen in a multiplication sow ...

Projects include advancing control strategies against common hog industry diseases, helping humans by increasing the use of ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act authorized $47 million for the federal Feral Swine Eradication and Control Program.

Law also limits state-funded schools and higher-education institutions from purchasing lab-grown or misbranded meat and egg ...

Pork producers concerned regulation will strain relationships between the United States and its trading partners, ...

Margin protection strategies will vary by operation, but addressing hog and feed risk concurrently generally makes sense.

Topics include U.S. pork market opportunities, using on-farm technology to optimize labor, and in-barn strategies to address ...