A new two-year appropriations budget adopted by the Indiana General Assembly this spring contains good news for the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) at Purdue University. A key priority for the laboratory was to make the case for increased...
Bill awaits Gov. Murphy’s signature after 13-year campaign to prohibit the extreme confinement of gestating pigs and calves raised for veal
Today S.1298/A.1970, a bill to ban the crates used to cruelly confine mother pigs and calves raised for veal,...
Farmscape for June 19, 2023
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A scientist with the University of Manitoba says a survey of Canadian pork producers is providing the information that will assist in making further improvements in the efficiency of Canadian...
The Humane Society of the United States is driving a grassroots campaign against Oscar Mayer over its failure to live up to a pledge made six years ago to end the use of gestation crates.
The animal activists’ group is...
Less than two weeks from now 2023 Iowa Swine Day will be underway. June 29 is the date, Scheman Building in the Iowa State Center at ISU in Ames is the place, and loads of information is on tap....
Source: Des Moines Register
Premium Iowa Pork has finalized its $14 million purchase of a Minnesota pork processing plant that closed earlier this month after filing for bankruptcy, idling its largely foreign workforce.
HyLife Foods Windom closed the plant June 2,...
ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in innovative solutions from nature, today announced the appointment of Dr. Nuria Miquel as senior vice president and chief science officer, effective August 1.
“Innovation is a foundation of ADM’s culture and strategy, and...
Yesterday a group of retailers reached a settlement with Seaboard Foods for its alleged involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices relating to the Pork Industry.
The terms of the agreement were not yet released.
World Pork Expo marked its 35th anniversary on June 7-9, as more than 10,000 producers and industry professionals traveled to the Iowa State Fairgrounds to visit the world's largest pork-specific trade show. Presented by the National Pork Producers Council...
Farmscape for June 16, 2023
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An animal welfare and handling specialist with Olymel suggests moving pigs in small groups and focussing on body position, point of balance and flight zones, especially when the weather gets...