Dr. David Newman to lead efforts to grow domestic and international demand for U.S. pork.
• Missouri pig farmer and former Pork Board president to lead team of 16
• Newman has had active roles in numerous Pork Checkoff priorities since...
Wamac Mayor Butch Mathus says a special use permit has been given to a proposed meat processing company that is looking to build a $5-million facility in the community.
Mathus says Big Boy Processing, Inc has proposed their facility at...
Barentz, a leading global distributor of life science and specialty ingredients, announced today that Pestell Nutrition and Origination (collectively "Pestell”) will be rebranded as Barentz, effective immediately. The name change follows the acquisition of Pestell by Barentz International "Barentz" in August 2021.
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For the last five years Genesus has undertaken the task to identify the Worlds MEGA Producers (operations with 100,000 sows or more). Over that time there has been and ebb and flow of companies and...
Farmscape for June 6, 2023
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A survey of Canadian pork producers shows an across-the-board improvement in the efficiency of pork production and a reduction of the sector's environmental foot print over the past 30 years....
Source: SwineTech
Pork has always been an industry concerned with efficiency, but with the increasing entanglement of research, tech and good old-fashioned husbandry in a barn, questions about the biological development of commercial pigs have become more pressing than ever....
Farmscape for June 2, 2023
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A survey of the needs of small-scale pig producers is leading to the development of improved educational resources for the entire pork sector. Scientists with the Prairie Swine Centre, in...
The College of Veterinary Medicine was among 11 campus units selected to receive funding through the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Investment for Growth (IFG) program for FY24.
The college’s proposal, entitled Virtual Care Hub in the College of Veterinary Medicine,...
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When does 3 follow 12? That’s when the Supreme Court’s decision on California’s Proposition 12 also freed the logjam on Massachusetts Question 3.
The Supreme Court last week handed down a 5-to-4 decision favoring California’s Prop 12. The majority found...