Ron Plain was celebrated for serving 35 years teaching farm audiences how to manage pig farming as a business.
Career Focused on Building Understanding Makes Significant Impact on U.S. and Global Pork Industry
Dr. Ron Plain, professor emeritus and extension economist...
Mike Telford was recognized for creating opportunities for pig farmers and pork production during his 20-year tenure at Iowa Pork Producers Association.
Mike Telford Recognized for Charting New Courses for Iowa Pig Farmers
Mike Telford’s 20 years at Iowa Pork Producers...
Source: News Channel Nebraska Central
Gage County Planning Commission to hold another meeting March 28th, to get more information.
o action yet to advance a major swine operation permit application to the Gage County Board. One member of the Gage County...
Triumph Foods receives North American Meat Institute Worker Safety Recognition Award for second year in a row NAMI’s highest-ranking safety award recognizes ongoing efforts to reduce workplace injury and illness.
Triumph Foods today announced that for the second consecutive year, it has...
Source: Reuters
A surge in African swine fever infections in China is set to reduce hog output later this year, farm managers and analysts said this week, pushing up prices in the world's top pork consumer as demand recovers.
The incurable...
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A partner with Polar Pork Farms says a new Saskatchewan based cull sow slaughtering plant will reduce the cost of shipping sows to slaughter, minimize the risk of transmitting disease from one country...
Last week at National Pork Industry Forum, producer delegates from each state pork association met for the annual Pork Act Delegate Meeting. They introduced and passed 2 advisements for NPB to prioritize.
1. Encourage U.S. SHIP Enrollment
Iowa Pork Producers Association...
The total number of domestic pig outbreaks in Germany rises to 8 after confirmation of African swine fever on a farm in Brandenburg. In fact, authorities have confirmed that the death of two pigs in eastern Germany late last...
March Madness tips off this week with college basketball teams battling for the No. 1 spot in the nation. But you don’t have to live and breathe hoops to cheer on restaurants vying for Iowa's best pulled pork sandwich.
Pulled...
Pigs account for $20.5 million in MU research expansions.
It has been said that “pigs are like people.” (Or vice versa, depending on the source or the complaint.)
But there’s a lot of scientific truth to that belief, and it has led...