After decades of basic research that led to successful scientific innovations, Randall Prather and his team of investigators at the National Swine Resource and Research Center (NSRRC) at the University of Missouri have become the go-to source for genetically...
Bob Evans Farms Foods, Inc., a Xenia, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 7,560 pounds of Italian pork sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically thin blue rubber, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
Source: FoodTank
Two decades ago, the confinement hog barn at Flaherty Family Farms in central Iowa, was degraded beyond repair. The cost of rebuilding was too high for Travis Flaherty and his father to continue with that side of their...
A judge on Wednesday, Oct. 19, declined to rescind permits for a custom butcher shop in northeast Sioux Falls, which is the current focus of the ongoing debate over a proposed pork processing plant on the site.
The hearing before...
Farmscape for October 19, 2022
Full Interview 7:35
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The President of the National Pork Producers Council says the U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to go over as it considers the constitutionality of California's Proposition 12. Representatives of...
Apply now for the AASV Participant-Led Early-Career Swine Veterinarian Development Program. If all eligibility criteria are met, applicants will be selected on a first-come basis.
Apply HERE . Applications will close October 31, 11:59pm CT, or when program capacity (25)...
Steve Evans, vice president of community development for Smithfield Foods, was recognized with the Future Leader Award at the World Sustainability Congress in Munich, Germany.
The Future Leader Award, a category in the 2022 World Sustainability Awards, recognizes "an individual...
Veterinary medicine is changing and growing, and Colorado State University’s top-ranked College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is changing, too, with the future of the profession in mind.
The college has announced plans for a $278 million upgrade and...
Farmscape for October 17, 2022
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A series of over 100 videos and printed resources produced by the Canadian Pork Council is helping pork producers get a head start in training new swine barn workers. An...
Source: SwineTech Blog
“Acting your wage.” “Quiet quitting.” Even “quiet firing.” Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic popularized working from home, employees have formed a stronger, more decisive stance on what foot they’re prepared to set forward for their job. This...