On August 25, the Missouri Pork Association (MPA) announced their endorsement of Attorney General Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate. Schmitt has been a voice for rural Missouri and a leading state attorney general that ensures the values of agriculture...
Source: TLSN.com
Some in Sioux Falls are opposing a proposed hog processing plant that Wholestone Foods says it will build on the northeast edge of the city.
One member of the opposition group is raising a lot of eyebrows. POET is...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting producers for the September Hog Report. The agency will survey pork producers for detailed information on market hog and breeding stock inventories, as well as pig...
Bailey, H., J. Campbell, and H. H. Stein. 2022. The combination of spray dried plasma and reduced crude protein in diets decreases circulating cytokines of weanling pigs. 15th International Symposium on Digestive Physiology of Pigs. Animal - Science Proceedings 13(Issue...
Source: Mitchell Republic
The latest expansion on the horizon for the Greenways operation is largely being driven by a new California state law called Proposition 12, which put a ban on buying any pork products from operations that breed pigs...
Source: Missouri Farmer Today
At the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, researchers and veterinarians will take on the animal disease challenges facing agriculture.
The facility’s director of communications, Katie Pawlosky, says it will have the country’s first...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an additional investment of more than $14 million to support agricultural workforce training in historically underserved communities that will increase the resilience of the U.S. meat and poultry processing sector. This...
Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), a leading global protein company, released its 2021 (FY21) Sustainability Report today, which reflects the company's continued focus on supporting its people and communities, driving product responsibility and working to sustain natural resources.
"More than...
Wholestone Farms plans to open a custom butcher shop at the location planned for its future pork processing plant — before a November election that could prohibit the company from expanding here.
Construction is starting “imminently” on the shop, which...
— Ryan Samuel, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist
The original voluntary Pork Quality Assurance® Plus (PQA Plus) educational program was launched in 1989. Continuing the commitment of the pork industry to incorporate the latest scientific knowledge and production...