Disease Alert: PED Jan 8, 2025
Swine Health Ontario is spearheading the Ontario initiative to improve disease prevention, detection, response, containment and elimination, leading to better decisions and added value at the farm and industry levels.
A senior USDA official has renewed strong criticism of California’s Proposition 12, calling the state’s animal housing and product sale standards a form of domestic trade protectionism that could disrupt the national pork market and raise costs for producers and consumers. At a recent agriculture policy event, the deputy secretary of agriculture described laws like […]
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Five years ago, the Ag Data Transparent (ADT) organization was receiving inquiries from companies who supported transparency efforts but didn’t know where to start in developing their agreements with farmers. To address this need, ADT developed a “Model” Ag Data Use Agreement for companies collecting agricultural data from farmers. The model agreement was a huge […]
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Canada’s next update to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs is targeted for completion in spring 2028, according to the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC). NFACC recommends that Codes of Practice for the care and handling of farmed animals be reviewed and updated approximately every 10 years to reflect […]
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A new player has officially entered the North American animal nutrition landscape. Akralos Animal Nutrition launched February 1, bringing together major feed operations from ADM and Alltech through a newly formed joint venture. Akralos combines Alltech’s U.S.-based Hubbard Feeds and Canada-based Masterfeeds businesses with ADM’s U.S. feed operations, creating a large-scale, integrated animal nutrition company […]
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Sharing the Stories That Keep Our Industry Moving Forward – Cris Soronio If there’s one thing I’ve learned from recruiting in the swine industry, it’s that behind every thriving farm or production system, there’s a story, often one that doesn’t get told enough. And many of those stories belong to women. From production managers who’ve […]
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It ranked highest at 40.28% (29/72), ahead of Dept/Assistant Manager (31.94%). I’ll be honest: I didn’t expect this. I created this survey quite confident that sow farm managers would not rank as the hardest or longest role to fill. In the past, I’ve filled Sow Farm Manager roles in as fast as two weeks. Two […]
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In the latest Capital Update from the National Pork Producers Council, attention in Washington is turning toward the next farm bill and potential leadership changes on Capitol Hill that could impact agricultural policy. House Agriculture Farm Bill Markup Set for Late February House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-PA) told Republican members he is targeting […]
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To “Read” Walt’s charts, keep the following in mind: Support – this term refers to a trend line or price area under the market which is expected to hold the market from potential decline. Resistance– a price area or trend line above the market that is expected to prevent or stall price increases. Trend lines and […]
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As filtration and airflow management continue to play a larger role in swine facility design, equipment performance at the entry point matters more than ever. At the 2026 Iowa Pork Congress, Thorp Equipment introduced its new airtight filter door, designed to support modern biosecurity and positive-pressure filtration systems. The door features a full 360-degree seal […]
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