This section outlines different aspects to improving hog health, including swine diseases, vaccines, antibiotic use, and biosecurity. This section also gives management advice, such as handling, facilities, new products, and technology.
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Pork Powerhouses 2023: Sow numbers, pig profits down while productivity up
UIUC pork research farm on Sunday, July 23, 2023.
The National Pork Board gives more grant money than any other checkoff. Critics say it favors Big Pork.
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What do pork and apples have in common? Gene-editing
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Solving the pig mortality puzzle takes a team, researchers say
Young man in blue coveralls stands in a hog barn.
Pork producer gives consumers a peek behind the curtain through social media
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Replace DDGS with monounsaturated soybean oil, studies show
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Boehringer Ingelheim develops PRRS handbook
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Pork Powerhouses 2022: Sow numbers increase slightly despite high production costs
Pigs in a finishing barn.
New calculator helps pork producers measure, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
Market hogs.
New PRRS research shows a need for a united shield
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Pork powerhouse began as a small Tennessee family farm
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Farmers await testing on PRRS resistant hogs
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Feed efficiency starts at the gut level of the pig
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How to properly evaluate sow condition
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Building a vertically-integrated, niche hog farm
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Keep your hogs heat-stress free
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African swine fever vaccine candidate moves one step closer to market
French biotech company develops a feed additive for swine derived from the black soldier fly
Will insects be the new ingredient in your animal feed?
A group of piglets.
Iowa State veterinarians are researching unusual strain of swine bacteria
A group of colorful piglets.
New swine vaccine to aid producers in fighting against reproductive diseases
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Blister Diseases
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Technology enables pork producers to better understand the needs of animals
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Illinois-based swine genetics company founded by The Maschhoffs is acquired
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Sow management in 2022 and beyond
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Cleaning Pig Feed Bins
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ASF swine vaccine shows promise, but long journey ahead
Pink and red piglets.
Pork Powerhouses 2021: Bouncing back from COVID-19
Legacy of service
Legacy of service
Piglets to pork chops
Piglets to pork chops
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Labor and line speeds are priorities for pork producers
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Costs high for pig farmers today, but profits still there
Smithfield hog lagoon
83 Smithfield lagoons in Missouri now producing renewable natural gas
A few young pigs in a barn.
Learning opportunities in pork industry
Mega farm in China
105,000 sows stacked six stories high
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ASF will never be eliminated in China, says swine consultant
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We are in the beginnings of a commodity super cycle, says Global AgriTrends CEO
David Borrowman
15 minutes with pasture pig farmer David Borrowman
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Swine Influenza-A
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Overall health of pigs improving every year, says sow management clinic
suckling baby pigs
Choosing a sow
legal issues
Tips on avoiding nuisance suits
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More turnover and consolidation facing pig farmers
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What the pork industry learned from the coronavirus debacle
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Pork Powerhouses 2020: Backing up
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How Christensen Farms worked its way through COVID-19
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Sandy Road Farms buys assets of Kansas Smith Farms
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TED talks for the swine industry
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Real Pork launched as new strategy for National Pork Board
Market hogs.
Smithfield Foods loses $72 million in second quarter due to COVID-19 expenses
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Maxwell Foods shutting down hog operation
A pig farmer holding feed in his hands.
Kemin acquires patent application to control African swine fever in feed
A few young pigs in a barn.
New project hopes to ID gaps in swine disease spread
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Record high hog numbers, up 5% from year ago
Pigs in a finishing barn.
Iowa Select Farms expanding finishing capacity after supply chain disaster
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Animal rights group targeting Iowa pig farmers depopulating herds
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New USDA plan for African swine fever includes feral swine response
Cattle eating feed.
$40 a pig to help cover disposal costs for Iowa producers
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2 million pigs backed up on farms, plants still short labor, but there is good news
Iowa Select Farms
Iowa Select Farms forced to euthanize some of swine herd
Market hogs.
Positive news in the pig business, but still many concerns
Market hogs.
Smithfield phasing in opening of Sioux Falls pork plant
Coronavirus over global map
Covid-19 outbreak hits Rantoul, Illinois, pork plant
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Impacts of COVID-19 on pig production and pork processing

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