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    Dr. Paul Sundberg recognized with Distinguished Service Award

    Disease Notifiable diseases Husbandry
    calendar icon 18 March 2024
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    Why monitor swine herds for PCV2?

    Non-notifiable diseases PCV Treatments and prevention
    calendar icon 23 August 2023
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    An interview with Noel Garbes, DVM – Senior Technical Services Veterinarian, Zoetis

    Innovation: HyLife weaning ramp wins Aherne Prize at 2023 Banff Pork Seminar

    Production stages Nursery/weaner Treatments and prevention
    calendar icon 13 January 2023
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    Learn more about this new industry innovation

    ADM launches new sweetening feed products for piglets

    Herd management Feed and nutrition
    calendar icon 22 November 2022
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    Designed to improve the palatability of feed for weanling pigs

    Dr. Kenneth Stalder: global pork industry mourns his loss

    Pig Welfare Herd management Sow management
    calendar icon 5 November 2022
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    Iowa State University professor, well-known for research his sow lameness, productivity and longevity, has passed away

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    January 2021

    CME update: hog futures end mixed on concerns about feed costs

    Processing Processing Market Trends
    calendar icon 14 January 2021
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    Nearby US lean hog futures weakened on 13 January, weighed down by prospects for rising feed costs due to higher prices for corn, soybeans and wheat.

    China’s 2020 meat imports nearly at 10 million tonnes

    Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever
    calendar icon 14 January 2021
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    Chinese customs data shows that it imported 9.91 million tonnes of meat in 2020, up 60 percent on 2019.

    NPPC campaign to showcase the industry's environmental stewardship

    Husbandry Environmental management Herd management
    calendar icon 14 January 2021
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    The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has introduced a multimedia campaign, “Farming today for tomorrow,” to highlight US pork producers’ long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship and further reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

    CME update: lean hog futures rise as corn surge squeezes supply

    Herd management Feed and nutrition Market Trends
    calendar icon 13 January 2021
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    US lean hog futures firmed on 12 January on higher cash hog prices and improving pork packer margins as soaring feed costs stoked concerns about tighter hog supplies.

    WAP study shows that American consumers are becoming more aware of pig welfare

    Pig Welfare Tail docking Housing type
    calendar icon 13 January 2021
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    Research from World Animal Protection and Crate Free Illinois finds that a majority of pork buyers in the US show concern for pig welfare and hold retailers responsible for what many see as objectionable practices.

    First shipments of US pork to Taiwan are free of ractopamine

    Product quality and safety Food safety Policy and regulation
    calendar icon 12 January 2021
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    Lab testing reveals that the first batch of American pork imports to Taiwan are free from the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine.

    China to auction frozen pork from state reserves for second time in eight days

    Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever
    calendar icon 12 January 2021
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    China plans to auction 30,000 tonnes of frozen pork from central reserves on 15 January, shortly after 20,000 tonnes of pork was released on 7 January.
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