Luke and Mike discuss the key upcoming reports. The Hogs and Pigs report and the Prospective Plantings reports are highly anticipated and will be market movers for the hog and grain markets. Listen in for that along with some...

Don’t Miss the Pork Industry’s Biggest Event Registration is now open for World Pork Expo® 2023. Sign up today! Registration is now open for the world’s largest pork-specific trade show, World Pork Expo. Hosted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC),...

Triumph Foods and United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 2 today welcomed a delegation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to Triumph’s St. Joseph facility. UFCW Local 2 selected Triumph to host OSHA Assistant Secretary...



  Download Image WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University team led by Jiqin (JQ) Ni has received a $500,000 grant from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research to document air-quality issues surrounding pork production in partnership with the National Pork Board. Particulate matter (PM) at high concentrations...

NPB has released the latest Pork Cares Snapshot Report, which reports on-farm sustainability measurements from 2021 farm data. Working in the agriculture industry, I often think about our role in the economy and the impact generated by the millions of...

Abstract African swine fever (ASF) is a severe infectious disease caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV), seriously endangering the global pig industry. ASFV possesses a large genome, strong mutation ability, and complex immune escape mechanisms. Since the first...

The Philippine Tariff Commission is conducting a comprehensive review of its most favored nation (MFN) tariff schedule. The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) filed comments in this proceeding, requesting that recent temporary reductions in the Philippines’ MFN tariff rates...

Farmscape for March 29, 2023 Full Interview 7:12 Listen  A multi-institutional team of scientists is conducting research aimed at replacing antibiotics with probiotic bacteria to combat diarrhea in nursery pigs. In response to public concerns over antibiotic use in livestock production and...

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...

 We continue our series, in this episode we connect with a young up and comer in the Swine Industry. Shelbi Perry grew up in Chalmers, Indiana where she raised and showed pigs with her parents and sister. It was the...

312-242-7905  Tuesday, March 28, 2023   GRAINS:   The biggest concern at the moment is the lack of rain in the forecast for SW Kansas, W. OK, and the TX panhandle. It appears to me that wheat is poised to challenge resistance which I’ll define as 720 in...

Smithfield Foods named Isham "Jay" Bennett to the newly created role of chief human resources officer, and promoted Tennille Checkovich to general counsel. Shane Smith, president and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods, said, "I'm excited to welcome Jay and...

  Those early nursery days are important for pigs. They’ve traveled, moved to a new place and are getting ready to start a new feed source. Getting pigs off to their best start is essential for success all the way...

Farmscape for March 28, 2023 Full Interview 21:11 Listen An outbreak of Streptococcus equii zooepidemicus in Alberta has demonstrated the difficulty in eliminating the infection from the farm. The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network swine disease surveillance report for...