Republican Jim Pillen was elected Nebraska governor on Tuesday, beating Democratic state Sen. Carol Blood and continuing the GOP’s 24-year string of success in the conservative state.
Nebraska hasn’t elected a Democrat as governor since 1994, and Pillen was the...
The Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) is proud to announce the 2024 Pork Ambassadors. Five college-age Students, under the direction of Sophia Lentfer, Education Director for the Association, will participate in the year long program.
Olivia Vanderford is a freshman...
“China: Livestock and Products Annual” USDA- Foreign Agricultural Service. Report Number: CH2021-0101 (August 26, 2021).
A report on Thursday from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) post in Beijing (“Livestock and Products Annual“) stated that, “In 2022, hog production will...
Source: Reuters
Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) is diverting pigs from a Nebraska processing plant after a weekend fire kept the facility closed on Monday, the company and fire officials said.
Shipping pigs to other plants seeks to avoid disruptions to U.S. pork production...
Mark Wright, President of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) presided over the 2023 annual meeting of the Association membership. The Membership chose two new directors and re-confirmed Justin Hankins of Omaha as First Alternate. Austin Zimmerman of Wymore...
The Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) is marking the end of an era as its longtime Executive Director, Al Juhnke, has announced his retirement. Juhnke has been a cornerstone of the Nebraska pork industry, advocating for producers, fostering growth,...
Anyone involved in the pork industry is invited to the Nebraska Pork Expo
set for July 17 in York, Neb.
The program will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holthus Convention Center. Admission is free and lunch will...
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service (ARS) today announced that a vaccine candidate for African Swine Fever (ASF) passed an important safety test required for regulatory approval, moving the vaccine one step closer to commercial...
Mark Wright of Fremont, Nebraska has been elected President of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) at a director’s meeting held on January 19, 2023. Connor Livingston, Director of Sites and Mill Operations for Livingston Enterprise based in Fairbury...
Sheridan Wilson of Lemoyne, Nebraska, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Larry E. Sitzman Youth in Nebraska Agriculture Scholarship. Sheridan, daughter of Mark and Shandra Wilson, is a junior at the University of Nebraska Lincoln studying grassland...