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Memorial Day 2025 was going so well, it was a beautiful day of clear air, high clouds, and the distant hum of field work…....
Episode 47: Formaldehyde-based feed sanitizers in sow feed is now available on our Minnesota Swine & U podcast channel.
In the podcast, Swine Extension Educator...
I honestly thought Proposition 12 would be history by now. Guess not.
Prop 12, passed by California voters, requires specific housing space requirements for sows...
In a significant development for the pork processing industry, union workers at Quality Pork Processors (QPP) in Austin, Minnesota, have ratified a new three-year...
Experimentally infected pigs
Today, we are sharing a recent publication from the Torremorell lab exploring a new technology aiming at preventing the transmission of airborne...
The Minnesota Pork Producers Association (MPPA) and the Minnesota Pork Board (MPB) are pleased to welcome Jordan Zimmerman as director of finance and human...
Twelve emerging leaders from across Minnesota gathered in Mankato July 8–9 for the kickoff of Activate: Minnesota Pork Leadership Cohort, a new 18-month program...
In the previous Swine & U article, we explored past University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine work related to the identification of Porcine...
The Minnesota Nutrition Conference will take place September 17–18 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, Minnesota.
Recognized as one of the...
Producers who were raising pigs in the 1980s can clearly remember the first time they encountered the “Mystery Swine Disease,” a deadly virus that...
Minnesota Pork is proud to announce the launch of Activate: Minnesota Pork Leadership Cohort, a new 18-month leadership development program designed to equip emerging...
chroeder’s innovative virology research is advancing biosecurity, pollinator health, and global food systems.
eclan Schroeder, professor in the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine at the...
Farm Updates
All corn and soybean plants are in the ground and growing. We did have to replant some areas, however, as a deluge of...
By Diane DeWitte, UMN Extension swine educator
Originally printed in The LAND - as March 14, 2025 Swine & U column
Much of UMN Extension’s swine...
This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are...