America’s Pig Farmer of the Year award program, announced by the National Pork Board in early March, is accepting applications from now until May 17 at americaspigfarmer.com. The award honors the U.S. pork producer who best excels at raising pigs using the We Care ethical principles and wants to share how he or she does that with the public. “This … Read More
BIVI Awards $50,000 for PED Data Sharing Programs
For the second year, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI), has awarded $50,000 in Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) research grants. This year’s grants will again be shared by the University of California, Davis, Iowa State University and University of Minnesota to further the work on PED disease BioPortal, a collaborative web-based monitoring system that provides real-time or near-real time access to … Read More
NAMI's Ultimate Guide to Bacon Video
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) has developed a new Ultimate Guide to Bacon, featuring a video tour of a bacon processing plant and companion brochure with bacon facts, history and more. The video is the newest installment in NAMI’s Glass Walls series, taking viewers inside a typical bacon processing plant. It shows the how bacon is made from harvesting … Read More
Hog Numbers Up in Quarterly Report
As of March 1, there were 65.9 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, seven percent more than a year ago, according to the USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report. Of the total, 5.98 million hogs were kept for breeding and producers intend to have 2.87 million sows farrow between March and May 2015, and 2.93 million sows farrow between … Read More
Purina Offers Tips on Weaning with Hydration, Feed
Getting young pigs through the stressful time of weaning presents some real challenges. The folks at Purina are offering some suggestions to get through this time, including keeping them hydrated and getting them to eat the solid food. Dan McManus, DVM, swine specialist for Purina Animal Nutrition, says the weaning transition can impact the long-term success of the group, siting … Read More
Report From National Pork Industry Forum
The pork industry held its annual business meeting, the National Pork Industry Forum, March 5-7 in San Antonio. At the meeting, Pork Act Delegates ranked nine candidates for the National Pork Board and submitted the list to the U.S. secretary of agriculture. The candidates, ranked in order, are: • David Newman, North Dakota • Patrick FitzSimmons, Minnesota • Carl Link, … Read More
BRI’s Versazyme® Protease Enzyme
BioResource International, Inc. (BRI), a global biotechnology company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of high-performance enzyme feed additives for animal nutrition, announced today that findings of a research study using its market-leading protease enzyme, Versazyme®, in swine feed will be presented at the American Society of Animal Science Midwest Meeting in Des Moines, IA, March 16-18th, 2015. The … Read More
VaxLiant Adjuvants Vaccines Gets USDA Approval
The USDA has approved the safety of four new, ready-to-use ENABL® adjuvants from VaxLiant® that can be added to vaccines to help improve the resulting immune response in cattle and swine. This follows approval of six ENABL adjuvants for swine and cattle vaccines in 2014. All of these approvals include a 21-day withdrawal period when ENABL is used in vaccines … Read More
Pig Farmer of the Year Award
Outstanding pork producers have one thing in common: they cultivate customer trust every step of the way. The Pork Checkoff’s new America’s Pig Farmer of the Year award program will honor the U.S. pork producer who best excels at raising pigs using the We Care ethical principles and wants to share this with consumers. “The public is the main audience, … Read More
Register for A Challenge for Tomorrow Seminar by Zoetis
Registration is open for A Challenge for Tomorrow, a seminar offered at no charge by Zoetis. This special discussion about the future of food is taking place as a breakfast session during the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Midwest Section meeting. The session will start at 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at the Community Choice Credit Union … Read More