Future-Proofing your Assets: From the Ground Up By Tad Woelber

Friday, November 21, 2025

When it comes to running a successful wean-to-finish operation, the condition of your facilities is more than just a backdrop—it directly impacts efficiency, animal welfare, and long-term profitability. Future-proofing your farm starts with a strong foundation, both literally and figuratively. Start With a Facility Audit Before making any improvements, it’s essential to conduct a thorough […]

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Tyson Reaches Settlement in Indirect Pork Price-Fixing Case

Friday, November 21, 2025

What the Latest Resolution Means for the Pork Industry** Tyson Foods has agreed to a new settlement resolving claims from indirect pork purchasers in the long-running price-fixing litigation that has followed the industry for nearly a decade. While the agreement closes the chapter for Tyson in this portion of the case, the broader antitrust battle […]

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Only Half of U.S. Farmers Expected to Be Profitable in 2025 What the Financial Outlook Means for the Pork Industry

Friday, November 21, 2025

New lender outlooks heading into 2025 paint a challenging financial picture for U.S. agriculture: only about half of American farmers are expected to turn a profit next year. Rising debt, tightening credit conditions, and persistent cost pressures are setting the stage for one of the toughest financial cycles the industry has seen since before the […]

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Importer/Exporter Resources Trade & Statistics News & Events About Contact Please Sign In Username Password Remember me Already a USMEF Member and need login credentials? Please contact Heidi Bang. BECOME A MEMBER Background Banner Pork Exports Remain Strong in August; Beef Decline Continues; Lamb Exports Trend Higher

Friday, November 21, 2025

USDA has released August red meat export data, which was delayed due to the lengthy government shutdown. As compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), August data showed a relatively strong performance for U.S. pork exports and an uptick in shipments of U.S. lamb cuts. But beef exports were sharply lower than a year […]

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PRRS Lineage L1C Emerges as Dominant Strain in 2025 SHIC Reports Rising Activity in Wean-to-Finish Pigs

Friday, November 21, 2025

The Swine Health Information Center is reporting a notable shift in PRRS patterns across the U.S. swine industry, with lineage L1C now emerging as the most prominent strain circulating in 2025. New monitoring data shows PRRS activity continuing to climb in wean-to-finish populations, even as sow farm positivity unexpectedly declines. According to the latest monthly […]

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Enhancing the genomic prediction accuracy of swine agricultural economic traits using an expanded one-hot encoding in CNN models

Friday, November 21, 2025

Highlights • The CNN model achieved the highest genomic prediction accuracy for swine traits when using SNP sets comprising 1,000 markers. • A novel one-hot encoding strategy representing 16 genotypes with eight binary variables significantly outperformed traditional encoding methods in CNN-based prediction. • The improved CNN framework offers a powerful tool for enhancing genomic prediction […]

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Maple Leaf Workers Support Strike Mandate at Winnipeg Pork Plant

Friday, November 21, 2025

Potential Disruption Looms for Western Canada’s Pork Supply Chain Workers at Maple Leaf’s major Winnipeg pork-processing facility have delivered an overwhelming strike mandate, signalling rising tensions as contract talks head into the final weeks of the year. Nearly 1,900 employees at the plant voted in favour of giving their bargaining committee the authority to call […]

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In PA, Taste What Pork Can DoTM Brand Campaign Connects with Consumers | Courtney Gray 

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Courtney Gray shares how Pennsylvania is serving up fresh flavor and digital innovation through the Taste What Pork Can DoTM campaign Listen to the full episode on Popular Pig  

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Randall Curless Promoted to Sales Manager for PigTek

Thursday, November 20, 2025

PigTek has announced the promotion of Randall Curless to Sales Manager, a move that strengthens the company’s focus on sales leadership and strategic growth. Curless, who joined CTB in 2019, previously served as Senior Marketing Specialist. In his new role, he will lead the sales team, set goals, and direct priority areas as PigTek continues […]

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Dec cattle minus hogs

Thursday, November 20, 2025

This chart shows the how much Dec Cattle are over Dec Hogs Walt Breitinger, Commodity Futures Broker  “Pinion Futures, LLC d/b/a Breitinger & Sons” 800.411.FUTURES (3888) www.indianafutures.com

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