Disease Alert: PED Jan 8, 2025
Swine Health Ontario is spearheading the Ontario initiative to improve disease prevention, detection, response, containment and elimination, leading to better decisions and added value at the farm and industry levels.
Tosh Farms is celebrating a major leadership milestone as Sow Manager Katie Sherman graduates as a member of the Pork Leadership Institute (PLI) Class of 2026. Hosted by the National Pork Producers Council and the National Pork Board, the year-long Pork Leadership Institute program selects a small group of pork producers from across the country […]
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Controlling stillbirth rates in highly prolific sows can be a challenge. The rate of farrowing difficulties (dystocia) reported in the literature seems to lie somewhere between 10-55%. The rate of intervention will vary from herd to herd depending on a wide variety of factors such as genetics, sow body condition, mycotoxins, parity structure , disease […]
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Feed markets continue to show strength and resilience as we move deeper into 2026, with robust U.S. corn exports, steady livestock demand, and rising sorghum usage for ethanol emerging as key themes this month. For pork producers, the message is clear: global demand remains active, feed competition is steady, and energy markets are still influencing […]
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Global activity surrounding African Swine Fever (ASF) and emerging concerns tied to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) are drawing renewed attention in the latest monitoring update from the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC). In its February eNewsletter, SHIC released both its domestic and global swine health monitoring reports, highlighting continued international disease pressure and the importance of […]
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Pork Demand Must Be a Priority | Al Wulfekuhle
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Swine influenza remains one of the most adaptive and closely monitored respiratory pathogens in pork production. While current surveillance trends suggest limited dramatic cross-species mixing in the short term, influenza is a virus defined by change. For producers and veterinarians, the takeaway is straightforward: Relative genetic stability is encouraging — but it is never permanent. […]
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January 2026 brought notably higher levels of Influenza A virus (IAV) and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) across U.S. swine production systems, according to the latest monthly disease monitoring update from the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC). The findings were released as part of SHIC’s February eNewsletter, which includes both domestic and global swine disease monitoring […]
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Lean hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) closed modestly higher Tuesday, even as pork carcass values slipped, reflecting continued market tension between strong fund positioning and softer wholesale pricing. April lean hog futures settled 1.025 cents higher to 92.3 cents per pound, holding onto gains despite pressure in the pork cutout. According to […]
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State, National Leaders and NPPC Staff Available to Talk Pork Policy DES MOINES, IA. Feb. 18, 2026. Join the National Pork Producers Council at the National Pork Industry Forum, March 4-6, in Kansas City, where national pork producer leaders, state executives, and NPPC subject matter experts will be on hand to talk pork priorities, policy developments, […]
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THE NUTRITIONIST’S PLAYBOOKA Swine Web Feed Additive Intelligence Series This four-part series examines how nutrition decisions are actually made inside modern commercial swine systems — beyond trials, beyond claims, and beyond headline ROI. Feed additives rarely fail because they lack biological activity. They fail because they increase uncertainty. In controlled trials, many additives demonstrate measurable […]
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