What Pork Industry Challenge Do You Want to Eradicate?

If you could eradicate one challenge in the pork industry today, what would it be? Health quickly comes to mind for many producers when asked this question, but not all. Here’s a look at how five producers would respond to the question. “If I could eradicate one challenge in the pork industry today, I would choose labor. I thought about this a lot because the first thing that popped into my head was labor, but the word eradicate should make me think porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), influenza, porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) and African swine fever (ASF). We recently brought on two TN Visa workers, and we have felt the relief of having stable labor for the first time in many years. Knowing we have individuals that we can trust to care for our animals and farm allows us to focus on growing and providing for our family.” – Katie Brown, Illinois pork producer “If I could eradicate one challenge it would be health challenges such as PED.” – Debbie Craig, North Caroli