Livestock Risk Partners

Muddy conditions are common across the Southeast this time of year.

Smithfield and VisionAg, LLC, create VisionAg Hog Production, LLC to produce 600,000 hogs annually, enhancing Smithfield’s pork operations.

Recent updates in the U.S. pork industry include permanent funding for the USDA’s Beagle Brigade, draft air quality guidelines for livestock farms from the EPA, and ongoing opposition to California’s Prop 12 by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). These are the latest developments. The threat of African Swine Fever entering North America is still

The US meat processing sector relies on the use of illegal workers and is therefore scrambling for solutions in the face of President-Elect Trump’s plans for mass deportation of illegal migrants. Trump has stated that he will begin, after his inauguration 20 January, with criminal illegals and then deport others. According to Wired Magazine, “around

In pigs, the testicle initially develops within the abdomen. Prior to birth the testicle descends via the inguinal canal into the scrotum

Former President Donald Trump recently made headlines with his provocative comments about reclaiming U.S. control over the Panama Canal, a move that could have significant implications for global trade, including the swine industry. In a statement shared during a Christmas address, Trump criticized the fees imposed by Panama for canal usage, describing them as “ridiculously

The 52nd Annual Iowa Pork Congress, North America’s largest winter swine trade show, is set to take place on January 22-23, 2025, at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The highly anticipated event will bring together thousands of pork producers, industry experts, and hundreds of vendors for two days of education, innovation, and networking.

End of Day Market Recap by Christopher Swift 3/16/2023 Live Cattle: Were it not for about ten minutes of the trade that created some price range, it would have been a very lackluster day in live cattle trading.  Confliction is rampant in markets and agenda’s.  With an anticipation of the Fed staying the course, raising […]