The identification of African Swine Fever in wild boar in Greece highlights the Swine Health Information Center’s monthly global swine disease surveillance report.

Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Minister is applauding a cooperative government industry partnership that’s helping prepare for the trade disruptions that could occur as a result of a foreign animal disease incursion.

Emerging diseases often come with familiar names coupled with increased risk and need for response. For example, in the U.S., the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) L1C variant of RFLP 1-4-4 has been a significant challenge in the Upper Midwest for two years and now PRRSV L1C 1-2-4 has become a concern, the

A relatively sideways year ahead in pork production with a need to keep the demand up, Scott Brown, livestock economist, associate extension professor and interim director of the Rural & Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center at the University of Missouri, forecasts for 2023 pig production.  In a recent “AgriTalk” conversation, Brown says, “We’ve seen kind

The use of advanced genetic sequencing is allowing diagnosticians to determine the pathogenicity of Streptococcus suis.

Expensive feed is even more expensive when it’s wasted. Mixer wagons, ground hay

Mud, like we’re experiencing this winter and also as has been experienced in most recent winters, can have significant impact on performance in a cow/calf operation.

University of Minnesota researchers recently led successful efforts to work on African swine fever virus (ASFV) and developed and validated a surrogate virus for ASFV, a disease that has devastated pig populations and pork production in countries around the world. 

Beef cattle inventories across the United States are at their lowest point in more than six decades, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.