New dietary guidelines promote plant proteins, raising concerns from pork producers about nutritional adequacy.

Ten $2,500 scholarships are available for students aspiring to lead in the pork industry, sponsored by NPPC.

Ten $2,500 scholarships are available for students aspiring to lead in the pork industry, sponsored by NPPC.

Weekly Hog Prices Cash hogs were steady to slightly lower mainly caused by a sharp decline on Thursday and Friday which pulled the weekly averages below previous week levels. National pm prices which were reported every day this past week recording a weekly average change of -$0.29 US per cwt. CME cash was narrowly lower

“Many of the heifers have been artificially inseminated (AI) and carrying a pregnancy from a high-accuracy AI sire,” Davis says. He urges cattle producers to buy heifers carrying AI pregnancies from high-accuracy sires because this gives more knowledge on how their progeny will perform. It also helps in choosing replacement heifers that will produce progeny

Proposed federal legislation would damage Alberta’s livestock industry, potentially placing arbitrary restrictions on producers, processors and consumers in a pandemic. The federal government’s Bill C-293, An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness, is currently moving through the Senate, despite the risks it brings to the agriculture and food industry. Alberta’s government is standing with industry

Beef on dairy crosses have been popular amongst dairy producers over the last few years, but is it right for your farm and genetics plan?

As this is being written October 14, 2024, fed cattle prices have been climbing, slowly, following the market correction that began in late July-early August.

The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) will host a Beef Sustainability Research Roadmap Workshop. The two-day workshop will take place October 28-29, 2024. The workshop will provide an opportunity to convene key subject matter experts and stakeholders from across the beef value chain to present

A GLOBAL organisation put together to improve the sustainability of beef production has begun its annual conference in Uruguay, with the aim of proving that sustainable beef is possible. The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef was founded in 2010 by a group of organisations including the World Wildlife Fund (now the Worldwide Fund for Nature)