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

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

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

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

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.

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

Syria is still dealing with the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Turkey that affected the surrounding area. Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières, are working on recovery efforts. Syrian officer Sherwan Qasem joins us.

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.

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. 

Purchasing a bull is one of the most consequential decisions that a cow-calf operation can make. Bulls play an outsized role in the long-term genetic progress of our herds