Handle with Care: Farm to Fork
A vertically integrated pork system and the nation's second-largest hog producer vows to integrate animal welfare throughout production. When it comes...
Rearrange Welfare Thinking
I've beem hanging around pigs all of my life. Generally, I think I understand them pretty well. But, like people, they're all different. Some pigs are...
Purdue Produces Sow Housing Materials
Purdue University researchers have collaborated with governmental agencies and private groups to produce an educational package on the best housing for pregnant pigs. ...
Welfare Alliance Protests Article
The Animal Agriculture Alliance has written well-known conservative author and commentator George Will to criticize a recent article he wrote in support of a story attacking modern agriculture....
Sow Housing Systems Compared
The University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC) at Waseca has evaluated three years of sow records to compare performance of...
Wisconsin Funds ID Projects
The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium has funded three more pilot projects on animal identification (ID). In all, the consortium has funded...
Circa 2015-2025 Visions of the Pork Industry
A select group of were asked to share their thoughts about the major challenges and opportunities the U.S. pork industry will face in the next 10-20 years....
Animal Welfare Projects Selected
Five animal welfare projects have been selected for funding by the National Pork Board’s Animal Welfare Committee...
Rest Hogs Before Slaughter
Resting hogs before slaughter may eliminate serious stresses that reduce pork quality, according to a University of Missouri (MU) researcher....
Trucker Program Reaches Milestone
The National Pork Board's Trucker Quality Assurance (TQA) program recently certified its 10,000th animal transporter. Pork demand is the highest it has...
