Pork Center Awarded Educational Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture/Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service have awarded three-year grant to develop Swine Schools a $460,000, to the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence (USPCE)...
Protect Your Livelihood
Summer events offer perfect opportunity to bend an ear, twist an arm. By the time you read this, you'll have fond memories of 4th of July picnics, parades...
Biosecurity: Plugging the Holes
Creating biosecurity rules people won't follow wastes time and paper. Veterinarians are great at creating biosecurity protocols in great detail covering...
Top 10 Ways to Boost Biosecurity
There are 10 simple steps to bolstering biosecurity in a hog operation, according to Patrick Webb, DVM, National Pork Board director of swine health programs...
Empower Your Employees
As farms and organizations struggle to improve, the credit or blame for progress achieved is often leveled at the staff...
Immigration Raids Send Shockwaves
The raid by Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel on six Swift & Company plants has dominated the news this week. Four of the plants (Greeley, CO; Grand Island, NE; Cactus, TX and Hyrum, UT) are beef plants, while two (Marshalltown, IA and Worthington, MN) are pork plants. ICE did not raid ...
OSHA Inspections Uncover Some Swine Farm Failures
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is taking a closer look at worker safety in the swine industry and those inspections have revealed some surprising lapses....
Employee Management Conference
Top speakers will provide motivation to participants attending an employee management conference ...
World Pork Expo Career Center
Partners Resurrect Bankrupt Operation
A sprawling Nebraska hog enterprise thrives in the first 18 months of business with new owners, new ideas and a new attitude. Scott Burroughs readily...
