May 15, 2008
Cover Story
The Masters
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM
The Masters of the Pork Industry are a special, hand-picked group of pork industry visionaries. Their personal stories and business philosophies provide...
This Month's Focus: State of the Industry Report
Know Your Competition
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Fiona Boal Executive Director Rabobank International
With weekly slaughter numbers running routinely above year-ago levels, feed costs running at exorbitantly high levels and U.S. consumers counting every...
Illinois Pork, Packers, Politics and Mini-Building Boom
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Karen Bernick* and Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
If there were a contest to name the ideal place to raise hogs, longtime Illinois pork producer Art Lehmann believes his state is as competitive as any...
State Livestock Rules Are Good for State
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor
There were many observers, inside and outside of agriculture, who thought that the Illinois Livestock Management Facilities Act (LMFA) couldn't please...
Coping with High Feed Costs
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM
Years of operating in a hot cash grain market may have helped prepare Strawn, IL, pork producer Art Lehmann to better cope with today's high input costs....
Illinois' Newest Packers
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Karen Bernick
The launch of the producer-owned Meadowbrook Farms, and Triumph Foods' announced intentions to build a new plant in East Moline, have been hot stories...
Illinois Producers Ponder Future
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Bible Pork Inc. Bible Pork Inc., based in Louisville, IL, was The Maschhoffs' first sow farm contractor, starting out as a 500-sow, farrow-to-wean operation....
Veterinary Practice A Strong Influence
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor
In 1976, straight out of veterinary school, Joe Connor, DVM, joined and four years later purchased the mixed veterinary practice at Carthage, IL. In 1990,...
Manure Value Grows As Fertilizer Costs Rise
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
The increasing march of fertilizer prices higher has given farmers a new appreciation for the value of manure, says the director of environmental services...
Pre-Registration Offered
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM
The National Pork Producers Council will be hosting the 20th annual World Pork Expo on June 5-7, 2008, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. The...
From My Perspective
Stick-to-itiveness Will Prevail
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
Those are the famed words of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher of the late 19th century. They are often recited to someone who is enduring a particular...
Veterinarians on Call
Sow Mortality Challenges Persist
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Max Rodibaugh, DVM Frankfort, IN
Unlike the severe reproductive losses associated with the first case of PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome), and the very high grow-finish...
Research Review
Rest Rejuvenates Pigs Hauled Long Distances
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM
With a growing number of feeder and weaner pigs making the long trek from North Carolina to Midwest hog farms, a researcher at the U.S. Department of...
News and Reviews
Pew Commission Report is Tainted
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Recommendations for improvements in livestock production from a group composed mainly of individuals opposed to modern livestock production would do little...
Growing Number of FFA'ers Want to Farm
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM
An increasing number of Iowa Future Farmers of America (FFA) members actually want to farm, raise livestock and live and work in Iowa after completing...
Articles
Illinois profile
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM
Despite some dips in production during the last few decades, Illinois showed a bit of a resurgence in recent years and retained its 4th ranking in U.S....
Focusing on Reproductive Efficiency
May 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Ken Stalder Extension Swine Specialist Iowa State University
This quarter's benchmarking article will concentrate on two areas. We will begin by comparing production records from the previous quarter and previous...
