May 15, 2009
The Masters
The Masters of the Pork Industry
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM
The Masters of the Pork Industry are a special, hand-picked group of pork industry visionaries...
Ron Plain
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, Dale Miller, Editor
The Masters of the Pork Industry are a special, hand-picked group of pork industry visionaries....
Rick Rehmeier
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, Dale Miller, Editor
On any given day, if you swing into the Rehmeier hog farm near Augusta, MO, there's a good chance you'll find three generations of the Rehmeier family hard at work — maybe four...
Joe Connor, DVM
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, Joe Vansickle, senior editor
Growing up in central Illinois in Hillsboro on a very diversified family farm, young Joe Connor worried a lot about his future...
Mike Lemmon, DVM
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor
Mike Lemmon, DVM, wears many hats. But this agricultural entrepreneur is proudest to point out that everything he does relates to the fact he lives, eats and breathes the pig business...
Danita Rodibaugh
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, Joe Vansickle, senior editor
Growing up showing pigs in 4-H, Danita Rodibaugh was shaped at a young age as an advocate for American agriculture...
Tim Loula, DVM
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor
It's assumed that if you work at the Swine Vet Center (SVC) in St. Peter, MN, you'd better be prepared to work extra hard...
This month’s focus: State of the Industry
Surviving the Spotlight
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Bill Gnatzig
The old joke was: You know it's going to be a bad day when you find a 60 Minutes crew on your doorstep. Unfortunately, the humor is lost on today's pork producers, replaced by the reality that modern operations ...
Canada Regroups After COOL
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Kevin Grier Senior Market Analyst George Morris Centre Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Canadian hog industry has faced many challenges in recent years. The trends that continue to unfold will surely affect the supply of pigs, market hogs and pork that cross the U.S. border over the next year or so...
U.S., Canadian Pork Packing Capacity Up
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Steve Meyer Paragon Economics, Inc. Des Moines, IA
Pork packers in the United States and Canada have expanded their collective capacity to harvest and process hogs since our last update in 2007...
Producers Make World Pork Expo Top Attraction
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM
This year, more than ever, pork producers will have a lot to experience when they visit World Pork Expo, June 3-5 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des...
World Pork Expo Events and Times
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM
June 3-5, 2009, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines. A full slate of events and a pre-registration form is available at www.porkexpo.org. Trade Show Wednesday,...
From My Perspective
Just What We Didn't Need
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
Adding insult to injury, the outbreak of H1N1 Influenza A virus has left the U.S. pork industry reeling from yet another exaggerated media frenzy...
Veterinarians on Call
Controlling Death On Any Sow Farm
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lisa Tokach, DVM Abilene, KS
Take the quiz below to rate your score for managing sow mortality. High sow mortality has been and continues to be a significant problem within our industry....
News
Eating Our Way To Flu Resistance
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
A research team at Iowa State University (ISU) is putting flu vaccines into the genetic makeup of corn, which could mean pigs and humans get a flu vaccination simply by eating corn or corn products...
State-of-the Art Feedmill Under Construction
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM
An all-concrete, totally computerized feedmill is being built for The Maschhoffs at Griggsville in western Illinois, reports Aaron Gaines, vice president...
Understand the Opposition
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM, Bill Gnatzig
While a myriad of unforeseen causes can put your operation in the public eye, none are more challenging than those driven by activists who relish an opportunity...
Correction
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM
The March 15, 2009 issue of National Hog Farmer's Technology Watch page (page 42) contains an article headlined, Injectable Product Treats Nutritional...
Technology Watch
Salmonella Piglet Vaccine Gains New Label Approval
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM
A new label approval for an oral or intranasal vaccine, Salmo Shield Live, has cut the time that pork producers can immunize pigs for salmonella from 3 weeks of age...
