Pork Quality Program Achieves Milestone
Reflecting a commitment to the U.S. pork industry and its customers, 10,000 pork producers have become certified in the Pork Quality Plus Assurance Program (PQA Plus)...
Smile! You're on Video Camera
Video monitoring supports employee training and troubleshooting efforts in sow farms. Bill Beckman suffers from a common plight facing production supervisors...
Pork Experiences Growth In National Meat Case Study
New results from the 2007 National Meat Case Study will provide the National Pork Board with insights on trends and strategies in meat case merchandising...
TQA: What's In a Name?
The pork industry extends its hog-handling focus from truckers to a broader Transport Quality Assurance program. To minimize pork quality losses during...
Clearing Up the Confusion Over Pork Quality-Plus
Fact sheet offers quick rundown of new industry program. Participation in the National Pork Board's Pork Quality Assurance-Plus (PQA-Plus) program, introduced...
Effects of Dietary Ingredients On Carcass Quality Measures
Three separate Kansas State University (KSU) research trials confirm that adding fat to swine diets increases carcass iodine values. The exact impact on the carcass depends on the fat source...
Ractopamine Improves Growth, Carcass Value
When finishing pigs were fed a control diet vs. ractopamine-supplemented (Paylean from Elanco Animal Health) diet for 27 days prior to slaughter, ractopamine improved growth and feed conversion, decreased backfat and improved loin thickness...
Larger Litters Don't Result in Increased Weight Variability
Increased litter size results in decreased average birth weights. But larger litters do not increase variability in body weight of the pigs in the litter at birth. Carcass quality is also unaffected by litter size...
Industry Groups Challenge Cancer Study’s Meat Recommendations
A number of meat industry experts have challenged the American Institute of Cancer Research’s (AICR) “Second Expert Report” that calls for drastic cuts in consumption of red meat and processed meats for cancer prevention...
Pork Quality
Addressing Eating Quality Traits In Fresh Pork Products
To provide products that consumers prefer, pork processors have worked to learn more about the...
