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America’s pork producers invest millions of dollars through their Pork Checkoff each year to help find solutions to challenges they face in the 21st century. A good return on this investment is expected – and rightly so. However, what isn’t necessarily realized is the fact that their dollars don’t work alone. In fact, a recent survey of researchers found that for every dollar of checkoff investment, nearly two additional dollars are drawn from outside sources to help find solutions to mutual challenges that are facing the pork industry....More

Indiana Pork is partnering with Indiana Hardee's® locations to promote Hardee's® Pork Chop 'N' Gravy Biscuit, a breaded, boneless pork chop smothered with sausage gravy....More

The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) announced this week that Oscar- and two-time Emmy® winning filmmaker James Moll will soon begin producing a feature-length documentary about the next generation of American farmers and ranchers....More

Here's a bit of good news to help get the new month started on the right foot for pork producers. Forget that stuff about March coming in like a lion or a lamb. March 1 is actually National Pig Day in the United States....More

  The Iowa Pork Producers Association, in association with Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach, are sponsoring the Iowa Pork Regional Conferences in late February. The sessions, which all run from 1-4:30 p.m., include:...More

A school in Rochester, MN, knows how to plan a fun event as part of the city's winter celebration....More

The Pork Checkoff is inspiring pork’s biggest proponents, one little pin at a time, thanks to the astounding power of Pinterest. Pinterest is an online pinboard that allows people to “pin,” organize and share images, photos and videos that appeal to them....More

What started as a promising idea more than eight years ago has flourished as the Pork Checkoff’s Operation Main Street (OMS) strengthens the farm-to-fork connect between producers and consumers....More

Hog producers face another challenging landscape in 2013, with costs projected to remain high through the balance of the current crop year. As most producers are well aware, feed expenses have been the principal driver behind soaring production costs over the past few years....More

Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) are teaming up to deliver current market and management information to Iowa livestock farmers in these challenging times. The “Managing Through Stress: A Livestock Information Event” will be held Feb. 4....More