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Creating meal magic in minutes becomes an adventure at the Taste of Home Cooking School, where pork has been a real showstopper this fall. For the second year, the Pork Checkoff is a national sponsor of the Taste of Home Cooking School, which runs through early December. Shows are being held in 145 U.S. cities, with up to 1,000 people attending each one....More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking steps in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist those affected by Hurricane Sandy. In addition to working with FEMA and other departments, agencies, state and local governments, USDA is also reaching out to farmers and ranchers in states affected by recent extreme weather....More

Held in conjunction with the 2012 Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium, Prairie Swine Centre has assembled a special program highlighting the impact of 20 years of research on the Canadian pork industry. The program on Nov. 14, 2012 at the Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan features the original team of research scientists that established Prairie Centre’s near-market and industry focus in 1992....More

This amazing recipe from the National Pork Board is a perfect way to celebrate autumn! It combines the delicious flavors of pork with the zesty goodness of apples and spices....More

The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) has launched USFRA FoodSource, an online resource designed to answer consumer questions about how food is grown and raised. This tool, available at www.fooddialogues.com, is a one-stop, online destination for information on topics including antibiotic use in farm animals and biotechnology....More

An essential ingredient of any successful advertisement is a great hook, and pork’s tantalizing new ads are snapping consumers to attention....More

  Two long-time FFA sponsors will donate more than 60,000 pounds of food to one of Indiana’s largest and busiest community food banks Thursday. Austin, MN-based Hormel is giving 35,640 pounds of chili with beans and Springdale, AR,-headquartered Tyson Foods is giving more than 30,000 pounds of fresh chicken to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. Both companies will deliver their donations to the food bank at 8:45 a.m. Thursday. Gleaners is located at 3737 Waldemere Ave. in Indianapolis....More

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The seventh year of the successful distance education series, PorkBridge, begins Dec. 6. The 2012-2013 program lineup includes a variety of topics presented by industry experts. Operating through the collaboration of 11 land grant universities, PorkBridge reaches producers and industry professionals across the country and around the world in an every-other-month series of six sessions....More

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated in the first of four regional workshops on drought recovery last week in Omaha, NE....More

  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today underscored the Obama Administration's commitment to partnerships in conservation by announcing the allocation of 400,000 acres to support conservation and restoration of wildlife and their habitats as part of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)....More