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African Swine Fever – Can I Still Cook With Pork?

As a 5-time James Beard award nominee, Miami-based chef and restaurateur Jose Mendin is an expert in serving delicious and safe pork. He wants consumers everywhere to know that because African swine fever only impacts pigs – and not humans – there’s no need to stop cooking and eating pork. ASF i... More ›

Top 3 Mistakes New Pig Owners Make!

Living Traditions Homestead - Top 3 Mistakes New Pig Owners Make! We will be discussing the top 3 mistakes people make when they start raising pigs.... More ›

Patrick Bane - 2018 America's Pig Farmer of the Year

Raising pigs has been a life-long passion for Patrick Bane, whose family has been raising pigs for three generations. Bane raises 74,000 pigs on his farm in west-central Illinois, where he focuses on public health, hiring the best people and maintaining herd health.... More ›

African swine fever could mean higher pork prices for Canadians

The spread of African swine fever in China could affect your wallet during barbecue season as global shortage drives up pork prices around the world.... More ›

Stratfor's Rebecca Keller Discusses China's Swine Fever Outbreak and Implications for U.S. Farmers

China is currently facing a severe outbreak of African swine fever that has decimated their pork crop. Stratfor Senior Science Analyst Rebecca Keller explains how the outbreak is affecting the global pork industry and ongoing trade negotiations between the United States and China.... More ›

How U.S. Pig Farmers Are More Sustainable Than Ever

Today's pig farmers embrace environmental sustainability like never before. Learn how much we have reduced energy, water and land usage in #RealPigFarming through A Retrospective Assessment of U.S. Pork Production: 1960 to 2015.... More ›

Newborn piglets with their mothers in a Manitoba farrowing barn

Hog farmer Kenny, from the Rural Municipality of Springfield in Manitoba, submitted this video of his farrowing barn.... More ›

African Swine Fever Threat Cancels Pork Expo

African swine fever does not affect humans, and requires the destruction of both live hog herds and meat harvested from the infected farm. There is no known treatment for ASF. The industry currently lacks a vaccine but biosecurity measures are holding the disease at bay.... More ›

Why did sow-mortality rates jump to 15%?

The spike in sow-mortality rates over the past decade has prompted the US pork industry to hunt for answers. “We’ve probably got farms and systems where maybe a good [sow-mortality rate] is 10% and the industry average might be closer to 15% to 18%,” reported Chris Rademacher, DVM, extension swi... More ›

Ground Hog Day Corn Harvest

This field ate two snouts and tickled a third. We couldn't harvest without the frozen ground. Diesel TR70 is working at its finest and my gasser keeps the parts fresh.... More ›

African swine fever kills pigs

African swine fever (ASF) is a deadly disease affecting wild and domestic pigs. It is not a danger to human health but it can be devastating for farming economy. Moreover, the virus is highly resistant in the environment and in contaminated pork products meaning that human carelessness can spre... More ›

Meet Illinois Pig Farmer Pam Janssen

Pam Janssen, a pig farmer from Minonk, shares her family story and why pig farming is important to her family.... More ›

Chair George Matheson warns of African Swine Fever, a potentially global scourge

MBPorkfan - Chair George Matheson warns of African Swine Fever, a potentially global scourge.... More ›

How Wakefield Pork Works to Keep Their Pigs and Rural Communities Thriving

The team at Wakefield Pork walks us through their farm from wean to finish, and the steps they take to ensure the well-being of their pigs and support their local communities.... More ›

Vet Scripts - African swine fever

Dr. Barry Whitworth has information about African swine fever and how it is transmitted among swine.... More ›

Duroc Pigs | Well-Muscled Calm Temperament

The Duroc pig is known for its hardiness and quick muscle growth. This breed is well behaved and has a relatively calm temperament.... More ›

Yorkshire Pigs | The Corporate Pork Standard

Yorkshire and Yorkshire influenced pigs are the backbone of today’s commercial pork industry.... More ›

Cleaning The Pig Pen

Pig farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally to be eaten (e.g. bacon, gammon) or sometimes skinned.... More ›

Building the first Pig Barn

All these forms of pig farm are in use today. In developed nations, commercial farms house thousands of pigs in climate-controlled buildings. Pigs are a popular form of livestock, with more than one billion pigs butchered each year worldwide, 100 million of them in the USA. The majority of pigs ... More ›

Preventing Needlestick Injuries - Proper Use on Swine and Hog Farms

Needlestick injuries can cause serious harm to you, your workers and your overall swine operation. In this video, the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center discusses:... More ›

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