WORKSHOPS ...
SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM ...
Pork Checkoff announces student social forces
Candidates selected based on involvement in the pork industry and communication skills
PORK PRODUCTION ...
ASF reduces China’s pork production
USDA projects that by the end of 2019, China’s swine inventory will be down by 18%
TRADE ISSUES ...
JBS a winner in USDA trade relief contracts
JBS USA has won more than 26% of the $300M USDA has allocated to pork
YOUNG LEADERS ...
Leadership Institute cultivates youth in agriculture
IL Pork and IL Beef Associations partner to increase opportunity
BY THE NUMBERS ...
United States hog inventory up 4 percent
Of the 75.5 million hogs and pigs, 69.1 million were market hogs
ANIMAL HEALTH
Deracin cleared for use with Denagard for swine
Swine industry has new choice for treatment of dysentery, enteritis and pneumonia
PORK TRADE ...
China asks for suspension of Canadian meat
China has asked the Canadian government to suspend all meat-export certificates
DISEASE SPREADS ...
Millions of pigs culled as swine fever spreads
Some experts are saying it is the largest animal disease outbreak in history
FERAL SWINE ...