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Corona Virus Raises Stark Questions About USDA Feeding Programs – DTN Mar 11, 2020
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told the congressional Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday that the Agriculture Department will do what it can to make sure people get food during the coronavirus […]
African Swine Flu: USDA Details Action Plan If It’s Detected Here – DTN Mar 10, 2020
The Agriculture Department would stop the movement of all swine for 72 hours if there is a detection of the African swine fever (ASF) in the United States, Agriculture Undersecretary […]
2020 Hogs: More Supply, Profitable Prices? Jan 7, 2020
The USDA’s December Hogs and Pigs report indicates that producers continue to expand, with the December 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs coming in at 77.338 million head, a record for […]
Ag Groups Push Back On California’s Pork Production Requirements Dec 12, 2019
Two agriculture groups last week filed a legal challenge to a California law that requires hog producers to abide by certain regulations in order to sell pork in California. The […]
Livestock: New Rule to End Limits on Swine Inspection Line Speeds – DTN Sep 19, 2019
The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Tuesday published a rule in the Federal Register that ends government limits on the speeds that swine go through inspection lines. […]
Livestock: Will Pork Producers Have a Profitable Year? Jul 8, 2019
The pork outlook started this year on a downbeat, then in March and April markets recognized that African swine fever in China could cause global pork shortages and lean futures […]
China: African Swine Fever Outbreak Worsens – DTN May 31, 2019
The impact of China’s African swine fever outbreak has grown, as the disease arrived in one of the country’s largest production areas while pork stockpiles are rapidly falling as well. […]
African Swine Fever – How Are We Keeping It Out of the U.S.? – DTN May 22, 2019
A USDA official updated members of Congress on Tuesday about work to keep African swine fever from infecting the U.S. pork industry. Greg Ibach, undersecretary of marketing and regulatory programs […]
Ag Trade: African Swine Fever – Opportunities and Concerns Apr 29, 2019
News items continue to highlight the ongoing impacts of African Swine Fever (ASF). In addition to explaining some of the market effects of the disease, recent articles have also addressed under-reporting […]
Pork Industry: Some Recovery from Decade Low Prices Jan 7, 2019
The U.S. pork industry has been expanding the breeding herd and growing since mid-2014. The rate of breeding herd expansion peaked in early 2018 at a 3.5 percent annual growth […]
