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U.S. SHIP delegates approved a PEDV Monitored classification and advanced work on transportation sanitation, traceability, disease testing and other complex swine health issues. The decisions highlight how credible site-status information and coordinated industry action can help advance National Swine Health Strategy priorities.
Discover key takeaways from the September 2026 USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report. Learn how record-setting on-farm productivity is helping offset the smallest September breeding herd since 2013 and fewest sows farrowing since 2002, but pig crops are smaller and market supply fundamentals supportive for pork producers.
Missouri pork producer and NPB board member Jesse Heimer shares how his farm, industry leadership and focus on building consumer demand are helping prepare pork producers, and the next generation, for what’s next.
When a new Hogs and Pigs report comes out, the inventory number gets the attention. The question that matters on the farm is what those numbers mean for the business in the months ahead.
Pork Checkoff research starts with the questions that matter to producers and brings the right people together to find answers. See how producer input, research proposals and industry coordination turn Checkoff dollars into research producers can put to work.
Producer-led advisory committees bring perspectives to guide checkoff programs across domestic marketing, human nutrition, innovation and pork quality, international marketing, swine health and We Care.
Hogs and pigs report expected to show no change in the breeding stock. If true, that would put the breeding stock still about 1% below year ago levels.
The Next Mile connects producers with swine health experts working to address the industry’s most pressing disease challenges. Learn how the National Swine Health Strategy is turning producer priorities, research and industry collaboration into practical solutions that can help protect herd health.
Protein is reshaping how consumers build their meals and National Pork Board retail experts break down how two purposeful additions, one ground pork item and one new cut, can unlock major incremental revenue without requiring a full department reset.
The long holiday weekend impacted spot market trade towards the end of the week and contributed to the sharp price declines across several products.
Five Advisory Committee members share what's changed, what's working and what's next for the National Swine Health Strategy.
It used to be that pork used for further processing was gaining value at a faster pace than the overall cutout. That appears to have changed and the weakness has been particularly evident this year.
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