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A Healthy Farm or Ranch is Nothing Without a Healthy You 

Mental health is essential to caring for your farm and farm family. It’s important to take the time to check in with yourself, your family and your neighbors. Free mental health resources are available to support mental wellness in agricultural communities.

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2024 Board Immersion Trip: Learnings from EU Swine Health and Industry Practices 

In April, National Pork Board staff, Board of Directors and a state pork association executive departed the U.S. for an immersion trip to the European Union (EU) where they gained exposure and learnings from the EU market.

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2024 Pork Academy Sessions

Pork Academy is a series of in-depth sessions that will be offered at World Pork Expo this June. The sessions are designed to meet the need for pork producers to remain competitive in today's rapidly changing environment.

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Robust Exports Helped Lift Pork Prices in Q1, Will that Hold in the Spring and Summer?

Higher pork exports in Q1 resulted in a 1.7% decline in domestic availability despite higher slaughter/production.

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Robust Demand Supporting Pork Prices this Summer, Fall Outlook is less Certain

Hog slaughter has been running above year ago levels in the last two weeks but since early March slaughter has been about the same as last year while weights have been lower, resulting in less pork available in the spot market.

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Investing In Our Planet Every Day – Including Earth Day

This Earth Month, the pork industry is demonstrating how real data from U.S. pig farms can paint a picture of progress for farmers and the supply chain.

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Pork Has Surprising Advantages Over Red Meat in a Planet-Friendly Diet

To qualify as sustainable, foods need to be nutrient rich, affordable, environmentally friendly, and socially acceptable. Pork checks all 4 boxes as a sustainable, high-quality protein.

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Partners with Purpose: NPB and Ducks Unlimited Advance Sustainability Progress

National Pork Board and Ducks Unlimited are an unlikely, yet strategic sustainability partnership helping producers identify efficiencies and opportunities on farms in a planet-friendly way.

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Pork Supply Expected to be Above Year ago Levels in Summer/Fall but Robust Demand Drives Price Expectations

The quarterly survey of hog operations suggests that pork supply in 2024 will be modestly higher than in 2023. The breeding herd inventory is down 2% from a year ago but the reduction has been more than offset by productivity gains.

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USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Recap

Dr. Steve Meyer, Ever.Ag, provided a thorough analysis of the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, offering valuable insights for U.S. pork producers. Brett Stuart, Global AgriTrends, shared his expertise on the current global state of the hog industry and its implications for U.S. pork production.

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From Farm to Market: Fueling Demand with Sustainable Pork 

The latest Pork Cares Farm Impact Report snapshot shares on-farm sustainability measurements from 2022 farm data.  

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Consumer Influencers Help Build a Bigger Appetite for Pork

NPB partners with content creators to demonstrate how consumer insights are applied to make pork more relevant to the target audiences.

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