Variety is the word of the hour – or the year! The demand for variety meats has been strong worldwide in 2022.
So what about it?
- US pork exports in August were once again led by Mexico, whose shipments this year remain on a record pace.
- The demand for pork variety meat has also fueled exports to China and Hong Kong.
- Learn more about the numbers here.
The good news is that US pork can supply large volumes of variety meat, which adds significant value to the carcas...
A Kansas State University postdoctoral student, Jamil Faccin, is conducting research to update the swine industry’s production standards and aid producers in formulating their swine diets with more accuracy.
- In 2018, vitamin shortages in swine production resulted in lower inclusion rates in the diet. According to Faccin, it’s unclear if the rates were ever increased after the shortage was over.
- After surveying nutritionists from various production systems and supply companies, the...
Summer has bid us goodbye and, as we welcome fall and its cooler temperatures, Halloween isn’t the only scary thing creeping around the corner – increased Clostridium prevalence is lurking about too.
- Clostridium is mainly transmitted to piglets when they’re exposed to sow feces. It usually causes scours and impacts the herd by increasing mortality and stifling the growth and efficiency of the animals that manage to survive. It gives you the shivers, huh?
Ever tried a veggie meat dish by the name of "tenderloin" and "flank"? In Paris, you may: food like that is arriving at steakhouse menus in the city – and threatening government efforts to ban meat names for plant-based products.
- The global market for plant-based meat-like food has been booming. However, the French government, backed by farmers and the meat industry, has been trying to ban the use of meat names for non-meat foods in an effort to avoid confusing consumers.
So far, the...
US red meat suppliers met face-to-face with buyers from the Philippines and Vietnam at the US Meat Products Showcase, adding a personal connection between US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) members and exporters, and importers and processors in the Southeast Asian region.
- The marketplace has changed in the past two years due to the pandemic and the Philippines’ reduced tariffs on imported pork in face of ASF outbreaks. So now was a great time to bring the importers and suppliers together as...
Saving the planet is a goal we all should all go for… But we’ve got to really have a plan in place to succeed, not just taxes and fines! That was precisely the argument made by local farmers at New Zealand’s farmer protests this week against the government's plan to tax agricultural emissions.
- The country’s government confirmed plans, which are still in the consultation phase, to price long-lived agricultural gasses and biogenic methane.
There’s been quite a fuss around this…
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Preferred selection criteria have changed drastically over the last several decades. When it comes to that matter, increasing growth rate is typically high on the priority list – but should you select for increased gain in the nursery or in the finishing period? In this episode, I talk with Madie Wensley about her study that evaluated 2 different sire lines – one selected for early maturing pigs and another, for late maturing pigs – to see how their growth rates and stress levels differed from b...