Bacon is the best incentive to attend classes, wouldn’t you agree? The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) agrees – and has announced 45 recipients of the IPPA Food Service Grant for the fall of 2022. The grant will be given to all Illinois high school culinary, food services and consumer education classes and provides the necessary funding to purchase pork that teachers can implement in their respective classes.
- The goal is to educate students about pork production and the quality pro...
Some protein alternatives (not so much, it would seem) manufactured by Beyond Meat Inc. have been found to contain less protein than the company claims! The company has been accused of miscalculating and overstating the protein content and quality on their labeling, website, promotional and marketing materials on nine of their products.
- Accusations also include misleading consumers.
- The thing is, after going through tests – the Nitrogen Content Method and Protein Digestibility Corrected Amin...
Imagine your money and time were invested in the best source of knowledge available online. Now imagine that investment takes you to the next level in the swine industry and leverages your career, all while saving precious time you could be spending with your family instead. Sounds amazing, right?
- Now imagine that tool had a name – it’s called “Swine it+”! Check it out here.
With the “Netflix of the swine industry”, you have access to the best courses, available on a single platform, and a...
The North American hog sector has started to shift away from the seasonal tight hog supplies of summer as numbers have started ramping up – and matching last year’s. So the Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services advises pork producers to lock in their feed costs as they forward contracts for hog production. So here’s what you should take into consideration:
- Pork demand in North America remains the main factor influencing pork prices.
- China has had a diminished effect on tha...
Pigs were banned from the 2022 Melbourne Royal Show (September 22 to October 2) in Australia. The reason? Fear of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks.
- But there’s more: (1) there will be no pigs displayed in the children's petting nursery, (2) foot mats will be provided at the entry of the nursery and livestock pavilion, (3) and visitors will be restricted to the back half of the livestock pavilion.
Show organizers, with the support of veterinarian...
Despite the misleading name, monkeypox is a risk for all animals – and humans too. With that in mind, a new study is going to be the first step towards understanding monkeypox's ability to replicate in the respiratory cells of cattle and pigs. In order to answer the many questions around the topic, that new study aims to identify areas tagged as priorities by the White House:
- The potential for reverse zoonoses (when viruses circulating in humans spill over to animals);
- The virus' pathogenes...
The first several weeks of a piglets life can be very stressful. Not only do their bodies endure physical and mental stress, but also oxidative stress, which can lead to increased cell and tissue damage. In this episode, I talk with Dan Bussières about a study testing a polyphenol fed to sows to see if it can increase the piglets resistance to oxidative stress by absorbing antioxidants from the milk and colostrum.
Meet the guest: Dan Bussières is the co-founder of Groupe Cérès in Canada;...