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Conference to facilitate discussion on most current information relative to sow, litter, weaned pig and grow-finish mortality. Mar 11, 2021 The International Conference on Pig Survivability is planned for Oct. 27-28, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Hilton Omaha. The conference objective is to facilitate the discussion and dissemination of the most current information relative to sow, litter, weaned pig and grow-finish mortality. “By featuring presentations and panel discussions from industry leaders and scientific experts, we want to bring the industry together to motivate change,” said...

A new record of 2,829,494 hogs was slaughtered during the week ending January 9, 2021, breaking the old record set in December 2019. Last week’s hog slaughter totaled 2.738 million head, up 1.1% year over year. Since the start of December, hog slaughter has been down 0.9%, which is 1.6% lower than indicated by the December market hog inventory survey. Ron Plain Commercial hog slaughter last year totaled a record 131.5 million head, 1.6 million (1.3%) more than the year before. Hog slaughter in 2020 was record high for the fifth year in a row. Commercial pork production in 2020 totaled a rec...

  “Our producer education committee focused on a few key topics that it felt would help out Iowa farmers, said Jamee Eggers, producer education director for the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA). “Each education session is just one-hour long, including the opportunity for those who participate to ask questions of the presenters.”   Registration for the education sessions is required in order to receive the link to join the session.   Jan. 27 Sessions At noon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, the keynote for the meeting will be presented by Damian Mason, who will talk about the current events...

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US Plants Hope to Maintain Production Despite Virus Threat OMAHA, Neb.—U.S. factories have been cranking out goods during much of the pandemic at rates that are remarkably close to normal. However, manufacturers are concerned they may not be able to keep pace until most of the country is vaccinated because the coronavirus continues to surge in areas where many plants are based. Safeguards that were put in place after the initial wave of the virus appear to have prevented the large outbreaks that sickened hundreds of workers and forced automakers, meat processors, and other businesses to hal...