Hogs - General
Fresh data from China’s state media indicates the world’s largest pork producer is recovering from multiple years of ASF outbreaks. The news comes after the disease wiped out 40% of China’s hog herd in 2019.
USDA doesn’t have the final say in a decision to slow line speeds at six U.S. pork plants, according to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. The Agriculture Secretary made the comment during an AgriTalk interview this week.
The Department of Justice filed court documents Friday in defense of USDA’s plan to forgive debt for socially disadvantaged farmers. The filing is in response to a Judge’s recent ruling to halt the payments.
Secretary Vilsack flatly denied there is any effort by President Biden to reduce meat consumption to meet proposed cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. “Sometimes in the political world, games get played,” he said.
When hunter Michael Bennett bought eight pigs at a sale barn, the wheels began turning on one of the most bizarre feral hog stories on record, and unleashed questions over guilt, innocence, and state power.
Members of the National Pork Producers Council sent a letter to USTR Katherine Tai about trade with Vietnam. The group says that ASF is impacting the hog herd, but trade barriers are impacting exports.
China is continuing to make big imports of feed grains and pork. Numbers released by China’s Customs Administration Sunday shows the country imported 16% more pork in March.
Details of a U.S. land and water related executive order could be unveiled soon. Known as the ’30 by 30’ plan, it would place 30% of U.S. lands and 30% of U.S. waters under federal jurisdiction by 2030.
2021 is off to a dry start and one meteorologist sees dry conditions expanding in the West over the next few months. So, could 2021 be a repeat of 2012? USDA meteorologist weighs in.
The history of wild pig hunts is filled with unusual stories, but the chase for a 750-lb. beast hiding in plain sight on a Mississippi farm ranks as a standalone account. Farming reality outshines fiction.