Commercial pigs are bred for consistency and housed in large barns, which makes production efficient but brings challenges ...

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently announced it finalized a rule amending post-mortem inspection for swine and transitioning primarily to visual ...

You may have heard of this old-school gum brand, but did you know it was once suggested as a potential way to manage stomach ...

OK swine farmers genuinely care about the health and wellbeing of their animals and want to provide safe and nutritious pork ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The city of Cincinnati is encouraging residents to sign up for alerts ahead of the Flying Pig Marathon this weekend, one of the busiest events of the year. Around two dozen people ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on April 30 issued a statement after the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced confirmed cases of the ...

Feed is the number one cost in raising pigs. When feed efficiency slips, profitability follows. When pigs don’t efficiently convert feed into gain, it directly impacts the bottom line. That’s why ...

Few things upset Merlin the pig more than being denied a treat. He will press a purple button with his nose that says “I’m mad” aloud. Sometimes he will walk into the laundry room and angrily shut the ...

Note: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not approve supplements for safety or effectiveness. Talk to a healthcare professional about whether a supplement is the right fit for your ...

Early life stress may set the stage for long-term digestive problems by disrupting the gut-brain connection. Studies in both mice and thousands of children found links to symptoms like pain, ...

Surveillance video shows a masked suspect burglarizing a self-serve farm store in Burlington early Wednesday morning. The suspect wore a pig mask and stole cash, food items and farm products from ...

After 16 years trying to rid Oregon of invasive species, Rick Boatner is now retired. Of all the things he did during his career with the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department, he remembers 2022. After ...