Pork Industry Newsroom

World Pork Expo insights: record exports, farm bill advances, Iowa pseudorabies contained, plus more featured this week.

We sit down with Dr. Patrick Webb, Assistant Chief Veterinarian with the National Pork Board, to unpack what a confirmed New World screwworm case in southern Texas signals for pork producers and the wider livestock industry.

Pork availability per capita is projected at 49.6 pounds in 2026 and 49.9 pounds in 2027, up slightly from 49.3 pounds in 2025.

Virus was detected at a farm housing approximately 3,000 pigs in the village of Vállaj, near the Romanian border.

Winners are: Alfonso Aguilar Vega, Tosh Farms in Tennessee; Lyle Lupe, AMVC in Arizona; and Rob English, Country View Family Farms in Indiana.

First detections across the SDRS database were more frequently reported from adult/sow farms than from wean‑to‑market systems.

When health status changes within a specific pig flow, FLEX provides the ability to respond rapidly to match the needs to the right FLEX strategy.

Dr. Megan Niederwerder, executive director, Swine Health Information Center, joins us to talk New World screwworm.

What are the advantages, disadvantages of free-choice and conventional gestation pens?

Located in the heart of the Corn Belt, the new dealership brings the full MASCHIO GASPARDO range to North American farmers.

Actions will reduce regulatory burdens and $60M in MPPEP funding will support small and very small meat and poultry processing plants.

Actions will reduce regulatory burdens and $60M in MPPEP funding will support small and very small meat and poultry processing plants.

By breeding pigs that better cope with health challenges, R3silience helps reduce environmental impact and direct antibiotic use.

According to an Iowa State University analysis, PRRS impacts the U.S. pork industry by about $1.2 billion per year in lost production.

Everett brings automated feed planning, proactive gap detection, group performance, mortality alerting and sell sequence optimization to operations.

Platform enables pork producers to track site-to-site movements, enforce downtime in real time and validate site access through geo-fencing.

Why trial design matters.

As meat snack consumer demographics broaden, manufacturers invest in processing capacity and innovation.

Bill prioritizes beginning farmers, strengthens rural veterinary workforce and enhances Iowa’s biosecurity and foreign animal disease preparedness.

Only 31% of crop producers expect good times financially over the next five years, versus 68% for livestock producers.