AUSTIN, Minn. — Mike Williams' auctioneer chant is so fast that, to the untrained ear, it's an incomprehensible mumble with the occasional dollar figure bubbling to the surface. Leading a sale of ...

The nation's year-over-year swine breeding herd inventory is continuing to shrink, dropping another 2% in a recent USDA report. The U.S. Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, published by USDA's National ...

The National Agricultural Statistics Service, Dec. 23 announced the U.S. hog inventory was up 1% from this time last year.

“As you think about the breeding herd, you could argue we have one of the youngest and most productive sow herds we’ve ever had,” says Lee Schulz. Although there were no earth-shattering surprises in ...

Of the 75.0 million hogs and pigs in the U.S., the latest USDA Hogs and Pigs Report as of Dec. 1 notes 69.0 million were market hogs, while 6.00 million were kept for breeding. The total inventory is ...

An Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station study showed female pigs had better reproductive health when placed on a slow-growth diet before being bred. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Borrowing a page from the ...

Chinese hog farmers should not excessively eliminate breeding sows, a farm official urged on Wednesday, after a prolonged period of heavy losses raised the risk of many exiting the business. Adds ...

ROSE CREEK, Minn. — Two Reuter siblings battled for overall Grand Champion honors in the show ring at the Minnesota State Fair. Ashlyn, 15, came out on top with her purebred Yorkshire. Her older ...

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