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National Pork Board Offers $46K for Top Innovators in Challenge

With foreign animal disease such as African swine fever closer than ever to the United States, the National Pork Board has launched its first-ever innovation challenge that deals with the potential need of mass carcass disposal. The challenge is seeking new and innovative methods of pig mortality disposal that go beyond the existing methods of burial, incineration, composting and landfills and provide pig farmers with more options.

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Pork in the Pantry 2025 recap

Video: Pork in the Pantry 2025 recap

County pork producer organizations in Iowa donated more than 75,.000 servings of pork to local food pantries in 2025, to help families in need across the state. This is part of the Iowa Pork Producers Association's Pork in the Pantry program.