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2018 America's Pig Farmer Of The Year Finalist - Patrick Bane

Raising pigs has been a life-long passion for Patrick Bane, whose family has been raising pigs for three generations. Bane raises 74,000 pigs on his farm in west-central Illinois, where he focuses on public health, hiring the best people and maintaining herd health.... More ›

2018 America's Pig Farmer of the Year Finalist - Kevin Rasmussen

Employee care is important to providing a safe product at KLR Pork, where Rasmussen markets 26,000 pigs a year from his farrow-to-finish farm. As a fourth-generation Iowa farmer, he believes the employees who work for him are family – and that makes all the difference in the product they produce... More ›

Distance Running + Pig Farming: Meet the Real Pig Farmers of America

In running and farming, there's one word that matters: Integrity. The Stevermers are hard working pig farmers from Minnesota, who run marathons in their free time. See how those two worlds collide in this video.... More ›

Iowa Select Farms Celebrates Opening of Primrose Sow Farm

Iowa Select Farms recently welcomed a brand new, 7,500 sow farm to our system – Primrose! To celebrate the joyous occasion, we held an open house for local neighbors, suppliers, employees and contractors.... More ›

Gretchen Returns: Meet the Real Pig Farmers of America

One year after a tragic accident caused spinal injuries, Gretchen will ride in RAGBRAI, a week-long bike tour across Iowa. The lessons she learned from pig farming helped her through recovery and kept her inspired to ride again.... More ›

Higher Quality pigs through primal value and tenderness measurements

Neil Matthews, Validation Research Supervisor tells us how PIC is optimizing total carcass value by maximizing primal value, processing value and eating satisfaction.... More ›

Gestal 3G accommodates easier sow management, improved animal well-being, and decreased cost

Dr. Hyatt Frobose, Swine Nutritionist at Jyga Technologies tells us about the Gestal 3G an innovative, low-stress feeding system for managing group-housed gestating sows. The Gestal 3G combines the simplicity of a free-access stall with the accuracy and reliability of the Gestal feed delivery un... More ›

Hog Markets Reviewed By Lee Schulz

Hog Markets – Lee Schulz, Iowa State Extension livestock economist, gives his analysis of the latest USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.... More ›

Pig Farming Lessons from an All-Grown-Up Pig Farmer

Our littlest pig farmer Barrett (age 6) shares what he's learned about pig farming and how caring leads us to safer food, a safer workplace, and a better community... More ›

A new solution to reduce pre-ween mortality in piglets

Megan Bible, Swine Nutritionist at Furst-McNess Company tells about Furst Boost and Furst Water Boost, two products that provide piglets with essential nutritional components that reduce mortality and output and profitability.... More ›

Following a dream to raise pigs in Minnesota

This #RealPigFarming family of five brothers from Adrian, Minnesota share how their commitment to family, faith and hard work has helped turn their dream of farming into reality. Now they are passing down these same values and lessons to the next generation.... More ›

China hosts International Pig Veterinary Society Congress

The city of Chongqing hosted the International Pig Veterinary Society Congress this year. Fifty-one years after the first IPVS, the event was held in China for the first time. This is also great news for Ceva China, as our enthusiastic team of swine veterinarians continues to bring benefits of C... More ›

Iowa Minute: Iowa Farmers Use Electrostatic Fences To Reduce Pig Farm Odors

Iowa pig farmers are using electrostatic fences to catch dust and reduce odors from their pig barns. These fences use electromagnetism to catch the dust coming from hog barns before it escapes into the air. Iowa farmers are working hard to both put food on America's tables and be good neighbors.... More ›

Visiting a Missouri pig farm

Missouri Pork Association... More ›

May 2018's winning video: Socializing with piglets in a Manitoba nursery barn

Hog farmer Hardy, from the Rural Municipality of Lorne in Manitoba, submitted May 2018's winning video of his piglets socializing. The video shows an animal care provider in a nursery barn interacting with young pigs, also known as weanlings or nursery pigs. These piglets are about 4 weeks old a... More ›