Farm Journal's Pork

The K-State livestock judging team becomes the third animal science and industry team to bring home national championship honors this year.

JBS has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nigeria's government for a $2.5 billion investment plan in the African country, including the building of six new factories.

For the past two years, the swine industry has been battered by high costs and unprecedented accumulated losses. The billion-dollar question is: Have we turned the corner toward sustainable profitability? While I don't know the answer, we are seeing signs that better times are ahead. Costs continue to drop, production remains strong for most, and the hog index is holding steady.

This new concept of using the Boston Butt versus pork trimmings has resulted in high consumer acceptance.

As of Saturday, both Brooke Rollins and former Sen. Kelly Loeffler are reported as potential nominees for the USDA Secretary position. However, the Wall Street Journal's report on Rollins suggests a more definitive expectation of her appointment, while CNN and others maintain that Loeffler is still in contention. Until an official announcement is made by Trump, it remains unclear who will ultimately be chosen for this key role.

The vast majority of animal feed outages are caused by bin slide management errors — not running out of feed on site, according to new research by BinSentry and HANOR.

Do you ever dwell on what you think you lack? Not long ago, I was in San Angelo, Texas, getting ready to speak to a group of about 350 kids and parents at Lackey Livestock's Training Day.

One North Carolina producer says he's not sure his community will ever reclaim some of the agricultural land that was lost in the storm.

From protecting farmers' freedom to operate to balancing family and career, Oklahoma Pork Council's executive director shares how teamwork makes it possible.

MARKET WATCH: Grains Slump, Hogs for the Win on Wednesday IN-DEPTH MARKET ANALYSIS: Wednesday was a risk-off day in the agricultural commodity markets.