16 Tips to Prevent Drug Residue in Pork (Production)
By Pork Magazine Staff - No one wants to be responsible for a drug residue in a pork carcass, but there are many ways it can occur -- contaminated feeds, water, environment and equipment, not to mention misuse and many others.

AFO's, CAFO's, NPDES and TMDL's - What you need to know!
USDA ERS - Take an AFO, concentrate it to make a CAFO, mix in some NPDES and TMDL, and you have a brew that more livestock and poultry producers may have to imbibe in the near future ad US livestock operations face greater restriction.

Looking Differently at the Same Situation
By Dr. Tim Safranski State Swine Breeding Specialist - Heterosis or hybrid vigor is the tendency for crossbred animals to perform better than the average of their parents. It results because there is heterozygosity at more loci which represent multiple...

Weighing a Pig Without a Scale
By thePigSite.com - Ever wondered how to weigh a pig without a scale? This article explains how you can obtain a good estimate of a pigs weight by measuring its girth and length and doing some simple math.

Managing the eating quality of pork - What the producer can do
By D.N. D'Souza and B.P. Mullan, Agriculture Western Australia - Meeting the consumer's need for lean, tender, juicy pork that is free from off-flavours and aromas is imperative to the future success of the Australian pork industry in an ever...

Achieving realistic production targets
By Jim Carlton, Pork Magazine - Good people are the primary key to achieving realistic production goals in today???s pork production systems. In today???s pork production systems the end product may be pork, but business success is related more to people...

Eliminating Disease - Why, When and How: A Financial Evaluation
By Luc Dufresne, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, USA. - The last decades have seen great improvement in swine production. Better genetics, nutrition, flow management, and building design have helped improve production efficiency and profitability. Unfortunately,...

PRRS Eradication by Herd Closure
By Montserrat Torremorell and William T. Christianson, PIC, USA. - PRRS eradication strategies have recently received attention from the US swine industry. PRRS virus infection can be costly and difficult to control and is a major limitation, often preventing...

Protecting Farm Worker Health and Safety: Risks and Hazards Associated with Hog Production
By Shelley Kirychuk, The Centre for Agricultural Medicine, Saskatoon. - As with most industries, there are risks and hazards associated with working in the hog production industry.

Salmonella Control in Feeder Barns
By Paul Schneider, Elite Swine Inc., MB. - Salmonella infections in humans and livestock are not a new phenomenon. However recently much more attention has been directed to this disease for two reasons.

Pork Science Fact Sheets - Pork Quality
By the NPB - The following page lists several Fact Sheets on Pork Quality produced for pork producers by the National Pork Board, and as published on their PorkScience.org website.

Pork Science Fact Sheets - Pork Food Safety
By the NPB - The following page lists several Fact Sheets on Pork Food Safety produced for pork producers by the National Pork Board, and as published on their PorkScience.org website.

Measuring the Business Health of a Hog Operation
By Graham Gilchrist P. Ag.Farm Management Specialist, Vegreville - This two part article contains a series of small discussions on various aspects of financial performance of a hog operation.

China Briefing Book - Issue 7
By John Skorburg, Senior Economist, Economic Analysis Team, American Farm Bureau Federation - China is the world's largest swine producer and the fourth largest producer of beef in the world. In fact, one out of every two pigs in the world now resides...

Management Tips to Reduce Pre-weaning Mortality
By Dr. Donald C. Lay, Jr. Agricultural Research Service, USDA. This article reviews the complex interaction of pre-weaning mortality causes and summarizes with a number of tips to minimise the losses.