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Tuesday, April 14, 2026
US swine producers now have access to Iowa State University resources to reduce heat stress
US swine producers have new resources available from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to mitigate summer heat stress.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
US swine sector in joint effort with university to recruit and retain agriculture professionals
University of Missouri Extension specialists are working with the US swine industry and temporary visa holders to help recruit, retain, and develop agriculture professionals needed to address ongoing farm labor shortages.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
US swine disease database reveals significant shift in PRRSV patterns
Data from the US Swine Disease Reporting System's Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Sequencing Database show a shift in detections from 2020 to 2025, with lineage L1A steadily declining while lineage L1C.5 has rise ...
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Study sheds light on Senecavirus A incidence in US swine herds
Senecavirus A (SVA) is an endemic pathogen that remains an ongoing concern to the US swine industry.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
New research initiatives address H5N1 threats to US swine production
The Swine Health Information Centre (SHIC) in collaboration with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Pork Checkoff, has recently funded 10 projects addressing research priorities and topics within its H5N1 Risk ...
Monday, July 21, 2025
US swine industry employs collaborative efforts to mitigate H5N1 risks
The US swine industry has mobilised a proactive, cross-sector response to the ongoing risk of H5N1, collaborating with animal and public health experts to protect pigs, people and the food supply.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
US swine herd marks four years without a positive TGEV case
Veterinary authorities in the United States have confirmed that since 2021, over 500,000 PCR tests from all age groups and farm types across 47 states have detected no traces of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV).
Thursday, December 26, 2024
US swine inventory sees slight growth, record productivity in latest report
As of December 1, 2024, the U.S. hog and pig inventory reached 75.845 million head, a 0.5% increase from the previous year but slightly lower than the preceding quarter.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
US swine farms advance biosecurity with new research projects
The US Swine Health Information Centre's (SHIC) Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Programme has recently funded two new projects aimed at improving the biosecurity of US swine farms, National Hog Farmer reported.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
USDA report reveals mixed trends in December US swine inventory
The recently released United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) December Hogs and Pigs report showed a December 1 inventory of all swine in the at 74.97 million head, showing a slight increase of 0.88% from the last quarter and 0.02% f ...
Monday, January 8, 2024
Michigan, US swine inventory up year-on-year
Swine inventory in Michigan, United States witnessed a notable increase, reaching 1.29 million head on December 1, 2023, marking a rise of 30,000 head compared to the previous year, as reported by the US Department of Agriculture's National ...
Saturday, December 30, 2023
US swine inventory up slightly, now 75 million head
As of December 1, 2023, the United States swine production landscape reported a stable count of 75 million swine, as revealed by the latest Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Ho ...
Monday, October 9, 2023
Humble rise in US swine numbers on September 1
The latest US swine inventory report have been released recently by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Agricultural Statistics Board and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on September 28.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
US Swine Health Information Centre highlights challenges for Vietnam's ASF vaccines
The US Swine Health Information Centre (SHIC) has highlighted the challenges for Vietnam's African swine fever (ASF) vaccines, the world's first commercially endorsed vaccines against ASF, which includes lack of a DIVA (differentiating infe ...
Friday, June 23, 2023
US swine farmers face mounting losses due to drought and declining demand
US swine farmers are grappling with substantial financial losses, to the extent that some may soon resort to selling the corn typically reserved for animal feed, warns Smithfield Foods, Yahoo! Finance reported.

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