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Connectivity in the ag industry: the status quo In rural areas – where most pork production facilities are located – reliable connectivity is hard to come by. It’s not as profitable for broadband internet companies to serve and/or maintain service in more remote areas. According to the FCC, about 14 million rural Americans lack LTE broadband. […]

It’s a common nightmare for every hog producer: an out-of-feed event. This is the term used in pork production for any period of time that hogs don’t have access to feed. Even for relatively short events (a few hours), there can still be major downstream effects. Put simply, it’s incredibly strenuous for the animals — and […]

As temperatures drop and snow moves across the U.S., there’s one topic that might be even scarier than the weather itself: Your propane bill. Energy costs in barns are a battle every year, especially in winter. According to a National Hog Farmer survey, for example, roughly 88% of all fossil energy in swine nurseries is used for […]

The Animal Agtech conference was held in late March in San Francisco, CA. I was in such good spirits to be in person with this crew of entrepreneurs after two years that I didn’t even complain about the $32 omelets in the hotel restaurant. I got seconds and thought, “good for you guys!”   Leaving the […]

A relentless pursuit of continuous improvement – a hallmark of the US Swine industry – has yielded significant advances in productivity, environmental stewardship, animal wellbeing and consumer demand. This pursuit is part of the DNA of those who manage and work in the more than 60,000 pork farms across the country. One of the effects […]