ROCHESTER — After 139 years, one would think the Rochester Fair would run out of entertainment to provide. Time and time again, the annual event finds a way to provide a week's worth of fun. Vendors, ...

Water medications increase efficiencies in labor, pig health, investment and antibiotic use. When administering swine medications, there can be a lot of questions. Which medications are most effective ...

Smithfield Foods Inc. has been “very responsive and very responsible in how they’ve addressed the issues” raised by an undercover video at its Waverly farm, State Veterinarian Richard Wilkes said last ...

Mike Olcott, Kern County Fair CEO, should be ashamed of himself and the decision to place all 340 pigs that went to auction in the same holding pin ("Handling of pigs stuns fair-goers," Sept. 27). His ...

JoDee Haala grew up with horses. Now the director of animal well being with Minnesota's Christensen Farms, one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the U.S., she often reflects on a common ...

What do producers do when livestock are not able to walk, due to illness or injury? This problem has not had an easy solution, though that may change soon, thanks to researchers at Iowa State ...

In order to investigate the effect of gentle handling on the behavior, performance, and meat quality of pigs from weaning to slaughter, 144 6-week-old weaned hybrid Min piglets (a native breed) were ...

Transporting anesthetized pigs in a laboratory setting often requires strenuous manual lifting, posing a hazard to the safety of animal care personnel and to the welfare of the pigs. The authors ...