Special Sections
2007 Pork Industry Structure Study
Glenn Grimes Professor Emeritus University of Missouri-Columbia
2004 Pork Industry Structure Study
Glenn Grimes Professor Emeritus University of Missouri-Columbia
2001 Pork Industry Structure Study
"Change is inevitable, progress is optional" — never has a quote been more telling than when applied to the U.S. pork industry. The industry has changed dramatically in the 14 years that Pork magazine has conducted the Pork Industry Structure Study.
Animal ID Directory
Animal identification, data analysis and information management represent a rapidly evolving service areas in the livestock industry. This list provides contact information for some of the companies serving this growing industry segment.
Antibiotics — a special section
BSE: A special section
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, also known as Mad-Cow Disease, has shown up in Great Britain, Japan and Canada in recent years, destroying the beef economies in those areas and hurting beef demand worldwide. On Dec. 24, 2003, the United States was added to that list.
COOL — a special section
DDGS/Ethanol
Here are a list of resources, Web sites and magazine articles that offer information on distiller’s dried grains with solubles and ethanol production.
Focus On: PRRS
Pork magazine and Swine Practitioner magazine join together to provide valuable information and links on Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome.
Focus On: SIV
Pork magazine and Swine Practitioner magazine join together to provide valuable information and links on swine-influenza virus.
High-level warning of terrorist threat
Recommendations during orange- and red-alert status.
Resource Directory
The resource directory shows you many of the top companies in various sectors of the industry. If you need help with your farming work, one of these companies will be ready to help.
Value Chain Communication Gap Survey
An anlysis of the communication status within the pork value chain.
