Most producers do not get into trouble because hog prices collapse overnight. More often, margins tighten when input costs rise faster than expected.

Livestock farmers benefit from low corn and soybean prices reducing feed costs and boosting margins. Storing cheap feed is helpful for when prices rise.

AgVantage, a plastics manufacturer located in Rockford, Ill., is creating an RFID-enabled hog feeder designed to help farmers more efficiently care for pigs. The feeder, composed of a biocomposite ...

Richard Larock, a University Professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, is developing plastics made from corn and soybean oils that will be used to build hog feeders. The feeders could be on the ...

Separated into different pens, the hogs at Scandia Valley Farms may seem like any other small farm hog operation. What may differ besides the size of the operation and owner ...

The real impact of artificial intelligence will come from how producers redesign management systems to turn farm data into better decisions.

Richard Larock, a University professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, is developing plastics made from corn and soybean oils that will be used to build hog feeders. The feeders could be on the ...