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JUNE 2019
NationalHogFarmer.com
Beyond our borders:
Major players in pork
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Global Mega Producer
Spotlight on world's largest producers
6 Keeping ASF out at O'Hare
16 Appealing to new labor force
21 NPB President Steve
Rommereim ends reign
FDA approved
SwineMate
®
(altrenogest)
“We have long used
Altrenogest in our practice
as a valuable tool for repro-
ductive synchronization.
When Aurora introduced
SwineMate® to the market,
we transitioned our family
commercial farm and our
swine producers to this
product. Not only has
SwineMate® provided cost
savings for our clients,
but also we have found no
observable difference in
product administration or
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It's seizures like these, during a typical week a
into the country from one of the 50-plus ASF-affe
five U.S. airports most at risk to have prohibite
images that resonated with the general public and
COURTESY OF CHICAGO O'HARE CBP The beagles are c
kilograms of swine products were intercepted.
SWINE'S PROMISING NEXT GENERATION Promoting di
KEEPING YOUR PIGS HEALTHY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
Reaching youth labor force By Kevin Schulz Indu
was, they don't realize how lucra- tive” pork pro
on a hog farm — and now they're recently out of h
Build a productive herd with a healthy gut. Laws
production of the subsequent videos will continue
Steve Rommereim feels his time on pork industry l
Durocs and Spots until the pseudorabies virus too
Why A Higher Standard Is Worth Its Weight Unifero
trying to keep up because the fire hose is pretty
Whether it's your first show or your 66th, you
now with Bill,” a relationship that goes back a f
the TOTAL PACKAGE TOTAL PACKAGE
His hogs like hybrid rye By Lynn Betts Rye fits
kets and restaurants in Northern California, an H
Neighbor Oran Pape (left) contract-feeds about 60
ful to Terry Barth, the mill man- ager at Lynch N
A culture of safety ByAnnHess Maple Leaf Agri-F
Indirect.
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Only Hog Slat combines 50 years of experience in
By Ann Hess WHILE TARIFFS, TRADE and African swi
Smithfield Foods Inc. United States — 1,241,000 s
GLOBAL MEGA PRODUCER SNAPSHOT Pipestone Vet
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opment potential. Finally, all these future
Progressive Pork Spring/Summer 2019 Frank’s Note
More Robust Piglets Pigs per litter and mortality
Caleb Shull, PhD, director of research and
Sending uniform pigs to market and achieving full