The Phil and Karen Borgic family were recently honored as the Illinois Pork Producers Association Family of the Year.

Josh Maschhoff was named the 2025 Illinois Pork Producers Association president at the organization’s annual meeting.

The National Milk Producers Federation announced the creation of the Dr. Peter Vitaliano Legacy Scholarship.

Dairy farmers from across the nation celebrated fairer milk prices for farmers and pledged to work together to meet challenges on labor, trade and other issues at the National Milk Producers Federation’s board of directors meeting.

The dairy checkoff is returning to Natural Products Expo West to highlight the innovation and nutritional benefits of dairy to more than 65,000 industry professionals, investors and leaders from consumer-packaged goods and retail companies.

With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock.

Gov. Mike Braun announced Kyle Shipman as the new Indiana state veterinarian.

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture will host its 2025 annual conference “Securing Our Future: Don’t Just Talk … Act!” in Kansas City. The agenda focuses on maintaining trust across animal agriculture’s value chain.

So far, this winter has been pretty friendly to the winter chores. We might be concerned about the lack of moisture for next spring’s crops, but right now dry is good.