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Jennifer Shike

As the brand leader of Farm Journal’s PORK and host of “The PORK Podcast,” Jennifer Shike pairs her deep animal science expertise with a heart for the people in the pork industry. Her work is a vital resource on swine health and biosecurity, reporting on threats such as PRRS, PED and African swine fever. By keeping a close watch on national and state policy, she translates trade deals, California’s Proposition 12, environmental regulations and farm bill updates into what they mean for American pork producers.

Latest Stories
“Is this a buffalo?” asked a young 20-ish fairgoer as he stood before the Grand Champion Market Steer in the Hall of Champions at the Illinois State Fair. He looked at me – dead serious – awaiting my response.
Major pork and dairy exporter Denmark plans to introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions. This would make Denmark the first to initiate a CO2 tax on agriculture and it hopes to inspire others to follow.
Boehringer Ingelheim and the University of Minnesota launched the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Eradication Roadmap to equip veterinarians and producers with a resource to inform, prepare and guide them through eradication.
The first 10 days were hell, says Kyle Baade, a Nebraska pork producer. After that, if a visitor showed up, he says they would have no idea the farm had any issues. Here’s his PRRS story and how it changed his life.
Although the swine industry is small enough veterinarians will likely run into each other often at meetings, Jana Morgan believes there’s something special about the impact of intentional interaction. Here’s why.
More than 200 meat and poultry plants were recognized by The Meat Institute at the 2024 Environmental, Labor and Safety+ Conference in New Orleans for their positive environmental impact efforts.
Now that the mystery illness impacting some dairy herds has been revealed as the same strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza that has been impacting the U.S. poultry flock, pork producers are asking questions.
Is the U.S. pork industry prepared for a Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak? Here’s how a newly developed diagnostic test could help.
Dr. Angela Baysinger, DVM, passed away on March 8. Baysinger was well known throughout the pork industry for her contributions to veterinary medicine and empowering those around her every day.
The latest MetaFarms reports show sow death loss in 2023 was at an all-time high at 15.3%. That’s up 1% from a year ago – a trend that continues to move in the wrong direction.