Pork Board Details National Swine Health Strategy
The producer-led strategy aims to keep foreign and emerging diseases out of the U.S. herd while reducing the impact of domestic diseases.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Pet Health
The National Pork Board and Pipestone discussed the National Swine Health Strategy in a video episode published November 2, 2026. The producer-led effort, launched in March 2025, was developed from input gathered at the National Pork Industry Forum.
Why it matters
The strategy sets long-term elimination targets for PRRSV and PEDV, two diseases that affect swine herds across the United States. Its focus on biosecurity and farm culture reflects the view that practices within each operation determine whether disease controls succeed.
The strategy's two core goals are keeping foreign and emerging diseases out of the U.S. herd and reducing domestic disease impact. Pipestone's biosecurity scoring spans seven areas, but the source does not provide measured outcomes against those targets.
The players
National Pork Board
The National Pork Board is the check-off-funded organization that represents U.S. pork producers and leads industry-wide programs, including swine health initiatives.
Pipestone
Pipestone is a swine production company that works with pig farms on health, nutrition, and biosecurity practices.
The details
Pipestone scores biosecurity across air, feed, water, people, supplies, trucks and pigs, plus everything within the farm perimeter. The discussion holds that farm leadership and daily culture determine whether biosecurity efforts stick.
Timeline
March 2025: National Swine Health Strategy launched as a producer-led effort.
November 2, 2026: Video episode discussing the strategy published.
Industry Context
The National Swine Health Strategy grew out of input collected at the National Pork Industry Forum, placing it within a producer-driven model of disease control rather than a government-led one. Its long-term PRRSV and PEDV elimination targets extend that model into multi-year disease-management planning for U.S. swine herds.
Farm operators implementing the strategy's biosecurity practices may change daily routines around people movement, trucks, and supplies on their premises. For the broader public, the strategy's disease-control goals bear on the stability of U.S. swine supply over time.
The takeaway
Biosecurity succeeds or fails through everyday farm habits and leadership, not only through written plans. Operators who review how people, vehicles, and supplies move across their perimeter can identify the gaps the strategy's scoring framework is designed to expose.
Further reading
Explore more on Pet Health for broader context on animal disease prevention and biosecurity.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Farms.
