The world as we know it is changing at an accelerated pace. Continued growth of the human population will put increasing pressure on feed supplies and food production. Coincident with a rising population is a growing demand for pork, as the standard of living rises in many parts of the world. Meeting this demand will be a challenge that farmers must face head-on. Pork producers face other challenges as they adopt new technologies to produce ‘more with less.’ Unprecedented – and unexpected – growth of the grain biofuels sector in the past decade has upset the traditional balance of supply and demand in the grain economy. It will take some time for a new equilibrium to be reached.