DAWSON (AP) -- The future of 80 family farms in southwest Minnesota rests on the fate of a new kind of hog processing plant set to open around the middle of December. It's farmer owned and controlled ...

A new study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association finds the hog industry contributed more than $15-billion to Iowa’s economy last year. Association spokesman Kevin Hall says the study, which is ...

US pork processing firms have recently had to cope with various different issues creating some negative attention.

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - China's top pig farmer Guangdong Wen's Foodstuff Group is pushing into processing meat, broadening its operations to limit the impact from tougher competition and falling ...

Pork shipments from a North Carolina pork processing plant are now blocked from entering Mexico. The plant, located in Tar Heel, N.C., is a Smithfield foods plant and is the largest in the world. The ...

Ron and Jenny Nieken took ownership of a local meat market in Hillman more than a year ago, and business has been good — maybe too good. Formerly known as Lakes Meat Market, the married couple renamed ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A shakeup on the pork shelves at your grocery store is coming as pig farmers prepare for the January 1 implementation of a California animal welfare law mandating larger space ...

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which ...

WINNIPEG Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shortages of hogs and packing plant workers in Canada, exacerbated by recent government restrictions, may severely cut hog processing and pork exports, helping to ...

“The day I see the pigs euthanized on my yard will be one of the saddest days I ever see.” Hog farmer Chad Lubben said he doesn’t even want to think about the prospect of putting down hundreds of the ...

Meat-processing plant closures in the U.S. weakened livestock demand and led to concerns over a possible shortage of beef and pork. “It has been a roller coaster in the meat industry this year,” says ...