Scott Phillips isn’t your average pig farmer. While he always wanted to farm, his journey through life has been an exhilarating ride as he served as a fighter pilot before returning to the family farm in Drexel, Mo.

The December lean hog futures contract jumped a little over 400 points on Monday, a result of fundamentals running counter to expectations, Steiner Consulting said.

There’s no question the pork and beef markets indicate consumers want more pork and beef. Scott Brown of the University of Missouri weighs in on what this could mean for 2023.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc., a Canadian packaged meats company, confirmed it was experiencing a system outage linked to a cyberscurity incident that began over the weekend.

U.S. pork exports topped year-ago totals for the second consecutive month in September, while beef exports dipped below the $1-billion mark but remain on a record pace.

What happens when you take a veterinarian, a business manager, a recruiter and a sow farm manager to Mexico? OK, this might sound like the start of a bad joke, but the answer is simple.