The UN's Chief Veterinary Officer says of the African Swine Fever in China, “What we’re seeing so far is just the tip of the iceberg.” An emergency three-day meeting was recently held to address global concerns.
It’s a sign of the times that 98-year-old Perdue Farms Inc. is looking at selling non-meat protein products alongside its signature chickens and turkeys.
It may be too early to tell whether the outbreak of African swine fever in China will disrupt domestic supplies. But if it does, where does the go for its hefty pork demands?
Outbreaks of the highly contagious African Swine Fever that affects pigs and wild boar have been reported in four different Chinese provinces over the past month. The U.N. is worried it could jump the border.
Most people don’t consider raw steak to be ready-to-eat, unless they’re following an extreme cave man diet. It's that consumer - the serious meat-eater - that Applestone Meat Co. is pursuing.
“There’s the hardcore vegans, the hardcore vegetarians, but we’re seeing more and more flexitarians or reducetarians looking for plant-based options," Maple Leaf Foods President Dan Curtin commented.
African swine fever was confirmed in a fourth Chinese province, indicating further spread of the lethal disease that threatens to disrupt the world’s largest pig industry.
The farmer who employed murder suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera says he's received death threats. Rivera was charged with the murder of missing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts. Rivera worked at the dairy farm.
USDA says the U.S. has record or near record crops in the nation's corn and soybean fields. What will the 2018 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop tour find next week?
The 2018 edition of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop tour steps-off this coming Monday. Will the 100+ scouts find those record breaking crops that USDA is projecting?
The investigative arm of I.C.E. led the operation that saw about a dozen businesses and plants raided and 17 business owners and managers indicted for fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
Smithfield Foods has been ordered to pay $473 million dollars to defendants in a federal "nuisance" case. Six neighbors of three North Carolina hog operations claim they suffered from "unreasonable nuisances."
Duke Energy Corp. began generating power in March for its North Carolina customers using “renewable” natural gas created by capturing methane from the waste produced by 62,000 hogs.
The World Food Prize will be awarded this year to two men who have dedicated their careers to improving the availability of nutritious food for pregnant women and children in developing countries.
A shortage of carbon dioxide that has already drawn warnings from beer makers about potential production problems is also hitting meat processing companies.
The Trump administration wants to make it easier for small businesses to join together to offer cheaper health-insurance plans that would lack some of the protections required under Obamacare.
The North Carolina Senate's Agriculture Committee on Tuesday unveiled language that would protect the low-cost but criticized method of handling hog waste by spraying it over farm fields
Mexico will begin to tax a range of U.S. products in retaliation for tariffs on Mexican steel and aluminum that President Donald Trump announced last week.
China has already canceled several shipments from the U.S. in anticipation of tariffs on the country’s products. While Brazil is expected to take much of that market share, Russia is also benefiting.
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but with temporary exemptions for Canada and Mexico as he seeks to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Surging transportation demand is spurring trucking companies to charge as much as 30 percent more for long-distance routes compared with prices a year ago.
