“If we step back and look at what that means for farmland, we're taking our energy production system from highly centralized production facilities and we have to distribute it,” says David Muth.
After some years in the background, the (allegedly) harmful impact of the nitrite used in curing processed meats is back on the front burner — this time as the supposed cause of mania.
Damage JBS' Marshalltown distribution center from severe weather and a tornado on Thursday, July 19, 2018 will force the company to dispose of more than 24 million pounds of pork.
Historical legend is about to change—Smithfield will close the 50-year-old 3B Smokehouse, where Genuine Smithfield hams are processed. Plenty of supplies are available while the company evaluates new sites.
Damage JBS' Marshalltown distribution center from severe weather and a tornado on Thursday, July 19, 2018 will force the company to dispose of more than 24 million pounds of pork.
Historical legend is about to change—Smithfield will close the 50-year-old 3B Smokehouse, where Genuine Smithfield hams are processed. Plenty of supplies are available while the company evaluates new sites.
A right-wing politician in Austria has proposed perhaps the worst, most inappropriate leveraging of whatever public sentiment exists for advancing animal welfare — for all the wrong reasons.
At the 2018 Iowa State Fair, Iowa pork producers will be serving a sweet and savory treat made from a quarter-pound of honey-cured pork belly that has been rubbed in brown sugar and cooked to perfection.
A California company that brokers shared office space announced that all company events — and all expense-account meals — will no longer serve or allow meat, only fish. Really?
Vital nutrient level indicated by protein presence, say researchers at The Ohio State University and Cornell University. A new test will make it easier for farmers to monitor their soil.
For May, the USDA Economic Research Service compilation of U.S. exports (carcass weight basis for the red meats and on a ready to cook basis for poultry), was a mixed bag of results compared to a year earlier.
Meat is killing people and the planet.’ You’re conditioned to such rhetoric from diehard activists. But repeating a bunch of talking points is not what’s expected from a trained scientist.
Chef’d, one of the first meal kit companies on the market, halted production this week, citing problems with funding. More than 350 employees were laid off Monday at distribution warehouses in New York and California.
Chef’d, one of the first meal kit companies on the market, halted production this week, citing problems with funding. More than 350 employees were laid off Monday at distribution warehouses in New York and California.
Allan Benton, owner of Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams, says, “When you’re doing business with great chefs, you must be doing something right.” Here are a few of the celebrated chefs who love his products.
Drought, tariffs, trade wars – a seemingly bottomless vat of depressing news. That’s why it’s refreshing to see Americans pulling together to right an injustice.
Integrating consultants into your operation to translate the sea of available information into actionable execution can potentially make the difference between simply performing or exceptionally perfecting.
Linton Hopkins views ham “as a metaphor for the way all quality food should be treated in the U.S.” He reveres artisans like Allan Benton, who sells up to 20,000 hams and more than 30,000 lb. of bacon every year.
The president has pardoned the two ranchers whose conviction on charges of setting a wildfire on BLM land triggered the Bundy Clan’s armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge.
Want to know most ranchers’ opinions about wolves? They’re predators that kill livestock and must be controlled, if not eradicated. Eco-activists argue the opposite. But both sides are dead wrong.
Monday evening 52-year-old Robert Pokorny of Clearwater, Neb., died as a result of injuries suffered during a grain bin accident. His funeral was today at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Clearwater.
It’s been hot and steamy across the Corn Belt the past couple weeks, but as you drive down the I-55 corridor, uniform fields show promise for a record corn crop in 2018.
If there’s a chance you will expand production and need more grain bins, it’s a good idea to make a site plan that allows for easy growth, while still providing functionality.
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.
Most people consider GMO foods to be a dangerous, toxic plague on American consumers. But what about biotech when applied to treat a deadly disease often triggered by our food choices?
"Jumping genes" occur in a process called horizontal transfer, differing from the normal parent-offspring transfer, and it’s had an enormous impact on mammalian evolution, say researchers.
It’s paramount that farms — especially smaller operations — stay in production, lest population growth and development swallow up arable acreage. But without any animals? Let’s hope not.
Too many people think eating a salad will help them lose weight, but many salads are loaded with calories. Maybe they should opt for lean pork instead.
If people in urban areas in California, of all places, can learn to recognize the ‘added benefits’ of raising cattle, there’s hope for the beef producers’ long-term future.
Last year Americans spent $69.5 billion on their pets, according to the American Pet Products Association. More than $62 million of that on plastic surgery.
