Pork Business
A growing school district, an active housing boom and rising pay scales are just a few examples of how the new Prestage Foods of Iowa pork processing plant in Eagle Grove, Iowa, is impacting the local economy.
Microbiome is a popular term these days, but just how well do you understand what it does?
A NBA team owner is getting into the pork business.
In less than a week in office, President Trump upheld a campaign promise and signed an executive order to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. This has caused a concern there could be a trade war that would impact U.S. agriculture.
With a few days left, the current USDA administration is still at work.
The road of tight margins hasn’t been lonely for pork producers this year, as both livestock and grains are feeling the pinch. It reminds some of the 1998 pork price collapse, fearing the industry is on the brink of another historic moment.
Animal activists gained a foothold in Massachusetts on Tuesday night.
Public opposition to animal agriculture today could translate into tougher scrutiny of other farming practices in the future.
Yum! Brands and McDonald’s look for buyers as Chinese tastes shift.
Whether you choose the Downtown Dog in Detroit, the Baconater in Baltimore, the Kalua Pork Nachos in Oakland, the Farmland Pork Wings in Kansas City or countless other options, your wallet may be empty but your stomach won’t.
Known as “The gateway to the west,” Kansas City conjures up images of barbecue, jazz, the American Royal, Chiefs football and of course, the Kansas City Royals, winners of the 2015 World Series.
The Supreme Court has ruled for more than 3,000 workers at a Tyson Foods Inc. pork-processing plant in Iowa in a pay dispute with the company.
The nation’s only ban on hogs owned by meatpackers was expected to end after Nebraska lawmakers voted Friday to repeal a state law designed to keep large processors from exerting too much leverage over small farms.
Total red meat production for 2013 and 2014 is down from December estimates.
U.S. pork and beef exports in October edged higher than the previous month, but were still down from a year ago, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
Perdue Farms Inc. agreed to buy Natural Food Holdings and its Niman Ranch brand, a pork supplier for Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., as part of its goal to expand into organic and antibiotic-free meat.
Fast food chain Arby’s launched a support hotline for vegetarians and it has non-meat eaters up in arms.
Buying Applegate will give Hormel a brand that sources meat from about 1,800 family farms and sells a range of products from turkey deli slices and chicken strips to bacon and corn dogs.
To track the changing prices paid by consumers for five staples at the breakfast table— eggs, bacon, cereal, bananas, and coffee—we looked at the components of the Consumer Price Index from April 2014 to March 2015.
Food, agricultural and allied industry groups yesterday urged the parties involved in a labor dispute that’s affecting food exports that ship out of West Coast ports to resolve their differences as soon as possible.
Russia will ban billions of dollars worth of food imports from the U.S. and other nations in retaliation for sanctions over the turmoil in Ukraine.
December corn rose 1.25 cents to 4.32 a bushel.
The full impact on the U.S. pork industry of a merger between Smithfield Foods and Chinese firm Shuanghui are not yet known.
Report signals country to bar shipments from 1 U.S. plant and 2 Canadian plants; to step up testing from Brazil.
The proposal was withdrawn for procedural reasons.
Iowa farmers, like this pork producer from Sioux City, are committed to providing you with wholesome, safe food while caring for their animals and the land.
As corn futures plunged after USDA reported surprisingly high stocks, analysts wondered what livestock and poultry have been eating in place of corn.