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For Chris Smith, whose North Carolina farm is home to 30,000 chickens and 150 acres of sweet potatoes, the fight to survive Hurricane Florence is not yet over.

WeWork’s enforced vegetarianism is a warning to livestock producers.

More than 8,000 hogs have been culled so far, as China continues emergency inspections at pig farms and livestock markets to control the country’s first case of African swine fever.

Consumers are turning to more plant-based proteins to meet their protein needs, and industry is racing to develop new types of meatless meats.

Consumers are looking at protein alternatives to traditional beef, pork and chicken.

Farmers raising speciality hogs such as organic, Certified Humane, and heritage say their loyal customers won’t be swayed—yet—by cheaper competitors.

Chip Flory joins the DC Signal to Noise podcast to talk about the political message being sent with this week’s WASDE report. Is the export picture really as glum as the World Board makes it out to be?

China has been gobbling up the world’s soybeans at breakneck speed over the past decade. But as the trade spat with the U.S. escalates, its imports of the oilseed are set to decline for the first time in 15 years.

Hormel Foods Corp., Tyson Foods Inc. and other meat packers are accused in a class-action lawsuit of artificially jacking up the price of hot dogs, bacon and other pork products.

Ask National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Vice President and Counsel Nick Giordano about the impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on U.S. pork and his response is pointed and simple: “ouch!”