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A fire broke out at Cedar Ridge Farms, a seedstock swine operation owned and operated by the six sons of the late Fred and Betty Grohmann near Red Bud, Ill., early on April 14.

Hormel Foods Corporation, the maker of America’s best-selling retail pepperoni and a global leader in the foodservice pizza toppings market, shares the latest, hot-off-the-oven pizza topping trends.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved a $75 million settlement between Smithfield Foods, Inc. and a class of consumers who accused the pork producer of conspiring to restrict supply in order to keep prices artificially high.

USDA sent a letter to the 18 largest meat and poultry processors to request all actors in the food supply chain take steps to prevent or eliminate illegal child labor, which has risen 69% since 2018.

A 2023 economic impact study, which updated a study from 2017, found that livestock auction markets continue to be important for the growth and vitality of rural communities.

The U.S. pork industry is still laboring under a substantial amount of uncertainty for the remainder of 2023. Despite some positive developments in several areas, there are new or ongoing challenges in others.

“As I understand it, this rule says EPA is going to determine jurisdiction on a case-by-case basis,” says NCBA’s Ethan Lane. “This is never the way you want a bureaucracy to interact with your private businesses.”

Futures markets are a mystery, says Scott Irwin, author of the new book, Back to the Futures, is now available for pre-order and is scheduled to be released on April 19 on Amazon.