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A book about why eating a plants-only diet won’t improve your health or save the planet is turning heads. A British-based investigative journalist digs into the concept that plant-based food is better for your health.

McDonald’s has amended its board, the fast-food chain said, and the director being replaced had been targeted by activist investor Carl Icahn who sought to tighten the company’s animal welfare policies.

A light-based, food sanitization technique successfully eliminated multiple harmful pathogens in a new study carried out by Penn State researchers.

A 48-hour standstill was ordered over the weekend on pig farms and related facilities in the eastern Gangwon Province in South Korea after confirmation of a second African swine fever case this year.

For 2022, USDA reports the value of the nation’s cropland is $5,050. That’s up $630, or 14%, from 2021. This year’s figure marks back-to-back record highs in cropland values.

If you find yourself ready to bid on a significant number of acres, do your homework, analyze lease types and perfect your landlord communication plan.

High 2022 prices for hogs and pork are largely attributable to supply factors, unlike 2021, when prices were mostly driven by pandemic-related changes in consumer pork demand, says Mildred Haley with USDA’s ERS.

A round-up of company news impacting the U.S. pork industry.