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NC county weighs deal for more jobs at huge slaughterhouse
New pork processing plants in Coldwater, Mich. and Sioux City, Ia. is changing the supply side of the hog market.
Ohio county fair hogs to be destroyed after swine flu found
Hog barns—stacked eight stories high. The photos from Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey traveled around the Twitter-verse lightning fast, raising eyebrows and slackening jaws of U.S. producers and industry leaders. We all want to know: “How do you manage that manure?”
Hog prices in 2017 have been fairly impressive, and strong consumer demand is keeping the lean hog market strong.
An 820-pound (372-kilogram) hog that an Alabama man shot and killed in his front yard may have escaped from a pen on a nearby farm, according to the man’s hog-raising neighbor.
Prices for pork bellies have increased about 80 percent this year, and frozen reserves are at a 60-year low.
Central Missouri Meat and Sausage became a PETA target recently. Law enforcement officials found no violations, and no need to press charges.
As much as 40% of all German wheat will be used for animal fodder this year, double the usual level, according to estimates from Agravis and researcher Agriculture Market Information Co.
An Ohio State University researcher is coordinating a multi-state study testing for flu among pigs at fairs as swine infected with a flu virus. Two cases were confirmed so far this year at county fairs in Ohio.
Overall meat demand continues to uphold breakout prices for pork packers and finishers.
A delegation of commodity importers from China signed the second largest soybean deal ever with the U.S. on Thursday. While some farmers are hopeful for future export opportunities, others have a more skeptical outlook.
To maintain and improve animal welfare in poultry facilities, Tyson Foods has started using remote video auditing systems.
China is tackling soil, water pollution in agriculture reforms.
China plans to treat more waste from livestock breeding to improve its rural environment and reduce agriculture pollution in the world’s top pork producer.
Construction delays are pushing back the opening of a new pork plant in Iowa. Upon completion, the facility will create over 1,000 jobs for the surrounding area.
Wild pigs are as much a problem in Europe as they are in the U.S., say industry, government and health officials there. Rome’s Democratic Party has accused the city’s present administration of failing to tackle the problem of rubbish in the streets, thought to be a factor in attracting both wild pigs and rats.
During the 2017 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Ia., the pork industry stressed the importance of trade and expanding trade markets.
From pigs in the show ring to the pork on the grill, World Pork Expo brings together every stakeholder in the pork industry. Five key priorities emerged July 6-9 during the 2017 event. Each one could affect your operation’s bottomline this summer.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s planned “feral hog apocalypse” won’t be happening anytime soon.
Liability limits on hog farm nuisance awards passes Senate
Excessive livestock manure from millions of turkeys, chickens and cows in Virginia is making its way into the Shenandoah River, polluting the scenic waterway with unsafe levels of E. coli, according to a new report from an environmental advocacy group.
Talks of pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is sending ripples through the pork industry, which has seen impressive demand so far this year.
Environmentalists map homes, hog farms as lawsuits clouded
Last month, the USDA released its first quarterly Hogs and Pigs report in 2017, breaking four records in the first quarter of the year.
New rules for the use of antibiotics in livestock started in Jan. 2017 with the implementation of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), a new, stricter federal regulation.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality had tentatively approved a new permit for a hog farm near Mount Judea.
The USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs report is due out Thursday.
A lawsuit has been filed to shift Smithfield Foods settlement money towards school funding in North Carolina instead of improving the environment.