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A lawsuit has been filed to shift Smithfield Foods settlement money towards school funding in North Carolina instead of improving the environment.
An insatiable demand for bacon depleted frozen pork belly supplies in the U.S. to a record low level for December, but the pork industry is confident it can keep up with demand and avoid any serious shortages.
An undercover video filmed by animal rights activists has halted the purchases of pigs by Hormel from one of the company’s suppliers.
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Race to save rare breed of pig hinges on eating them
According to a study no manure has leaked from an Arkansas hog farm into a river.
Don’t expect a big change in hog prices in the short term, but barring major increases in production, producers should see an uptick as the year progresses. Here’s what to keep your eyes on.
A Missouri lawmaker wants to increase fines for people who release feral hogs in the state.
A ruling is expected from a judge pertaining to manure handling on an Arkansas hog operation near the Buffalo River.
A tractor trailer in Iowa tipped over in Iowa with 150 pigs inside.
Record kill weights for hogs created more product.
Canadian Swine Health Board says it will work with the industry to prevent the spread of the disease.
Farmers can’t keep up and rising costs can boost inflation.
Manure spills can occur during the storage, transportation and application of manure. Advanced planning can minimize the impacts of a manure-related emergency.
Bitter cold temperatures are on the way, and they will move the livestock cold stress index into the emergency category for a prolonged period.
With hog prices seeing 7-year lows, could things return to the way they were in 1998?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the number of hogs and pigs in the state is up 5 percent from the same time last year.
From the Renewable Fuels Standard to risk management, it’s time to get serious about developing a marketing strategy for this year.
When Massachusetts voters head to the polls in November, supporters of a pro-farm animal ballot question want them to have one question in their minds: What would it feel like to spend their entire lives without enough room to stand up, turn around, stretch their arms and legs and lay down again.
USDA quarterly survey likely to show stockpiles at 6-year high.
Polk County deputies are taking care of nearly 200 farm animals, including more than 100 pigs, they say had been living in deplorable conditions at a rescue ranch in central Florida.
The Czech government is working to remove a communist-era pig farm from the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Roma, Cabinet ministers said on Tuesday.
The state Department of Health has issued an approval to operate permit for a 9,000-hog farm near the southeastern North Dakota town of Buffalo.
Opponents of a hog farm near the Buffalo National River have filed a federal lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the farm, asking a judge to allow a scientist consulting detractors to be present during a study of the site.
The number of plaintiffs suing to abolish North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law has expanded and now includes people and companies with ties to four U.S. states and a former Soviet republic.
Vietnam to top China per-capita consumption as incomes improve.
The muddy tradition of hog wrestling has continued at some county fairs in Indiana this summer though proceeds were down in at least one county.
A judge has found that two members of the Missouri Clean Water Commission violated their duty to be impartial while considering a large hog breeding operation in mid-Missouri.
Prestage Farms will build new $240 million hog processing plant in Wright County after an earlier plan to build in Mason City failed.
We talked to pork industry leaders about domestic and international demand for the meat and the hurdles the industry is working through to make sure the world eats more pork.