Pork
The NPPC and other livestock groups intervened in the lawsuit brought by activist groups against the EPA and how it regulates CAFOs.
An environmental group is suing Tyson Foods for allegedly misleading consumers by saying it will reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and marketing climate-friendly beef without meaningful plans to achieve those goals.
Iowa State sophomore running back Abu Sama III and freshman offensive lineman Isaiah Seymour participate in tryouts to join the popular ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ initiative.
China’s soybean imports reached a record high in August 2024, reflecting significant growth in the country’s demand for the oilseed, but meat imports declined.
Key Asian markets and Mexico fuel strong month for beef exports and record value for Mexico headlines robust month for pork exports.
Importers learned about the attributes of U.S. beef and pork, new techniques for processing and safeguards in the industry.
Hormel Foods cut its annual sales forecast, hurt by lower commodity prices and a production disruption at its Planters brand manufacturing facility in Virginia.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 12,675 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $53.32, up $2.45 per head from last week.
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Animal Health Summit highlights consumer attitudes toward sustainability.
Here’s a round-up of news from the Missouri Pork Association.
USDA announced the availability of an updated guideline that makes recommendations to strengthen the documentation that supports animal-raising or environment-related claims on meat or poultry product labeling.
Give a man a fish and he eats once, but teach a man to fish and he sustains himself. We need to develop better high-tech science communication to meet people where they are to achieve the high-touch successes needed to improve pork loin demand and relevance.
Patrick Fleming is back. And he’s back with more energy and determination than ever before to help take consumer marketing of pork to new levels.
While I do not need the government to tell me how the cost of living has increased, the most recent data for July is now available. To be honest, I question whether the officially reported inflation figures align with what we are experiencing.
Olympic silver-medal winning synchronized diving duo Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon will appear for a meet and greet for one day only at the Minnesota State Fair.
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to propose several economic measures aimed at addressing key voter concerns such as housing and grocery costs with a federal ban on price gouging.
No real demand for meatless options at McDonald’s, so chain won’t have McPlant or salads on any menus. The company will focus on chicken and bringing back the McRib.
Company says production will be consolidated to other Smithfield facilities to increase efficiencies.
U.S. Red Meat Symposium takes a look at opportunities in Mexico
Fleming will lead the marketing and domestic demand team on a revolutionary, data-driven approach to make pork more relevant to more Americans.
Dynamic speakers drew in the crowd at the 2024 Stakeholders Summit.
The Meat Institute says the proposed rule change to the Packers and Stockyards Act is attempting to set meat production back by encouraging litigation and limiting how livestock producers can market animals to packers.
BBQ competition winners donate their winnings to help flood victims in NW Iowa.
It’s not the mouth-watering aroma of baby back ribs smoking on the grill or the crowd of people gathered that makes the United Animal Health tent unique. What makes their “camp” so special are the men behind the grill.
South Africa and Nigeria, two top beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, should be better markets for U.S. pork, says Maria Zieba, NPPC vice president of government affairs. Here’s why.
China’s dumping probe into EU pork imports following duties slapped on Chinese EVs, caught Spain’s pig farmers on the hop this week, but the sector proved it is resilient and far less vulnerable than the car industry.
After recent seminar with Mexican meat industry officials, USMEF says education of inspectors is key to keeping meat trade open with Mexico.
NPPC supported revisions to existing federal trucking regulations that allow livestock haulers to comply with the rules while maintaining the pork industry’s high standards for animal welfare in comments to DOT.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ag specialists and a Beagle K-9 at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport seized and destroyed a cooked pig found in checked luggage at the busiest airport in the world.