Pork
U.S. Meat Export Federation leaders share the importance of supporting fellow producers and other key partners and release impact numbers of red meat exports on corn and soybean values in the U.S.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) announced the speaker lineup and registration details for its 2023 Spring Conference, which is set for May 24-26 in Minneapolis.
U.S. pork exports finished 2022 strong and continued momentum into January, while U.S. beef exports slow in 2023, with shipments well below the large totals from a year ago, according to USDA data compiled by USMEF.
The Minnesota Pork Board recognizes Chef Donnie Schoenrock, proud owner of the renowned Kat’s Hog Heaven restaurant, as this year’s Pork Promoter of the Year Award recipient.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a $25-million Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program grant award to Wholestone Farms for a major plant expansion in Fremont, Neb.
Americans are buying more fresh meat than before the COVID-19 pandemic and are seeking value in terms of price, convenience and better-for attributes in meat purchases.
No matter where you are on the food chain, we all play a part in making sure the animals we raise for food are healthy and well cared for and that our food supply is safe and nutritious.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending time-limited trials until Nov. 30, allowing certain New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS) establishments to operate at an increased line speed.
It was a sad day when my wife discovered $6 per package bacon at our local grocery store last spring. She passed it by. We cannot continue to be dependent solely upon belly value as the sole driver of carcass value.
A team of 15 U.S. industry leaders participated in a local food show, visited a processing facility and saw the broad range of food retail offered in Monterrey, says Gerardo Rodriquez of USMEF.
Market participants seem to be more focused on the day-to-day trading in the spot meat/livestock markets, and the short-term impact from weather events, Steiner Consulting says.
For the third straight year, agricultural exports from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic have reached an all-time record with pork leading the way in 2022.
After seeing a controversial Facebook post with two photos of ground beef that differed in appearance for many reasons, Dr. Chad Carr speaks up about why it’s great to have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
Wholestone Farms of Fremont, Neb., and Prestage Foods of Iowa announced a new joint venture on Wednesday.
SCOTUS has declined to hear Tyson Foods’ arguments about why federal judges should oversee lawsuits tied to the deaths of workers at its plants caused by COVID-19, including its pork processing plant in Waterloo.
Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly that.
After easing China’s COVID restrictions and a wave of COVID moved through its residents, Chinese consumers are quickly returning with an excess of cash in hand, the U.S. Meat Export Federation reports.
If you are feeling a little upside-down now, just remember you aren’t alone. We are living in strange and hard times. I think that’s why we need to look for and tell more of the good stories. Here’s a few.
I’ll never forget joining my daughter for a school walkathon. As we started walking, a little boy gravitated to us and made an offhanded comment about sleeping in his car. Could this really be happening in our community?
An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, owned by The Kraft Heinz Company, recently fell victim to thieves in Las Vegas who stole the iconic, 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels’ catalytic converter—then PETA steps in.
Carcass utilization is a key profitability figure that needs more focus, says Bob Ruth, a Pennsylvania pork producer recently retired from Clemens Food Group. It may even be more important than pounds sold.
Marking 2022 as the busiest fiscal year ever, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted a total of 1.2 million lbs. of prohibited products at America’s largest seaport complex.
Whether you watch the Super Bowl for the actual game or simply enjoy all the delicious snack foods, make pork the center of game day!
USMEF notes as the U.S. pork industry seeks to diversify global demand, Central and South America will be key growth areas.
Although Trish Cook didn’t set out to be a pig farmer, she’s spent the last 27 years doing just that. At the 2023 Iowa Pork Congress, she was named the first female president of IPPA. Here’s an inside look.
Conagra Brands, Inc., of Fort Madison, Iowa, is recalling approximately 2.6 million pounds of canned meat and poultry products due to a packaging defect that may cause products to become contaminated.
Two-thirds of consumers say transparency in animal protein is extremely or very important, says Merck Animal Health, as part of the company’s results in its first consumer transparency research study.
The expectation of large Brazilian corn exports to China in 2023 is worrying Brazil’s meat companies in a large producing state, according to a statement from Santa Catarina’s meat processors lobby Sindicarne on Monday.
China’s consumption of pork remains subdued and normalization could take up to six months, said Danish Crown’s CEO, who also said they’d lay off 550 staff in Denmark and Germany and cut capacity at its Essen plant.
Encouraging the use of pork more frequently and in creative, non-traditional ways, the Indiana Pork Taste of Elegance competition serves pork to over 400 attendees in this event of elegance and celebration.