The U.S. pork industry faces a new speed limit on hog slaughtering, the result of a court ruling that worker groups welcomed and industry officials warned could disrupt farmers and processing plants.

After several buoyant years for the pork sector, falling pig prices are once again squeezing margins for producers. Finished pig prices have slipped by ...

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A new study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association finds the hog industry contributed more than $15-billion to Iowa’s economy last year. Association spokesman Kevin Hall says the study, which is ...

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - China's top pig farmer Guangdong Wen's Foodstuff Group is pushing into processing meat, broadening its operations to limit the impact from tougher competition and falling ...

MASON CITY, IOWA — After nearly six hours of debate, it took attendees only several seconds — in near silence — before realizing the city's vote on a proposed hog processing plant came out as a tie, ...

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Advances in industrialized pork production facilities with the focus on sustainability have been crucial in meeting the requirements of meat consumption ...

Ron and Jenny Nieken took ownership of a local meat market in Hillman more than a year ago, and business has been good — maybe too good. Formerly known as Lakes Meat Market, the married couple renamed ...