If you've browsed supermarket meat aisles or visited a butcher shop, you know that pork tends to be less costly than beef, ...

USDA ERS anticipates slightly higher production, lower prices in the new year will attract foreign interest in U.S. pork.

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 ...

From farmers to packers, the pork industry is seeing red as profits evaporate under decades-low pricing and slowing demand. Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $50 million ...

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 ...

Iowa’s pig farmers are a vital component of the state’s economy, as shown by a new study released by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. The data verifies Iowa’s status as the No. 1 pork producing ...

DAWSON (AP) -- The future of 80 family farms in southwest Minnesota rests on the fate of a new kind of hog processing plant set to open around the middle of December. It's farmer owned and controlled ...

As Illinois' pork industry generates millions of dollars worth of tax revenue, smaller pork outfits in west-central Illinois say they had a fairly typical year for production.

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, ...

It seems like everywhere you turn these days you hear someone talking about the economy, inflation and gas prices. However, last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard a pivotal case that’s flying under ...

April 6 (Reuters) - British pork supplier Cranswick Plc said on Monday it agreed to buy the pork processing business of Bowes of Norfolk Ltd from the Bowes family. The company, which supplies fresh ...