Pork producers looking for more financial stability than the commodity market affords are trying their luck with specialty hog breeds. These pigs,... Raising pork can be a tough business for producers ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Farm Sanctuary brought a federal complaint that says the slaughter rule issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow nearly all of the pigs slaughtered nationwide to be ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — It’s 5:30 a.m. on a recent Monday and Sean Stanton is using a flashlight to hook a trailer loaded with four pigs to his cargo van. He’s about to make the hour and 15 minute trip to ...

Raising pork can be a tough business for producers, who've lately been watching feed prices rise along with the cost of corn. That's one reason why a small but growing number of former commodity pork ...