Fattening pigs refer to pigs that are specially raised by breeders to meet specific standards for weight and fat content. Generally speaking, the weight of fattening pigs is between 90-120 kilograms, ...

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 ...

Results showed that all gases including CO 2, argon and helium caused some level of aversion, with CO 2 stunning showing the highest incident. Loss of posture was approximately twice as long for pigs ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A shakeup on the pork ...

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.

Pork shipments from a North Carolina pork processing plant are now blocked from entering Mexico. The plant, located in Tar Heel, N.C., is a Smithfield foods plant and is the largest in the world. The ...