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

The process was described to me before I walked onto the kill floor. Jim Wood, owner of Palmetto Creek Farms, gave me the rundown. “They can’t see anything. There’s nothing to hear. I don’t think they ...

USDA estimates 2025 pork production is down 1.2% year-over-year and predicts 2026 pork production will be unchanged from this ...

Lean hog futures saw mixed Monday action with nearby contracts within a dime of unchanged. USDA’s national base hog price was ...

Lean hog futures are trading with 55 cent to $1 gains on Tuesday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Tuesday ...

USDA’s second Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report of 2025, released on June 26, contains key metrics for the hog industry including inventory, the number of pigs saved from every litter and the number of ...

Jeff Hoogendoorn with Professional Ag Marketing says the grain markets were lower on disappointment about the tariff truce with China being delayed another 90-days as there was optimism for a deal.

PASO ROBLES, Calif – Sinton and Sons Local Meats and Provisions is taking corrective actions after federal inspectors witnessed the improper slaughter of a pig in early February. Personnel with the ...

Blake Owens, the founder of Agrippa, needs to have eyes behind his head. The Las Vegas tech CEO received a bloodied head of a pig and a threatening letter after an AI-related story about his company ...

A Medway-based butcher shop has fired an employee after he allegedly sent out a social media post of hogs from the Clark County Fair being slaughtered. The 30-second video obtained by the this news ...

Lean hog futures are trading with losses of 65 cents to $1.60 in the nearbys on Thursday. The USDA national average base hog negotiated price was up 95 cents at $88.49 in the Thursday AM report. The ...