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 ...

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 ...

Lean hog futures reversed higher from the Monday weakness, with Tuesday gains of 75 cents to $1 higher. USDA’s national base ...

A Frazee, Minn., man suffered a fatal gunshot wound Saturday morning during an attempt to slaughter a hog, the Becker County Sheriff's Department reported. The victim was identified as John Matson, ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hog production is returning to profitability as feed prices fall, and a reduction in slaughter numbers seems to show that producers are noticing, Purdue Extension agricultural ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Federal government regulators proposed changes Friday in the way most hogs slaughtered for meat in the United States are processed in a series of new rules that officials say ...

“As you think about the breeding herd, you could argue we have one of the youngest and most productive sow herds we’ve ever had,” says Lee Schulz. Although there were no earth-shattering surprises in ...