Trump’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued proposed rules to gut slaughterhouse line speed regulations at poultry and pork processing facilities. If finalized, the poultry rule would allow ...

The planned $1.3 billion investment to create facility that can slaughter about 20,000 hogs a day comes as officials have scrutinized the firm’s ties to China.

Meeting with people outside the federal government usually means hearing about somebody’s else’s agenda, but USDA’s top food safety officials apparently think it can be a two-way ...

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 ...

After this week, the kill and cutting floors at the Sioux City John Morrell plant will grow silent, 'Production to end early at Morrell plant' The final hog slaughter shifts are scheduled for Thursday ...