The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) released a new economic report highlighting how America’s pig farmers are significant contributors to the United States’ agricultural and overall economy. The report highlights pork industry value chain contributions and growth over the...
— Ryan Samuel, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Swine Specialist
The original voluntary Pork Quality Assurance® Plus (PQA Plus) educational program was launched in 1989. Continuing the commitment of the pork industry to incorporate the latest scientific knowledge and production...
Hormel, Tyson, Agri Stats are some of the named defendants in antitrust suits
Agri Stats faced with more than 100 price-fixing complaints
Three more companies—Target Corp., Aramark Food and Support Services Group Inc., and Wendy’s Co. affiliate Quality Supply...
Pork Industry Report - UNL Amy Schmidt Using Manure Cropping
Reuters News reported today that, “World food prices fell for a third consecutive month in June, but remained close to record high levels set in March, the United Nations’ food agency said on Friday.
“The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO)...
Smithfield Foods will pay restaurants and caterers $42 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring to inflate pork prices, which will likely only add to concerns about how the lack of competition in...
Farmscape for July 7, 2022
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The Alberta Invasive Species Council is encouraging the public to use any of four options for reporting sightings of wild pigs in the province. In May 2021 the Alberta Invasive...
Farmscape for July 5, 2022
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A Partner with Polar Pork Farms suggests global food security is being jeopardised by the war in Ukraine. A combination of factors including shortages of locally produced feed grains due...
Farmscape for July 6, 2022
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The Coordinator of the Manitoba Invasive Swine Eradication Project reports the scope of province's wild pig population appears to be much larger than had been first anticipated. Earlier this year...
Source: Sioux City Journal
Tyson Foods is celebrating its 40th year slaughtering and processing pork in Storm Lake.
In 1982, Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., a forerunner to Tyson, purchased the then-vacant plant from Hygrade Food Products and remodeled it extensively. It was...