U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Roger Glendenning today announced that USDA is making more funding available for meat and poultry processors to expand operations, transform the food supply chain and create new and better...
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for next month to address the legal efforts aimed at blocking the implementation of Massachusetts' Question 3 rule, which imposes restrictions on the sale of pork products derived from hogs and pigs...
As Massachusetts prepares to implement an animal welfare measure later this month, the state's restaurants are anticipating potential pork shortages and increased prices, reports the trade group representing them, the Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA). The MRA, among the plaintiffs...
Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (A-1970/S-1298) requiring the State Board of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning the confinement, care, and treatment of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal. The rules...
What happened: This week, NPPC and the Minnesota Pork Producers Association (MPPA) submitted testimony for the congressional record on the importance of trade to the U.S. pork industry. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and...
What happened: July 1 is the third anniversary of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entering into force, and the U.S. pork industry is celebrating. Pork exports to America's neighbors, especially to Mexico, have soared under the successor to the North...
Source: Associated Press
A California law approved by voters that promises to get breeding pigs out of narrow cages that prevent them from standing or turning will finally take effect Saturday, after years of delays and warnings that the rules...
The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 16-19, 2023, offers a great opportunity to showcase your important work and help improve the world's pig industry. For nearly 50 years the conference has brought science-driven solutions to the complex challenges...
Source: Des Moines Register
Premium Iowa Pork has finalized its $14 million purchase of a Minnesota pork processing plant that closed earlier this month after filing for bankruptcy, idling its largely foreign workforce.
HyLife Foods Windom closed the plant June 2,...
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Aptimmune Biologics, Inc., as the exclusive distributor of their Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) inactivated, or killed, vaccine based on Aptimmune’s Barricade® technology...