Elle Gadient grew up on her family’s diversified farm in eastern Iowa raising livestock, including Niman Ranch pigs, and will be the fifth generation in her family to farm in the Midwest. Elle serves in the unique position of...
Agreement Cements Longstanding Exclusive Partnership
JBS USA, a leading global food company, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire certain assets from TriOak Foods, a Midwest-based pork producer, for an undisclosed amount. The two companies enjoy a long-standing business...
NPB and several state pork associations partnered with Farmland, a brand of Smithfield Foods, and country music superstar Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour concert series to donate 210,000 #poundsofpork this fall to food banks.
That’s an estimated total of 1 million...
Compass Group, the world's largest foodservice provider, announced it will cease using gestation crates for pigs in its U.S. food supply by the summer of 2023.
As part of a detailed report on animal welfare, Compass stated it will “transition...
Gunnoe's Sausage Company, a family-owned business operated in Cifax, Virginia for over 57 years, is announcing that Logan's Sausage Company, a family-owned business located in Alexandria, Virginia will be taking over all production and distribution of Gunnoe's Sausage.
"In looking...
Bob Evans Farms Foods, Inc., a Xenia, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 7,560 pounds of Italian pork sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically thin blue rubber, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
Source: Iowa Select Farms
"Biosecurity is a lifestyle, simple as that. It begins the moment you step onto the farm,” said Bert Becker, the manager of Thayer sow farm.
As an experienced pork producer, Bert knows what good biosecurity and high-quality...
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether upholding a California law banning the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces would invite states to adopt laws imposing their political or moral views outside their borders.
The...
The American Farm Bureau Federation and National Pork Producers Council presented oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court today, challenging the ability of one state to set agricultural production standards for the entire country. The case involves California's Proposition...
Source: Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a California animal welfare law in a case that could undermine the power of states to regulate a range...