Lean hog futures are mixed at midday, with December up a tick and other contracts steady to 50 cents lower. USDA’s national ...

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which ...

Now that Ranchland Packing Co. has clearance from the USDA to resume business, owner Gary Wold is focusing on growth plans. He wants to add a new hog slaughtering and packing facility capable of ...

USDA’s June 24 Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report was viewed as bearish by the market, due largely to a comparatively large spring farrowings total. The industry expected most population numbers on the ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Record-high feed costs caused by the worst drought in half a century are forcing farmers to slaughter more of their hogs, with the number reaching 9.9 million head in August, the ...

Corn and beans down on lower crude oil, higher dollar, SA weather. Cattle mixed with corn supportive, but headwinds are seasonals, lower cutouts and higher slaughter. Hogs rebound with higher cutouts.