The shutdown of a Smithfield Foods Inc. hog-processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, affects hog producers in three states and threatens the availability of 18 million servings of pork a day.

RANTOUL, Ill. (WAND) - A Rantoul hog-processing plant has been cited after two pigs that were supposed to be unconscious for slaughtering were almost put in a scalding tank while awake. That is ...

With pork prices below the break-even point, pork promotion groups are looking ahead toward the opening of four new pork processing facilities in 2017 and 2018 to help reverse the current financial ...

A new USDA proposal for hog slaughter factories will damage worker and food safety, experts say. The proposal, which is open for public comment until May 2, would expand a pilot program that allows ...

MASON CITY, IOWA — After nearly six hours of debate, it took attendees only several seconds — in near silence — before realizing the city's vote on a proposed hog processing plant came out as a tie, ...

More than 80% of poultry slaughterhouse workers and half of hog processing employees testing faster line speeds are at high risk of developing chronic conditions like arthritis and carpal tunnel ...

As Illinois’ pork industry creates millions in tax revenue and puts out billions in product, smaller hog farms in west-central Illinois say they had a fairly typical 2025.

A $240 million pork processing plant and the 1,800 jobs that go with it is looking for a home.Mason City City Council rejected a plan to bring a Prestage Farms hog processing plant there last ...