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Tyson's Logansport, IN, pork plant is scheduled to resume slaughter operations Monday (March 15) and full pork processing on Tuesday (March 16), following a fire March 5, according to company [...]

NO matter the scenario used, the production of organic, noncastrated male pigs is less economically viable than similar organic pig production where the males have been castrated, according to calculations [...]

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is asking public health officials, academics and the media to refrain from calling the current H1N1 influenza pandemic 'swine flu' as [...]

The Tri-National Agriculture Accord has approved a statement introduced by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples and signed jointly by agricultural leaders from the United States, Mexico and Canada, that calls [...]

Cattle herd reduction has been ongoing for 3 years, herd size has dropped 16 percent in the last two and is now the smallest since 1973. This year marks the [...]

The U.S. Grains Council's Chinese Swine Management Team traveled to Kansas State University (KSU) for a two-day course on swine health and disease management as well as U.S. pork production [...]

You may catch the flu from your sick hunting buddy, but there's no evidence that you will catch it from domestic or wild hogs, according to the Texas Animal Health [...]

Byline: David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff With the latest worldwide health scare - this time not SARS or West Nile virus or avian influenza or mad cow, but swine [...]

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is monitoring and responding to the current swine flu outbreak in conjunction with federal and state agencies. 'It is important to understand [...]

KONTOS FOODS has set 2020 as a completion date for ongoing expansion of its production facility and staff in Patterson, NJ. HUDSON RIVER FOODS, formerly Healthy Brands Collective, relocated its [...]

IT should come as no surprise to pork producers that today's consumer is fixated on the farm-to-fork journey of the food they buy, and many are using their wallets to [...]

THE Seaboard Triumph Foods (STF) and the Clemens Food Group (CFG) pork processing plants both started operations Sept. 5 but are not processing at the rates previously anticipated, according to [...]

A $23 million expansion of Premium Standard Farms' (PSF) processing facilities at Milan, MO, was completed in late April, increasing the daily processing capacity by 35% and adding 75 jobs. [...]

John Morrell's Sioux Falls, SD, pork plant is on the verge of starting the largest expansion in the state's history. Morrell, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc., is adding a [...]

* NORTH SIDE FOODS, a pork sausage producer and subsidiary of SMITHFIELD FOODS, plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Cumming, GA. The project, to be completed by December, will [...]

Byline: just-food.com The Arkansas-based meat processor Tyson Foods has announced that it is to begin bacon production at its plant in Cherokee, Iowa. The company will invest more than US$30m [...]

Pork processor PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS INC. will boost capacity at its pork processing plant in Milan, MO, by 35%, with capital expenses for the project totaling about $23 million. The [...]

Staff John Morrell & Co. announced a $100-million construction project at the company's Sioux Falls pork processing facility. The expansion is expected to add 200 new jobs when the processed [...]

Ileitis continues to take a major toll on performance in growing pigs, according to a study released at the annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. Researchers found [...]

FINISHING pigs at heavier weights may work well on contract, but it could leave smaller producers at a disadvantage when competing with imported pigmeat, believes one Suffolk producer. Earsham, Bungay-based […]

FIGHTING, a common behavior seen in groups of pigs, poses serious risks such as injury, infection, stunted growth and failed pregnancies on hog farms. A Michigan State University (MSU) AgBioResearch [...]

VARIATION between a pig's weight at birth and at marketing is an ongoing challenge for swine producers and is a major source of lost production and income. Some researchers have [...]

Biological foam accumulation in manure storage systems poses a number of challenges that must be addressed from a managerial and safety standpoint because it can significantly reduce the amount of [...]

THE Red Meat Industry Forum's programme to help boost the UK pig industry is forging ahead according to plan, says programme co- ordinator Dr Sharon Ellis. The forum has just [...]

By Jonathan Long RECENT economic data suggests that reducing cost of production is the key to the future production needs of the UK pig industry, Henry Mullens of accountants Grant […]

By Andrew Swallow TAKING pigs for bacon on an extra 15kg is boosting margin/ pig sold by about [pound]7/head for one Scottish producer and it's benefiting the processor too. "We […]

Ridley Inc. announced last week a decision to write down the value of the U.K. and European assets of the company's swine genetics business, Cotswold Pig Development Co. Ltd. Ridley [...]

Farmland Foods president George Richter has told workers a decision on the future of the company's pork processing facility in Albert Lea, Minn., which was badly damaged in a fire [...]

Prices blip but optimistic outlook for containment Cynics in the pork and bacon trades have long regarded livestock disease as the most reliable form of pig price support, and sure [...]

UK, talk of pig slaughtering returning to normal rates is misleading Dutch pork and bacon suppliers had more good news for customers on Monday, reporting further easing of FMD controls [...]

ABSTRACT In the midst of the changing structure of the beef seedstock sector, it will be important for breed associations to assume a proactive role to remain viable. There may [...]

Egg producers are taking the view that conditions are reasonable in view of the FMD disruption, with a very strong demand for mediums and packers working overtime to get eggs [...]

CLINTON, N.C. -- Lundy's has broken ground for a new cut floor and distribution center here that will expand the company's pork production, especially for Japanese markets, and improve efficiency [...]

Aberdeen based Grampian Country Food Group led the slaughtering industry back into action under the government's special licensing scheme for livestock movement, reopening its Buckle pig killing line on Sunday. [...]

Extra supply of pigmeat should be available from Denmark later in the year. Results from last month's official pig census show strong growth in numbers. Expansion of the Danish breeding [...]

A SEMI-MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO FEEDSTUFFS Hog cycle scenarios Some forecasters have been predicting a hog price trough next year that could rival the 1998 bottom. Others believe the low won't [...]

A fire at Tulip International's ready-cooked bacon manufacturing site in Thetford, Norfolk on Friday 17th November caused only minor disruption to general bacon production, with the shortfall being made up [...]

Bacon stocks were still on the move this week, but wholesalers were expecting trouble by the weekend if the fuel crisis fails to ease. 'Stock is still moving out at [...]

German pig numbers have fallen by 1.4% on last year according to the provisional results of the latest pig count at May 1. Up to and including next year Germany [...]

Steff Houlberg are a major pigment company who own the largest slaughterhouse in Denmark. The company handle about 60,000 pigs per week for the domestic and export markets. The company's [...]

US figures show producers planning expansion Another batch of American livestock inventory statistics offers further evidence suggesting the international pigmeat price cycle will soon swing in buyers' favour. Figures published [...]

The latest MLC pigmeat ads have set out to disturb. How big a risk is there that such shock tactics will merely backfire Using shock tactics in an advertising campaign [...]

Seaboard Farms, Shawnee Mission, Kan., has implemented a cold brine pasteurization process to ensure a safely basted pork product for consumers. The method, called an Advanced Oxidation Process, destroys pathogens [...]

The beef cattle markets declined $1 -last week, and cattle moved off the commercial feedlots in the Plains and Southwest last Thursday at $72/cwt. Market observers said beef demand was [...]

New Zealand pigmeat production is projected to stabilise at about 50 000 tonnes in the medium term up to 2003, but pig farmers are expected to continue to leave the [...]

Tulip, the bacon manufacturers, have invested more than Elm. in a new pork production plant. This new plant, located at their Thetford site, will facilitate the production of a new [...]

Farmland Industries Inc. committed itself last week to a leadership role in pork production, announcing plans to create an aligned pork production system in which pork producers would take an [...]