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 ...

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which pigs should be slaughtered, both before and in place of federal USDA ...

As U.S. pork producers are work to rebuild hog herds, disease pressure proved to be a problem for producers, which could ease potential slaughter issues later this year. Those were the headlines of ...

USDA’s second Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report of 2025, released on June 26, contains key metrics for the hog industry including inventory, the number of pigs saved from every litter and the number of ...

SPRINGFIELD — Animal rights group PETA parked near Theodores’ Blues, Booze and BBQ on Thursday, playing a recording on the street of pigs squealing on their way to slaughter. People for the Ethical ...