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Handle with Care: Farm to Fork 

A vertically integrated pork system and the nation's second-largest hog producer vows to integrate animal welfare throughout production. When it comes...

Cudahy Expands Iowa Plant 

Patrick Cudahy, Inc. has announced a $13.5 million expansion of its Golden Crisp Premium Foods facility in Sioux Center, IA, that is expected to create...

Hog Outlook Turns Positive for 2006 

Lower anticipated feed prices and stronger late-summer hog prices have combined to provide a more positive long-term outlook for pork producers, says Chris Hurt, Purdue University Extension marketing specialist....

Doubling Pork Production 

The Doubling Pork Task Force has the goal of assessing efforts to double pork production in Indiana by 2025, says Terry Fleck, project coordinator and...

Producer Plants Advance 

Triumph Foods' plant set to open late summer/fall. The 625,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art Triumph Foods packing and processing plant at St. Joseph, MO,...

RFID In, Variation Out 

Southern Minnesota pork producer Robert Baarsch is looking for a bigger piece of the packer pie. To get it, the CEO of Next Generation Pork has been working...

Canadian Plant Expansion Applauded 

North Dakota pork producers are applauding word that packing plant capacity is set to expand in western Canada....

Global Pork Sales Targeted 

The Free Trade Agreement negotiated with Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) passed two early tests in mid-June, winning preliminary...

Smithfield Draws Mixed Reviews in Poland 

Nearly five years after purchasing a majority stake in the Polish meat packing conglomerate, Animex, Smithfield Foods remains a lightning rod for criticism...

NPPC Pushes to Reauthorize Mandatory Price Reporting 

In a congressional hearing June 22, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) urged members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry...

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