Pork shipments from a North Carolina pork processing plant are now blocked from entering Mexico. The plant, located in Tar Heel, N.C., is a Smithfield foods plant and is the largest in the world. The ...

A new study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association finds the hog industry contributed more than $15-billion to Iowa’s economy last year. Association spokesman Kevin Hall says the study, which is ...

On July 14, 2024, WH Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: WHGLY (ADR), $13.46; Market Capitalization: $8.6 billion), the parent company of Smithfield Foods, announced a spin-off of the latter’s US and Mexico ...

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - China's top pig farmer Guangdong Wen's Foodstuff Group is pushing into processing meat, broadening its operations to limit the impact from tougher competition and falling ...

Iowa’s pig farmers are a vital component of the state’s economy, as shown by a new study released by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. The data verifies Iowa’s status as the No. 1 pork producing ...

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