Lean hog futures closed with gains of 5 to 90 cents on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $72.09 on ...

U.S. commercial red meat production for October came in at 4.89 billion pounds, a 3% dip from the 5.02 billion pounds ...

Lean hog futures are up 52 cents to $1.55 across most contracts on Monday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported ...

Now that Ranchland Packing Co. has clearance from the USDA to resume business, owner Gary Wold is focusing on growth plans. He wants to add a new hog slaughtering and packing facility capable of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Record-high feed costs caused by the worst drought in half a century are forcing farmers to slaughter more of their hogs, with the number reaching 9.9 million head in August, the ...

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 ...

March 14 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc, the world's largest pork processor, suspended hog slaughter at its Tar Heel, North Carolina, plant on Friday because of the spread of the deadly Porcine ...