National Hog Farmer

U.S. pork producers commend 2025 Dietary Guidelines

The National Pork Producers Council applauds the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the USDA's release of the ...
The Journal

Farm bill spotlights pork producer priorities at World Pork Expo

The National Pork Producers Council hosted a policy panel discussion June 5 at the 2024 World Pork Expo, Des Moines, Iowa, where producer-leaders and experts highlighted the need to work with both ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Full Belly Files | From Gourmet Pork to Subsistence Farming

[Quick Correction: Last week’s Full Belly Files was missing a critical paragraph when emailed, so here is the full version posted online in case you didn’t see it.] Editor’s Note: An updated version ...
National Hog Farmer

'Product of USA' meat labeling rule takes effect Jan. 1

Pork producers concerned regulation will strain relationships between the United States and its trading partners, ...
The Southern Illinoisan

10,000 pigs: How one Illinois farm family grew its thriving pork business

SHANNON, Ill. — Darrell Stitzel’s grandparents moved to a farm in Carroll County in northwestern Illinois 65 years ago. His wife Laurie’s father started his career as a tenant farmer in South Dakota.
Business Insider

Pork prices could spike 50% thanks to a new animal-welfare law that says pigs must have more space, one of the US' biggest producers says

US pork prices could spike 50% due to a new California animal-welfare law, a pork producer CEO said. The law means farmers in California, or who sell to California, must give breeding pigs more space.