Note that weekly hog slaughter posted a mid-December 2015 peak ... Ultimately, that could require very vigorous demand from domestic consumers and international pork buyers. The late-spring ...

First, the FSIS denied the plaintiffs’ petition for rulemaking, which asked the department to end the cruel practice of allowing the slaughter of pigs who are unable to walk or move on their own ...

In the United States, federal regulations require that pigs be stunned prior to slaughter by one of four methods: electricity, chemicals (gas), captive bolt device, or gunshot. The smallest slaughter ...

USDA estimated the weekly FI hog slaughter at 2.633 million head. That is 28,000 head above last week on increased Saturday kill but down 14,405 head from the same week last year. On the date of ...

The loin and picnic primals were the only reported higher. USDA estimated the weekly FI hog slaughter at 2.633 million head. That is 28,000 head above last week on increased Saturday kill but ...

Farrow-to-finish hog producers found positive margins of $31.28 per head last week, up $5.18 from the previous week, ...

All primals were reported lower, with the belly the exception, up $5.42. USDA estimated Wednesday’s FI hog slaughter at 488,000 head, with the week to date total at 1.464 million head.