M ore than 80% of poultry slaughterhouse workers and half of hog processing employees testing faster line speeds are at high risk of developing chronic conditions like arthritis and carpal tunnel ...

Tyson Foods’ decision to shutter four poultry processing plants yet this year and into early 2024, combined with Smithfield Foods closing 35 pig farms, are strong signals consolidation is ...

With large-scale processing plants closing, farmers are rushing to offload their hogs at smaller processors, like Ruck’s Meat Market in Belle Plaine. Ruck’s owner Cliff Martens said his shop ...

If interprovincial trade barriers are not swiftly removed, Hudson says, he would have to keep sending his hogs to the U.S. since there’s such limited processing capacity in Eastern Ontario.

more than 39,000 from hog slaughter and more than 16,000 from hog processing, totaling 120,231 jobs. The pork industry contributed $15.4 billion in value added to Iowa’s economy in 2024.

Pork shipments from a North Carolina pork processing plant are now blocked ... blocking shipments due to concerns about the quality of hog skins. The one plant alone has a slaughter capacity ...