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 ...

Jim Jendruczek, president and managing partner of Rantoul Foods, in the carcass washer. Our Communities Editor Jim Jendruczek, president and managing partner of Rantoul Foods, in the carcass washer.

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 ...

CHICAGO — One of America’s leading pig slaughterhouses is running faster than ever as meatpackers hustle to keep pork in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plant worker Hector Ixquier says ...