Lessons learned from feeding a late finishing ration to newly weaned piglets to using the wrong semen in a multiplication sow ...

Smithfield Foods has inked a deal with VisionAg, an affiliate of North Carolina’s HD3 Farms, to start a new hog production business early next year as the meat producer gears up to go public, the ...

As of Dec. 1, there were 75.5 million hogs and pigs across U.S. swine production systems. The Q4 2025 inventory was up ...

Smith stated, "I'm pleased to report we've raised our outlook for adjusted operating profit, driven primarily by our increased outlook for our Hog Production segment." Hall confirmed, "We now ...

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Virginia, has named Kraig Westerbeek as president of its hog production operations effective Feb. 29, reporting to President and CEO Shane Smith. Westerbeek, pictured ...

Production contracts lock farmers into guaranteed prices and lower financial risk, but put meat companies in control of some aspects of the operation. This is the third in a five-part series titled ...

Minnesota is closing in on North Carolina to be the second-largest hog-producing state in the nation. According to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Minnesota's pig population on Dec.

As of March 1, there were 74.5 million hogs and pigs on United States farms, down slightly from March 2024 and down 1% from Dec. 1, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report released March 27 by ...

Gov. Doug Burgum charges that South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska are “kicking our butts” in livestock production and implies that South Dakota supercharged their industry when they finally repealed ...

Dwight Mogler of Pig Hill Farms near Lester, Iowa, houses sows in individual stalls when they're ready to be bred, to keep them from showing aggression towards one another. But the stalls are too ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada will pay some farmers to stop raising hogs and offer loans to help others restructure, assistance that drew praise from Canadian hog farmers and concerns from a ...

CEO C. Shane Smith stated, "I am pleased to report that we delivered record second quarter adjusted operating profit of $298 million, that's up 20% from adjusted operating profit of $248 million in ...