Given the dismal national record of pig processing plants, Ranchland Packing Co.’s proposed pig plant is potentially very problematic for Butte. While the company and some Butte officials tout the ...

PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. — Caleb Baer never imagined the response he’d get to a Craigslist ad looking for homes — or freezers — for some of his pigs. “Due to the COVID-19 epidemic going around and loss ...

Third generation hog farmer Chad Leman, making his daily rounds, points to dozens of 300-pound pigs. "These pigs should be gone," he said. He means gone to the meatpacking plant to be processed. But ...

Life is all about eating meat, stealing kisses, and keeping your body well-moisturized. Well, it’s really more about being happy and staying alive. But you feel me. These days, it seems like everyone ...

Virginia pigs are getting a small reprieve. Smithfield Foods says it plans to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant. The world's largest pork producer said ...

More than a year after developing a mysterious neurological disorder eventually linked to their inhalation of aerosolized pig brains, 24 pork plant workers have regained their health. Their recovery, ...

While pig ears and snouts rarely make appearances on Western dining tables, they are hailed as culinary treasures in China — a regional predilection that has led to a booming market in imported pig ...