Slowing down line speeds at six pork processing plants in the U.S., including this Wholestone Foods plant in Fremont, Nebraska, has been the equivalent of shutting down one full plant, says Dave ...

A pig’s head arrives in front of Christopher Lopez. He knows the drill: cut into the area behind the ears, find two small ...

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture will open enrollment to the public on ...

The JBS pork processing plant in Worthington, Minn. Minnesota is the nation’s second-largest pork producer after Iowa, and more than 17,500 Minnesotans work in meat processing.

Iowa State University research shows the ruling eliminates 2.5% of pork packing plant capacity nationwide and could result in $80 million in lost income for small U.S. hog farmers this year alone.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) have partnered to launch an ...

Some pork packing plants were processing up to 1,450 head an hour before the court ruling forced them at the end of June to revert to a maximum line speed of 1,106 head an hour.

Thiele owns 31 percent of a hog operation that he shares with other pork producers. He said the farm is in line to market 120,000 pigs to packers this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that nine pork plants can apply to operate faster processing-line speeds under a one-year trial, after a federal judge in March struck down a ...

A new online, self-paced course is being offered for anyone interested in exploring a career in the meat processing industry.

LINCOLN, NEB. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) opened ...