DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Prestage Farms will build new $240 million hog processing plant in Wright County after an earlier plan to build in Mason City failed. The company said Tuesday that the plant ...

A group of concerned citizens has banded together to learn more information about the business plan for Premium Iowa Pork, based in Iowa, who purchased the former Driftless Meats building located on ...

Instead, the USDA’s new rules are focused on making the euphemistically named “hog processing” industry faster than ever. According to Reuters, the new rules mean companies can slaughter pigs as ...

DAWSON (AP) -- The future of 80 family farms in southwest Minnesota rests on the fate of a new kind of hog processing plant set to open around the middle of December. It's farmer owned and controlled ...

More 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 ...