Industry-average cut yields, labor costs and packaging costs are updated annually in January based on a survey of packers ...

Volunteers flip pork chops and ribs at the Iowa State Fairgrounds during the World Pork Expo June 4, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Despite an ongoing trade war and low ...

Animals that recently have given birth, suffered an injury, or had a surgical procedure such as tail docking or branding are ...

The National Pork Producers Council has been in correspondence with the MAHA commission about pork products not falling under ...

The National Pork Producers Council is a trade association that represents the interests of the U.S. pork industry. The organization hosted the annual World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa on June 4 and ...

The beginning of 2024 proved to be tough for pork producers, but thankfully as the year comes to a close the tide is changing. “It has been a very diverse year. When you look back at the start of the ...

Bacon and pork chops are not back on the menu at the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court on Monday, June 30, rejected an Iowa Pork Producers Association challenge to California’s controversial ...

In 2023, Iowa and other U.S. pork producers experienced their worst losses ever. Last year, producers mostly broke even. Can they return to profitability in 2025? Lee Schulz, chief economist at ...

A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report provided an expected slight drop in beef and pork production. The Sept. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report showed lower beef ...

PARIS (Reuters) -European pork producers face a squeeze on profit margins after China, their largest market, imposed anti-dumping duties of up to 62.4% on imports of EU pork products. The provisional ...

Several U.S. pork producers have asked for a Minnesota federal judge to step aside from their pending antitrust case after raising numerous accusations of a conflict of interest against a law clerk.