Pork

RSS

More than 96% of the votes cast were voted in favor of the transaction.

Net income was $39.5 million in the first quarter, compared to net income of $61.7 million last year.

Investment supports hog finishing throughout region; benefits company’s pork processing facilities in Iowa and Illinois.

NPB conducted cutting-edge eye-tracking research to determine exactly what consumers look at while shopping the meat case and for how long.

The National Pork Board has committed to investing an additional $350,000 toward research, education and coordination of efforts to better understand Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus.

Higher prices for pork and lower prices for feed mean that U.S. hog farmers are making money for the first time in a year.

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus, also known as PED, was thought to exist only in Europe and China, but Colorado and 14 other states began reporting the virus in April.

Smithfield Foods Inc., which has agreed to a $4.7 billion bid from Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd., was urged by activist investor Starboard Value LP to consider splitting itself up instead.