Hog

Within the next ten years, Smithfield will implement “manure-to-energy” projects across 90% of the company’s hog finishing spaces in North Carolina, Utah and Virginia, and nearly all of Smithfield’s hog finishing spaces in Missouri.

Good Earth Farms, near Milladore, sells organic beef, pork and chicken to customers across the country.

David Newman of Arkansas named board president.

Hog Outlook: African swine fever is dominating the pork industry’s financial picture right now.

The project compiles data from around the world to monitor swine diseases in real time.

“A trade deal is quite important to how much pork China buys from us,” says Informa analyst.

When asked what pork dishes people crave, 51% said they crave Mexican and Latin pork dishes and 45% said they crave Asian pork dishes.