It discussed ongoing research on potential alternatives to the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) and, although there are plenty of ...

Gas stunning provides some animal welfare advantages in that it doesn’t require restraint and allows pigs to be moved in groups, which reduces pre-slaughter handling stress. Both laboratory research ...

The loin, butt, and rib were reported higher. Federally inspected hog slaughter from USDA was estimated 485,000 head for Tuesday, with a weekly total ta 967,000 head. That was down 7,000 head from ...

Mid-May marked the one-year anniversary of a rulemaking petition filed by AWI and allies asking the US Department of Agriculture to require the installation of ...

Good Luck at the Hog Slaughter is suggestive, confrontational and clingy. Once a phrase used to usher a friend through an old family ritual, the saying "good luck at the hog slaughter" stuck to ...

The June 1 population of heavyweight hogs (180 pounds and over) at 1% over year-ago essentially equaled recent slaughter differences and pre-report estimates. The number of hogs weighing 120-179 ...