Note that weekly hog slaughter posted a mid-December 2015 peak at 2.499 million head. That essentially topped the packing industry’s slaughter capacity at 2.491 million.

As U.S. pork producers are work to rebuild hog herds, disease pressure proved to be a problem for producers, which could ease potential slaughter issues later this year. Those were the headlines ...

USDA estimated hog slaughter for the Tuesday at 477,000 head, with the weekly tally at 958,000. That was 4,000 head below last week and down 9,797 head from the same week last year.

Record-high feed costs caused by the worst drought in half a century are forcing farmers to slaughter more of their hogs, with the number reaching 9.9 million head in August, the highest-ever for ...

A trapper with 30 years' experience has been successful in removing wild hogs from Flatwoods Park.

The wild boar culling quota for the 2025 season is over a quarter fulfilled with around 5,000 animals slaughtered as of ...

A large Saturday hog slaughter this week could be a strong clue that some U.S. pork companies have entered deals to ship more pork to China, industry sources said on Thursday.