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As animal welfare expert Temple Grandin has described it, pregnant pigs housed in gestation crates spend their days living in the equivalent of an airline…
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Bacon and pork chops could become cheaper this year thanks, in part, to fewer pigs getting sick with the virus that devastated hog farms in 2014.The…
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You might have noticed when grilling steaks or hot dogs this summer that they cost more than they did last year.According to the U.S. Department of…
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Cargill, one of the country’s largest pork producers, announced Monday it will stop using gestation crates.The controversial narrow cages are meant to…
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As recently reported, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea killed millions of piglets in 27 states this year. Possibly originating in China, Iowa farmers were hurt…
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Hog farmers are now required to report outbreaks of certain viral diseases that have spread across the country during the past year, according to the U.S.…
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The Food and Drug Administration wants to phase out antibiotics in meat.Regulators released a broad plan Wednesday, Dec. 11, designed to prevent meat…