Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied on Wednesday while cattle slid. Most active April lean hogs settled at 88.300 cents a pound, up 1.725 cents. June lean hogs closed at 102.375 cents ...

Smithfield, the largest U.S. pork processor, began rolling out automated ... repeatedly slicing livestock carcasses on fast-moving processing lines or moving heavy boxes of frozen meat.

Quality can vary, from cheap, fatty specimens stuffed with pork that has been blasted off the carcasses, to the finest quality pork minced with nothing other than seasoning and a pinch of spice ...

The popular Pork Quality Competition returned to this year’s Prairie Livestock Expo in Winnipeg with record participation — 46 carcasses from 23 entrants across Manitoba. The event combines ...