Given the dismal national record of pig processing plants, Ranchland Packing Co.’s proposed pig plant is potentially very problematic for Butte. While the company and some Butte officials tout the ...

Ranchland Packing Co. wants to move from its location at 1201 Centennial Ave., and open a new hog processing plant in the Tax Increment Financing Industrial District, west of Butte. Owner Gary Wold ...

The opening of a pork processing plant would be an economic blessing to pork producers, consumers and people looking for work, local hog farmers say. For one thing, the competition among the companies ...

Shannon Gibbons of Mason City addresses the City Council with her concerns about the proposed hog processing plant Tuesday during the public forum of the council meeting at the Mason City Public ...

Two national environmental groups are joining local efforts to stall — or stop altogether — Triumph Foods’ proposed hog-processing plant along Barstow Road in East Moline. The new Quad-Cities Citizens ...

Opponents of Triumph Foods' proposed hog-processing plant in East Moline will hold a River Rally at Riverside Saturday. The rally will be from 4-7 p.m. at Riverside United MethodistLife Center, 2410 ...

CLEAR LAKE — Opponents of a proposed hog processing plant in Mason City on Monday urged Clear Lake officials to take a stand against the project. About a dozen people spoke against the proposed $240 ...

More than 80% of poultry slaughterhouse workers and half of hog processing employees testing faster line speeds are at high risk of developing chronic conditions like arthritis and carpal tunnel ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - John Morrell, a unit of Smithfield Foods , said on Wednesday it was shutting its antiquated hog processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa, from April 20, sending hog futures prices ...

This week, WHQR is exploring the growth and impact of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in our series "CAFO Country." As we reported, eastern North Carolina is a national leader for ...

Spain’s Costa Food Group plans a modern pork plant in Paraguay, boosting Latin American production and exports to Europe and ...