National Hog Farmer

National Hog Farmer is a leading business magazine dedicated to the pork industry. It offers essential updates, management tips, and relevant production insights to help professional pork producers maintain a competitive edge in today's market.

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DOJ opposes Agri Stats' motion to recuse judge in pork price-fixing case

1 week ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

The U.S. Department of Justice, along with six attorneys general have entered a memorandum in opposition to Agri Stats' motion for recusal and vacatur of U.S. District Judge John Tunheim's recent Daubertand summary judgment opinions.
U.S. pork no longer the ‘other’ meat as campaign celebrates whole hog

1 week ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

With 20 billion pounds of U.S. pork hitting the domestic market each year, it’s essential pork is relevant to consumers. However, as Kiersten Hafer, National Pork Board’s vice president business intelligence notes, consumers have changed more in the last five years than in the last 15. “It used to be everyone around the table and pork playing a critical role in being the centerpiece of the meal. Well, today, people are on the move. Lifestyles have changed,” Hafer says.
SCOTUS considers hearing another Prop 12 challenge

2 weeks ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

A court case challenging California’s Proposition 12 may be getting another look from the United States Supreme Court. Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Bonta has been relisted and was on the docket for the May 22 conference. The petitioners have requested SCOTUS confirm what was unanimously ruled in National Pork Producers Council v.
Meatpacking workers, JBS negotiate deal on line speed safety improvements

2 weeks ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

A month after demanding safer work conditions amid federal deregulation on higher line speeds, pork processing workers at JBS Foods in Worthington, Minnesota have voted to ratify a new union contract, gaining assurances in safety, attendance policy, retirement security and wages. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 says a key victory includes line speed safety protections.
Pork industry prepares for H5N1

2 weeks ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Sarah Muirhead |Ann Hess

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Sunterra counters dismissal motion in hog farm check-kiting lawsuit

2 weeks ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

Sunterra Group has requested the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota deny Compeer Financial’s motion filed April 22 to dismiss Sunterra’s counterclaims in their entirety in the check-kiting scheme lawsuit against three South Dakota hog farms.
Nebraska sixth state to ban lab-grown meat

2 weeks ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

Nebraska is now the sixth state that has passed legislation to ban lab-grown meat. On Tuesday, Governor Jim Pillen signed LB246, banning the production, sale, promotion and distribution of fake meat in the state. The bill was sponsored on Pillen’s behalf by Senator Barry DeKay. “When I stood in front of a group of producers and ag business owners yesterday and announced my intention to sign this legislation, I was met with applause,” said Gov. Pillen.
Clemens agrees to $13.5M settlement with indirect purchasers in pork price-fixing case

3 weeks ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

Consumer Indirect Purchaser plaintiffs in the multidistrict pork-price fixing lawsuit are seeking preliminary approval of the fifth settlement in the case, this time with Clemens Food Group for $13.5 million. This brings monetary relief to the Consumer IPP class to $122.965 million thus far. The agreement is in addition to a $20 million settlement reached with JBS, $75 million with Smithfield Foods, $4.465 million with Hormel Foods and $10 million with Seaboard Foods.
Compeer lawsuit receiver seeks to sell all assets to The Pork Group

3 weeks ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

The court-appointed receiver in Compeer Financial’s lawsuit against Sunterra Group’s three hog farms in Yankton County, South Dakota has filed a motion requesting the court authorize a private sale to The Pork Group, Inc. (Tyson Foods, Inc.) on an expedited basis.
Montana, Indiana join states banning lab-grown meat

1 month ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Ann Hess

Two more states have now passed legislation to ban lab-grown meat. On May 1, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed HB401 into law, prohibiting the manufacture, sale and distribution of cultivated meat, while Indiana took another route this week, issuing a two-year moratorium on the products from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027.