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Pork industry had asked to increase the speed at which pigs can be processed into meat

The National Pork Producers Council urged the federal government Tuesday to let them continue an effort to speed up the processing of pigs into bacon and ham despite the United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s claim that the increased volume endangers workers.

We’d probably all like to have a job from which we couldn’t be fired. We could neglect our duties and …

Three days before Christmas, Tom Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. agriculture secretary, convened a videoconference with nine prominent …

Rebecca Groff, 68, of Cedar Rapids trusts her gut to let her know when she has a recipe just right. …

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Meatpacking plants that had to briefly close due to coronavirus outbreaks have been back up …

QUASQUETON – Al Wulfekuhle was just a kid when he started raising pigs, helping his dad run the family farm …

Farmers facing big losses after the bottom dropped out of the food market in the COVID-19 pandemic this spring can …

DES MOINES – Iowa farmers were having a tough go of it well before the novel coronavirus made its way …

The state ethics board last month issued a rare reprimand and $250 penalty to an Environmental Protection Commission member for …