pork prices

Last year, beef and pork prices were up an average of 6%, hitting carnivores' wallets hard every time they were at the grocery store. With wholesale meat prices already up 25% more than last year, the USDA is now warning consumers that this year's increases could be even worse. Bacon is the cut...

What's in a name? The pork industry is discovering the wrong name can become a multi-billion dollar calamity. Since April, when many of us first heard the name "Swine Flu" used for the H1N1 virus, the pork market has been in a tailspin. According to the National Pork Producers Council, this is...