One Minnesota hog farmer sealed the cracks in his barn and piped carbon dioxide through the ventilation system. Another farmer has considered gassing his animals after loading them into a truck. And a ...

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) gas is often-overlooked as an important commodity in meat processing. It is used to stun livestock by a method called Controlled Atmospheric Stunning (CAS). This process is ...

Harnett County farmer Tom Butler delivered 8,000 grown pigs to Prestage Farms this week, as he added another batch of 8,000 young pigs to his barns. Farmers who contract with the state’s big pork ...

Third generation hog farmer Chad Leman, making his daily rounds, points to dozens of 300-pound pigs. "These pigs should be gone," he said. He means gone to the meatpacking plant to be processed. But ...

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - China's top pig farmer Guangdong Wen's Foodstuff Group is pushing into processing meat, broadening its operations to limit the impact from tougher competition and falling ...