In January, subscribers to the American Society for Nutrition’s email service received an ad from the National Pork Board, seeking funding requests for research that would help “advance understanding” ...

Northeast Iowa hog farmers are about as divided as the rest of the country when it comes to the mandatory pork checkoff. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture told 15,951 hog farmers who ...

Elated and overjoyed. Disappointed and surprised. Pork producers' opinions ran the gamut after District Judge Richard A. Enslen declared the pork checkoff unconstitutional. The ruling, issued Oct. 25, ...

Scientists discovered that lean pork builds muscle more effectively post-workout than high-fat pork, even with identical ...

The Pork Cares Farm Impact Report program is providing pork producers with sustainability reports of their operations and creating a national sustainability report for the swine industry. The Pork ...

The USDA is preparing to pull the plug on the Pork Checkoff Program. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced Thursday that all votes from last year's producers referendum had been tallied and the ...

SPRINGFIELD -- The national pork checkoff, the $54 million program that produced the ``other white meat'' advertising campaign, has been defeated in a nationwide vote by pork producers. U.S.

In 2023, consumption of chicken in the United States has hit an all-time high, outpacing that of beef or pork. According to the Department of Agriculture, beef was consumed at an average of 84.4 ...

The pork industry will see some changes in the checkoff program to kick off 2023. Earlier this year delegates to the 2022 National Pork Forum voted to change the national pork checkoff rate. The ...

A new brand strategy the National Pork Board aims to capitalize on sales increases of pork during the coronavirus pandemic and leverage interest in a broad array of cuisine options that can put their ...

The National Pork Board will meet in early November to approve the 2009 Pork Checkoff budget before sending it to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for approval. Pork producers pay 40 cents for each ...

-- DES MOINES, Iowa - The pork checkoff has selected four pork production operations to receive the 2006 Pork Industry Environmental Steward Awards. This year's honorees are Braun Farms of Le Sueur, ...