"They sold enough product in the first two weeks to feed a third of the pigs in the country," Richert says. Paylean is the trade name for ractopamine hydrochloride, a pharmaceutical product that ...

Cash cattle averaged $210.22 per cwt., up $6 from last week, while lean carcass hog prices came in slightly higher at $82.71 ...

Cash cattle averaged $204.12 per cwt., up from last week, while lean carcass hog prices came in at $81.79 per cwt.

Several states have developed stricter regulations for the animal feedlot industry. In particular, efforts have been made to limit the environmental impact of Maryland's poultry industry and the ...

The House Agriculture Committee is expected to consider corporate farming issues, feedlots, property rights and the sales tax exemption for used farm machinery among other issues. Here is a run down ...