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New data from The NPD Group show consumption of plant-based dairy alternatives is more likely to take place at home, but plant-based meat alternatives are more frequently eaten at restaurants.

Hallmark Channel Christmas movies are known for their ability to tug at the emotional heartstrings of viewers around this time of year. This year’s commercial breaks, however, will tug on the hunger pangs of viewers in the same way.

Smithfield Foods has settled litigation over hog farms in North Carolina after an appeals court decision upheld a nuisance verdict against a company subsidiary.

Americans are cutting back on Thanksgiving plans because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the good news for consumers is that prices for the turkey and some of the trimmings will be lower.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused adjustments in countless aspects of our daily lives in the United States, but it has also hindered one of the most successful promotion efforts for American meat in foreign grocery stores: free samples.

The National Pork Board’s AgView, a web-based software tool, is designed to protect the swine industry infrastructure against foreign animal diseases (FAD) and potential loss of export markets.

Leading farm groups united with two major environmental groups to release on Tuesday more than 40 policy proposals aimed at helping farmers benefit economically from reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions while helping growers become more resilient amid climate change.

The House is back in session this week along with the Senate, and lawmakers face a lengthy to-do list, which includes passing a stimulus bill as well as an omnibus appropriations measure to fund the government through the rest of fiscal 2021.

Reduced consumer incomes around the world and supply chain difficulties during the pandemic have taken a toll on ag and food exporters in developing countries, but overall trade has remained “remarkably resilient” and some suppliers have prospered, according to a new publication from the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization.