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Prosciutto may become challenging to find in different parts of the world due to a highly contagious and deadly disease ...

Small-scale livestock farmers ask for new regulations on slaughtering their animals, hoping for USDA-approved 'on-farm kills' ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird voices support for an appeal of a Massachusetts law concerning the confinement of livestock ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered disputed signatures be verified and an expedited hearing be held for the medical marijuana question that supporters hope to place on the November ...

Some 88 percent of rural voters in battleground states say they would be more favorable toward a candidate who supports “cracking down on meat processing ... Joe Maxwell, a hog farmer in Mexico ...

(AP Photo/Steve Helber) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Boar’s Head, the deli meat company at the center of a deadly listeria food poisoning outbreak, is being ...

Since the launch of these checkpoints in August 2024, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have intercepted nearly 500 ASF-infected pigs across the country. The ...

Chimp kills baby: Experts say the animals no longer fear humans and are freely coming out for food and other needs. A chimpanzee who became famous for using tools has killed its first human - an eight ...