US Agriculture Dept

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An animal welfare group has released an undercover video that it says shows cruel treatment of pigs at a Minnesota slaughterhouse that supplies Hormel Foods Corp.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) ” Forecasts are calling for a bumper crop of soybeans and corn for Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers this year.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal agriculture officials say the virus that killed more than 8 million baby pigs in 2013 and 2014 likely came into the United States on reusable tote bags used in international trade.

Washington, DC  (Minnesota News Network) -   The US Department of Agriculture has lowered this year's estimate of the Minnesota corn harvest. But the forecast is still larger than a year ago.