pork industry
Swine farming sector
The pork industry encompasses the commercial production, processing, and distribution of pig meat.
This includes hog farming operations, slaughterhouses, and packaged meat companies.
The pork industry lobbied against new animal welfare regulations.
The term often appears in discussions of agricultural policy, environmental impact, and food safety.
- butcheringProcessing animals into cuts
- meat packingProcessing animals for food
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- farrowingSow giving birth
- fatAdipose tissue
breeding · wholesale markets · pig · hog · pig farmer · trade tariffs · Smithfield · ham · agricultural subsidies · sausage · bacon · USDA · rendering · Denmark · chops · curing · vertical integration · feedlot
- food industryrestaurants, eateries, fast food, cafeterias, catering
- pig farmingpigs, hogs, pig farming, hog farming, sow
- livestockcow, cows, cattle, bull, bulls
- Canadian Industriesaerospace, automotive, biotechnology, construction, dairy
livestock sector type
pork industrycattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
beef industry · poultry industry · chicken farming · sheep farming · goat farming