Contract finishing accounted for 52% of the U.S. hog inventory in the latest USDA Hogs and Pigs report. Contract hog finishing has continued to grow into a larger part of total U.S. pork production.
BUTTE - A pork company is considering Butte for a large-scale, high-tech hog processing plant. Montana Pork Co. might build a plant capable of processing 500 hogs an hour - and providing about 150 ...