Retail meat sales spiked 77% higher for the week ending March 15, but food shortages are not expected during the "social distancing" period underway to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Pork exports maintained a torrid pace into the new year with January sales to China/Hong Kong leading the way. January beef exports increased modestly from last year.
Seeking to bolster America’s economy amid growing fears over the coronavirus, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday by half a percentage point.
Fears over the coronavirus have caused Cargill Inc. to ban all non-essential employee travel. Facebook has also cancelled its largest convention, but the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics say preparations continue.
Iowa’s General Assembly failed to take action on a request by activist groups for a legislative moratorium on new and expanded “factory farms” in the Hawkeye state, but the groups vow the issue will return.
Research into consumer acceptance of alternative proteins reveals nearly a third of Americans believe fake meat products are simply incomparable to real meat.
More Brazilian fresh beef, pork and poultry is headed to China, thanks to a new partnership announced between JBS S.A. and China's WH Group, a publicly traded Chinese meat and food processing company.
The hype leading up to Sunday's big game becomes mind-boggling, which is the only logical explanation for Scott Ostler’s poke in Kansas City’s collective eye with a sharp stick.
Tyson Foods seeks to unite stakeholders across the food and agriculture sector to identify and implement new and creative solutions to sustainably feed the world’s growing population.
From their climate-controlled offices in the center of a smog-shrouded megalopolis, the editorial board of The Los Angeles Times seems utterly clueless about ranching and climate.
ASPCA has announced its second "Factory Farm Detox," a campaign the activist group hopes will encourage Americans to “eliminate factory-farmed foods” during a week-long consumer challenge.
Beef packers saw their margins decline to the lowest level since before the Tyson packing plant fire August 9 as beef cutout prices declined and cash cattle prices increased.
New Jersey senator and Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker has proposed legislation that would ban new CAFOs (controlled animal feeding operations) and require existing ones to close by January 2040.
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., introduced the Real MEAT Act, which aims to clarify the definition of beef and plant-based meat alternatives on product labels.
