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A memorandum of understanding signed to ‘deepen discussions’ about combining businesses would bring scale and savings in global meat business.
Walmart, America’s largest retail grocer, has filed suit against various U.S. poultry companies alleging a conspiracy to inflate chicken prices.
African swine fever seen cutting China’s hog output 20-30% which is helping Australian beef sales surge 66% and Brazil’s jump 14% in 2019.
Sensational headlines suggest the Trump administration “diverted” or “showered” money intended for U.S. farmers to a Brazilian meat packer. The truth is less sinister.
Tyson registered several trademarks for plant-based products and the company needs no capital to compete with likes of Beyond Meat.
A meat packer alleges a producer bribed a plant worker to falsify carcass weights in a conspiracy that resulted in an over-payment of more than $222,000.
The food giant won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming misleading advertising, but not before revealing what goes into its products.
R-CALF USA has asked the Justice Department to block the proposed merger of Iowa Premium and National Beef.
While COVID-19 infections spiked at Tyson’s Waterloo, Iowa, plant, supervisors allegedly placed bets on how many workers would become infected. Tyson CEO Dean Banks suspended the managers and announced an investigation.
When a plant increases operational capacity, there is an increase in total industry capacity which in turn has economic ramifications through the cattle cycle as the inventory is expanded or liquidated.
The coronavirus outbreak has forced slowdowns and temporary closures of meat packing plants across the country. This interactive map will be updated as information becomes available.
To help support California food bank’s efforts to meet demand for protein during a difficult fire season, Cargill donated nearly 50,000 pounds of beef to local families in California.
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is planning $28 million expansion of its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant, bringing 245 new jobs.
Overall meat demand continues to uphold breakout prices for pork packers and finishers.
An undercover video filmed by animal rights activists has halted the purchases of pigs by Hormel from one of the company’s suppliers.
The nation’s only ban on meatpackers owning hogs has ended due to a new Nebraska law that allows processers to control the animals from birth to slaughter.
Undercover videos have been top for mind for all sectors of the agriculture industry and activists aren’t going to stop using the tactic anytime soon.
Brazilian meat producer JBS will buy the U.S. pork division of agribusiness giant Cargill for $1.45 billion, the companies said Wednesday.
JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat producer, said it plans to increase exports to Asia after paying $1.3 billion to buy Primo Group, the largest producer of ham and bacon in Australia and New Zealand.
Tyson Foods has opted to build a $300 million chicken processing complex in Tennessee instead of Kansas.
On Nov. 9, more than 200 local meat and poultry processors in Iowa were awarded Meat Processing and Expansion Grants from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
A bipartisan bill is set for discussion in the North Carolina state legislature that would provide $25 million in federal CARES Act funding to help meat-processing plants add capacity and help independent producers.
WholeStone Farms chairman Luke Minion says the purchase aligns with the company’s goal to create and capture value in the pork supply chain for their 220 independent producer-owners.
Cargill and Tyson hit by Trump border stand and low unemployment. Analyst says it’s a ‘jump ball’ if new plants will run to capacity.
Mississippi lawmakers have real fears about “fake meat,” and the state could become the latest to ban food made from plants, insects, or grown in a lab from being described as meat.
The food giant won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming misleading advertising, but not before revealing what goes into its products.
Meat processor says that ‘time was right to exit its investment’ and it will test its own protein alternatives.
Swine fever drives people to seek other forms of meat protein and farmers may even be starting to slaughter their own dairy cows.
Tyson Foods and the state of Utah have announced plans for the meat packer to bring a new $300 million further processing plant for beef and pork to the Salt Lake City-area.
African swine fever seen cutting China’s hog output 20-30% which is helping Australian beef sales surge 66% and Brazil’s jump 14% in 2019.