AdvancePierre Foods is moving a food manufacturing line from its facility in Orange City, Iowa, to Enid, Okla., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Iowa facility is losing 100 of its approximately 450 jobs, reports the Enid News and Eagle. The layoffs will take place at the end of July.
Hormel Foods Corp. is expanding its corporate headquarters in Austin. The maker of Spam and other prepared foods broke ground on the expansion Monday, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
A 33-year-old man was caught trying to bring 385 pounds, or 35 rolls, of illegal Mexican bologna over the border. The illegal meat was discovered as the man was trying to cross the Santa Teresa port of entry, reports the Daily Mail.
West Liberty Foods, LLC today became the first Iowa-based business to be certified as a partner in a nationwide program with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ensure a legal and more secure workforce.
More small towns and companies in North Carolina have joined with Wilson and Raleigh to oppose Sanderson Farms building a poultry processing plant in Nash County, reports the Rocky Mount Telegram.
Tyson Foods Inc. told investors at the BMO Capital Markets 2011 Farm to Market Conference that sales of chicken, beef and pork improved in the past two weeks as the weather turned warm.
Applegate, the country's leading producer of natural and organic meats and cheeses, will hit Radio 92.9 EarthFest in Boston on Saturday, May 21 to give away thousands of organic hot dogs and show festival goers why Applegate franks cut the mustard and how a cleaner planet can start with a cleaner wiener.