Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has put together an emergency task force consisting of most of his cabinet as well as Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain to find a strategy that would

A supervisor arrested after last July's Agriprocessors Inc. meatpacking plant raid in Iowa has been sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison for harboring illegal immigrants. Martin De La

Hormel Foods Corp., announced that the company’s common stock was added to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index after the market closed on Tuesday, March 3. “We are honored to

Cargill has partnered with its retail grocery customers to launch the “Feed the Whole Family for $10” campaign. Cargill is providing point-of-purchase signage, on-pack stickers, four full-color recipe cards –

Lucy's Enterprises, Inc., a Kent, Wash., establishment, is recalling approximately 13,776 pounds of frozen, ground chicken products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. today announced plans to idle three of its 32 U.S. chicken processing plants by mid-May as part of its reorganization. The idling of these three underperforming plants

Sanderson Farms reported a first-quarter net loss of $6.7 million and net sales for $388.9 million. “The results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 reflect prevailing economic conditions and

Kathleen Merrigan President Barack Obama today announced his intention to nominate Kathleen A. Merrigan to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. “We at the U.S. Department of Agriculture welcome the President's

Barbara Young, editor-in-chief, reports from the NMA's MeatXpo '09 in Las Vegas.LAS VEGAS – Sunday night was Oscar night in Hollywood. A segment of the U.S. meat industry hosted its

Quiznos names new CEO Quiznos founder Rick Schaden has been named chief executive officer of the sub sandwich chain, following the resignation of Dave Deno. Quiznos’ previous CEO, Greg Brenneman,