SAN FRANCISCO – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. shares slid 12 percent on Monday due to concerns about the prices of boneless chicken breasts and surging feed costs. The stock price

WASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to suspend the effective date for the proposed Privacy Act system

SEOUL – The South Korean government said Monday that talks with the United States over a recent beef deal ended with no immediate breakthrough. The Asian nation’s government has

HOGEYE, Ark. – Arkansas officials are checking backyard chickens in the western part of the state to see if they have avian influenza. The discovery of a low-pathogenic strain

MILWAUKEE – A family whose 3-year-old daughter died from eating meat tainted with E. coli has received a $13.5 million settlement with the meat supplier and the franchise owner.

POSTVILLE, Iowa – Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville, Iowa, where 400 workers were arrested on immigration charges, has restored much of its production. The plant was reportedly the world’s biggest

WASHINGTON – The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require federal contractors and subcontractors

SEOUL – South Korea’s trade minister left Friday for the United States to seek measures limiting U.S. beef shipments and defuse a major political crisis at home. South Korean

WASHINGTON – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has asked the U.S. Senate Energy and Renewable Resources Committee to reevaluate the current renewable fuels policy and its use of feed

 SMITHFIELD, Va. – Fifty-four Smithfield Foods Inc. facilities in 23 states have been given the American Meat Institute’s Environmental Recognition Award for efforts in their local areas during the past