Fremont, Neb., home of meatpacking plants for Hormel and Fremont Beef, has passed a law that bans hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants, setting itself up for a likely

USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) announced a sweeping new proposal that would upset the market and business relationships of small and independent packer-processors nationwide, reports the National

Campbell Soup Supply Company LLC, a Paris, Texas, establishment is recalling approximately 15,000,000 pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" canned products due to possible under-processing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food

Smithfield Foods Inc. reported fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and full year results. Sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 were $2.9 billion, up 2% compared to the fourth quarter

The USDA plans to buy as much as $14 million worth of dark meat chicken products to help producers facing a glut in stock and decreasing prices. The stockpile is

Marfrig Alimentos SA, headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has agreed to pay $1.26 billion for Keystone Foods LLC, one of the largest U.S. privately held companies and a manufacturer of

Sara Lee Corp. said that Chairman and CEO Brenda Barnes, who has been on a temporary medical leave of absence, is recovering from a stroke. “I know there has been

EPA Region 7 has taken a series of civil enforcement actions against three beef feedlot operations in Iowa for violations of the Clean Water Act, as part of a continuing

Wesley Batista, CEO of JBS Swift & Co., said that both his company and the U.S. beef industry in general will increase exports in 2010. “JBS beef exports will increase

Former Agriprocessors manager Sholom Rubashkin was acquitted by a jury on 67 counts of child labor violations at the Iowa meatpacking plant. However, he still faces sentencing June 22 in