Maple Leaf Foods announced it will close its Larsen Packers plant in Berwick, Nova Scotia, next April, eliminating 280 jobs. The company, which has owned the plant since 2000, told

Bob Evans Farms Inc. announced its results for the 2011 second fiscal quarter ended Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. Chairman and CEO Steve Davis said the Company's second-quarter adjusted operating results,

Livestock marketing rules proposed by USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) will weaken meat quality, according an op-ed by Certified Angus Beef Founder Mick Colvin that appeared in

Hundreds of Nash County, N.C., residents protested a proposed Sanderson Farms chicken processing plant. Residents say the plant would ruin their quality of life and could jeopardize the area’s drinking

President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak failed to reach agreement on a free-trade accord as the two nations wrangled over automobile and beef imports to

A new comprehensive economic analysis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed regulation found it would be bad for farmers and ranchers, bad for consumers and bad for rural America,

A diverse coalition of farm and food trade associations today filed a suit in federal court to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to allow gasoline containing 15 percent

Sara Lee Corp. reported lower operating income and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, primarily due to higher commodity costs net of

APPA Fine Foods, a Corona, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 7,325 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken pasta salad products because they contain cilantro that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S.

Bob Evans Farms announced that it is closing the fresh sausage production line at its Bidwell, Ohio, production facility, effective today. The company cites the difficult economics of the current