Bill Rupp has been named president of the beef division of JBS USA, succeeding Richard Vesta. Vesta was named president in March of last year when JBS USA bought the

Bernard Leonard, group vice president/Food Service, Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Arkansas, was installed today as chairman of the National Chicken Council, the trade association for the chicken production and processing

Nearly 1,200 workers at the JBS plant in Souderton, Pennsylvania, have voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1776. “I am delighted that we stood together

A worker at a Green Bay meatpacking plant was killed over the weekend when a large steel plate fell on him, the Brown County medical examiner's office said Monday. Gregory

In an effort to continually drive its core principles of sustainable agriculture and humane animal care to the highest possible standards, Niman Ranch has moved its beef processing plant from

Pierre Foods, Advance Food Company and Advance Brands have officially closed on their merger to form AdvancePierre Foods. The combined entity has approximately $1.3 billion in net sales. Credit Suisse,

The World Trade organization ruled that U.S. restrictions on imports of Chinese chicken, turkey and duck broke global commerce rules. WTO judges in Geneva agreed with China that a congressional

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council said that U.S. poultry companies had not been selling their products at unfairly low prices in China and plans to appeal the anti-dumping

China said yesterday that it will impose an anti-dumping duty as high as 105.4 percent on U.S. chicken products, effective today. The tariff rate will be between 50.3 percent and