South Korea said Wednesday it would reopen talks soon with the United States on a major free trade deal, but rejected complaints it unfairly restricts U.S. beef and auto exports.

Shares of Smithfield Fods Inc. rose more than 5 percent yesterday on reports that the company may be the subject of a takeover bid by JBS SA, parent company of

The Food and Drug Administration is urging meat producers to limit the amount of antibiotics they give animals in response to public health concerns about the drugs. The FDA said

After closing its borders to Canadian and U.S. beef in 2003 after outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), China has agreed to reopen its borders to Canadian beef. China will

At a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Washington, President Barack Obama announced that Russia has agreed to lift its ban on U.S. poultry exports. “We have

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