Foster Farms has acquired the Farmerville, La., operations of Pilgrim’s Pride in an $80 million deal. The state of Louisiana is putting up half of the price in the deal,

Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, a former supervisor at the Agriprocessors facility in Postville, Iowa, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his part in hiring illegal immigrants. He pled

Hormel is claiming that Crystal Distribution Services is to blame for damage to millions of dollars worth of meat in last June's flooding in Iowa. The suit, filed in U.S.

Tight credit and weakened global economies may cause chicken exports to dip in 2009 when compared to 2008, said Joe Sanderson, CEO of Sanderson Farms. Sanderson spoke Tuesday at the

Tyson Foods, Inc. has completed the sale of its Lakeside operations in Canada, to XL Foods Inc. Lakeside, based in Brooks, Alberta, is a diversified agribusiness involved in cattle feeding,

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a final rule to amend the federal meat inspection regulations to require a complete ban on the slaughter of cattle that become non-ambulatory disabled after

A Minnesota company has won federal approval to become the first in the country to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle. Epitopix LLC was given a conditional license from

Smithfield Foods announced today that it had a net loss of $103.1 million, or 73 cents per share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. For the nine months of

Pilgrim’s Pride has rejected the offer by Foster Farms to acquire its Farmerville, La., operations. The acquisition offer, which was brokered by Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and his staff, would

According to a report in the Farmerville (La.) Gazette, the state of Louisiana has received a firm offer from Foster Farms to purchase the Pilgrim's Pride plant in Farmerville that