In a letter to Congress Tuesday, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) president Bob Stallman spoke out against proposed legislation that would handicap veterinarians and livestock and poultry producers in their

Engelhart Gourmet Foods Inc., a Fairfield, Calif. establishment is recalling approximately 3,456 pounds of a smoked chicken sausage product because the product may contain an allergen, wheat, the U.S. Department

A study of more than 500,000 middle-aged and elderly Americans has found that those who consumed red meat or processed meats daily were 30 percent more likely to die during

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