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Hormel Foods Corp. announced it has been recognized with two top employer accolades

State Fair brand corn dogs launch golden stick promotion.

Westin Foods announced that effective April 1, it has expanded its Health and Wellness division by acquiring a majority interest in Dominex LC, of St. Augustine, Fla.

Members will serve as advisers to the Tyson FarmCheck program, a comprehensive initiative designed to ensure responsible care and overall well-being of farm animals.

The new board members will begin their terms at the end of the AMSA 2013 66th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) in Auburn, Alabama this June.

A Korean beef processing company is looking to expand to the U.S. and is considering building a facility in Scottsbluff, Neb.

The report highlights the company's sustainability and community outreach efforts to date with a particular focus on 2012.

McDonald’s announced that it is adding three new Quarter Pounders to its burger menu, replacing its 1/3-pound Angus burgers.

Two Smithfield plants, which handle 43,000 hogs a day or about 10 percent of the U.S. industry, already are ractopamine-free.

A study from the University of Delaware reports that federal environmental programs have drastically overestimated the poultry industry’s contributions to water pollution.