Pilgrim’s Pride reported earnings of $32.92 million for the second quarter ending June 27, down 38 percent from last year’s $53.24 million. Production cuts made in the last year, lower
Fisher Packing wins Best of Show at Cured Meat Championships The 2010 American Cured Meat Championships honored some of the country’s top small processors and the best all-around cured meats.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service may issue new proposed rules in the fall that would change what constitutes “natural” chicken, after a disagreement among poultry producers on whether
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has shut down the Murray’s Chicken plant in South Fallsburg, N.Y., leaving 350 people temporarily out of work. The closing of the plant
Senior management from Pierre Foods Inc., Advance Food Co. Inc. and Advance Brands LLC, announced that the Boards of Directors of all three companies have unanimously approved and entered into
The USDA has responded to calls from Congress, many leading agriculture organizations to extend the comment period to the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed rule on livestock
The U.S. beef cattle herd has shrunk to its lowers figure since 1973, as farmers are wary of beef demand during the economic struggles. Cattle producers may make about $51.53
U.S. frozen pork stockpiles are down 29 percent from this time last year, as shrinking herds led to a decline in production while U.S. pork exports grew. Warehouses held 410.1
A hearing by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry turned into a verbal assault on the proposed Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration livestock rules. Congressmen from
A former USDA employee who says she was forced to resign over videotaped remarks about a white farming family said that those comments were taken out of context. The family
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