SAO PAULO – Tyson Foods Inc. announced Thursday it is continuing its international expansion with investments in the Brazilian poultry industry. The Springdale, Ark.-based company has signed signed purchase
OMAHA, Neb. – ConAgra Foods Inc. announced Thursday that it reported an increase in sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The consumer foods segment posted sales of
WICHITA, Kan. – Cargill Meat Solutions on Wednesday announced changes to the company’s senior leadership team. Bill Rupp, business unit leader of Cargill Beef and president of Cargill Meat
WASHINGTON – An undercover video shot at an Iowa farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about abusing the pigs.
RICHMOND, Va. – A jury will consider Smithfield Foods Inc.’s racketeering and extortion allegations against the United Food and Commercial Works International (UFCW) in its effort to organize workers
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Canadian Pork Council said Tuesday that exports of fresh, chilled and frozen U.S. pork have been increasing and narrowing the gap between Canadian exports and
DENVER – The National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF) is coordinating relief efforts for cattlemen in Texas and Louisiana who have been affected by Hurricane Ike. In the Texas counties of
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC) has joined the Pork Checkoff’s Nutritional Efficiency Consortium (NEC), a group of organizations addressing the increasing cost of pork
DUBLIN, Ohio – Shareholder votes are expected to seal the deal today on a take over of Wendy’s International Inc. by Triarc Cos., owners of Arby’s. Wendy’s shareholders are
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