WASHINGTON– The US Department of Agriculture Rural Development (RD) recently announced it would be moving into Phase 4 of the ...

In February, the United States Department of Agriculture announced two proposed changes to federal rules governing the rate ...

A recent bill authored by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Cal.) seeks to address the enormous power gap in the meat sector and make processing plants safer for workers. The bill has ...

The press conference was neither substantive nor cohesive. It proved to be nothing more than an exercise in political theater ...

Smithfield Foods’ pork processing plant is set to reopen today in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. With 250 workers planning to return to just two departments—seasoned ground pork and night cleanup— the ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order under the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump had highlighted the order during ...

It is a business renowned in the region for quality and dedication to the community. It's no wonder then that Wood’s Meat ...

MOSCOW, IDAHO — The University of Idaho (U of I) welcomed over 300 attendees on April 10 to the dedication of its new $17.5 ...

When several large pork processing plants shuttered last spring because workers got sick with Covid-19, it sent many who raise livestock into a panic. “Farmers would call me and say: ‘My pigs are too ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The union at a Smithfield Foods meat processing plant in South Dakota, which generates approximately 5 percent of the U.S ...

Wall Meat Processing has locations in both Wall and Rapid City and after receiving a $3.3 million grant from the USDA, they plan to expand and continue their work. Wall Meat Processing started to ...

Pacuca is among Argentina’s “largest pork processors”, employing 500-plus staff across feed, pig production and processing.