Talk to any farmer who used to raise pigs, and they’ll more than likely tell you it all changed in 1998. That’s the year that draws memories of agony and financial pain for many. Hog margins bled red, ...

AUSTIN -- Robert Tegt will retire at the end of the year as president of Jennie-O Turkey Store of Willmar and as a Hormel Foods group vice president, according to a Hormel Foods news release. "Under ...

The Biden Administration announced Monday it will spend $1 billion in American Rescue Funds to expand independent meat processing capacity as part of a broader initiative to break up what it calls a ...

A major fire in and of itself is devastating enough, but when a community’s major employer decides not to rebuild after the fire, it’s a double whammy. Photos courtesy of Waukon Standard Newspaper At ...

Robotics, virtual reality and artificial intelligence could be game changers for poultry processors following promising results in research to integrate those technologies, according to Jeyam Subbiah, ...

Thanksgiving bird prices have soared since last year due to rising feed, fuel and processing costs, ruffling the feathers of consumers, a turkey-farming couple told Fox News. "We've seen huge ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Cargill has announced it will close its turkey processing complex in Springdale on August 1, 2025, affecting about 1,100 employees. "We will shift much of Springdale’s production ...

DISPLACED. CHIP? CARGILL'S TURKEY PROCESSING PLANT HAS BEEN IN SPRINGDALE SINCE 1965. BUT AFTER 60 YEARS, THE COMPANY SAYS IT IS IN ITS BEST INTEREST TO SHIFT PRODUCTION ELSEWHERE. CARGILL'S LONGTIME ...

The industry spent big to get faster line speeds. Experts say it will increase injuries to workers and make the food you eat ...

STACYVILLE, Iowa — Farm Service Agency leaders toured a plant designed to be the model for independent poulty processing plants nationwide, as they looked for solutions in the wake of Tyson Foods ...

DEARBORN COUNTY, IND. — Whitewater Processing LLC recently broke ground on a new 85,000-square-foot facility that is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. The project, located on an 86-acre ...

Minnetonka-based Cargill Inc. will close a turkey processing plant in Arkansas that employs 1,100 workers on Aug. 1 and shift much of the production to processing sites in Missouri and Virginia, the ...