Tyson is preparing to lean further into the brands that consumers recognize, rather than simply the volume of meat it can produce. (Getty Images) Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a two ...

Smithfield Foods remains undaunted in its plan to build a new major pork plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., despite a legal hurdle that arose this month in the local ...

Beef packer margins lost nearly $100 per head last week as cattle prices increased and the cutout fell. According to Sterling Marketing’s Beef Profit tracker, a $3-per-hundredweight (cwt) gain in... A ...

Hormel Foods must stay one step ahead of both private label competitors in the protein-centric marketplace, new CEO John Ghingo said in a recent interview. Ghingo, who has been serving... A new ...

A 54-year-old security guard died after an incident involving a semi-truck at a Koch Foods poultry processing facility in Morristown, Tenn., prompting an investigation by the Tennessee Occupational ...

Batesburg, S.C.-based chicken processor Amick Farms announced Wednesday it is investing $54.78 million to expand the company’s footprint with a new hatchery operation in Edgefield County. The new ...

Today’s cattle slaughter estimate was 109,000 head, compared to 110,000 head last Wednesday, for a week-to-date total of 325,000 head, compared to 327,000 last week. With week-to-date slaughter now ...

Sterile male New World screwworm fly (USDA photo by Lance Cheung). The number of confirmed New World screwworm infestations in the United States reached 61 since June, according to the U.S. Department ...

Laudermilch Meats, a family-owned meat processing and retail business that has operated for more than a century in Annville, Pa., was sold to new owners Justin Smith and Josh Shope. The transaction ...

A team member at Rancher's Premium Smokehouse's Texas manufacturing facility prepares smoked sausage for production as the company announces plans to double its production capacity to meet growing ...

The National Pork Board (NPB) has named its 18-member Domestic Marketing Advisory Committee, formed to assist with strategizing market growth across foodservice, retail, packers and processors. More ...

The USDA announced changes to its Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) system that will combine negotiated cash cattle price data from five states into a new regional report aimed at improving market ...