The USDA announced more than $57 million in proposed grants for independent meat and poultry processors across 40 states, building on a series of federal initiatives aimed at expanding domestic ...

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 ...

Uncle Charley’s is one of three Village Gourmet brands newly acquired by Premio Food. Sausage company Premio Foods Inc. has acquired four regional brands in two acquisitions, the Oakland, N.J.-based ...

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 ...

Metal detector in a meat processing facility. A survey of meat processors on foreign material problems revealed plastic as an issue increasingly rivaling concerns about metal, according to findings ...

U.S. cattle feedlot losses narrowed during the week ending Oct. 10 as slightly higher fed cattle prices and lower breakeven costs improved feeding margins, according to Sterling Marketing’s latest ...

Authors: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG: Andreas Heckenberger, Michael Betz; Hybricol food Technologies b.v.: René van Kampen; Metalquimia, SAU ...

Today’s cattle slaughter estimate was 110,000 head, compared to 112,000 head last Tuesday, for a week-to-date total of 216,000 head, compared to 217,000 last week. With week-to-date slaughter now ...

Intermountain Packing, a beef and bison processing facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho, is being offered for sale as a turnkey operation, with its owners seeking a buyer for the entire plant. The ...

Rendering of proposed Sioux Falls, S.D., pork plant. Image courtesy of Smithfield Foods. A South Dakota Circuit Court Judge is sending a conditional use permit for Smithfield to build a $1.3 billion ...

Fieldale Farms promoted Amanda Chosewood to chief financial officer, recognizing a career with the company that has included more than 13 years of progressive leadership and responsibility. Chosewood ...

The acquisition of value-added chicken company Brakebush Brothers Inc. gives Hormel Foods what interim CEO Jeff Ettinger described as a “one-two punch.” The Wisconsin-based further processor, bought ...