Meat, Fish & Dairy Processing Industry News: United States
14 January 2021

The coronavirus still dominates the economy and continues to impact rural industries, but with vaccines rolling out, the...
14 December 2020

President-Elect Joe Biden’s choice for US Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, will face limited to no opposition when...
05 September 2020

If you put in a lot of time trying to grill a piece of meat to perfection, it can be particularly disconcerting if you cut...
02 August 2020

Agriculture officials are warning American citizens to be wary of unsolicited packages of seeds mailed to them....
21 July 2020

Since 2015, indirect exports of corn and soybeans through beef and pork exports has been the fastest-growing category of...
02 June 2020

US live cattle futures closed lower on 1 June despite strength in cash markets....

The inherent nature of the agricultural occupation is independent. Isolation is often linked to impacts on mental health...

When workers essential to the food supply become ill, how does this affect the food supply chain within the meat industry?...
01 June 2020

US Senator Chuck Grassley says he does not expect President Trump to walk away from a Phase 1 trade deal with China despite...
01 June 2015

US -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Kansas City Sausage, LLC today announced construction of a $44.8 million, 90,000-square-foot,...
29 May 2015

US - The House Committee on Agriculture has voted to repeal the mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirements...

US - Imported beef prices into the US continued to decline this week, with the imported 90CL cow beef indicator 2.5¢ lower,...

US - According to the top US veterinary officer, the worst bird flu outbreak in US history may be over by July, write Steve...
28 May 2015

US – US meat and food processing giant Hormel Foods is to acquire organic meat producer Applegate Farms....
27 May 2015

US - Smithfield Foods has backed US supermarket giant Walmart in its release of the company's new animal welfare and antibiotics...
26 May 2015

US - While US meat exports face imposing challenges in 2015, this has not dampened the industry’s enthusiasm for international...

US - Latest cattle on feed numbers were 4.6 per cent down in April with marketings down 7.8 per cent, report two University...

US – The US National Farmers Union has called on members of Congress to vote against recent legislation passed in the House...
22 May 2015

US - US meat processing giant Hormel Foods has reported record performance for the second quarter of thefinancial year....

US - Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods announced last week that they would build a new, state-of-the-art pork slaughter plant...