The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union has announced that sanitation workers from the Raeford, N.C., Butterball plant have joined Local 1208, adding to 500 fellow union members ...

Ruiz Foods will eliminate approximately 175 positions at its Dinuba, Calif., manufacturing plant as the company adjusts production to better align with market demand. The workforce reduction taking ...

Derrell Peel This article first appeared in the Cow/Calf Corner Newsletter and is republished with the author’s permission. Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing ...

Nelore beef cattle on farms in the northern state of Parana in the Londrina region of Brazil. (Getty Images) The doors to two of the world’s major markets were slamming shut to Brazilian beef ...

A worker died at Smithfield Foods’ Monmouth, Ill., pork processing facility at 2:31 a.m. on Monday, according to a report by local broadcaster KWQC. WGIL identified the deceased worker as Patou M.

A beef cow eats grain-based rations at a ranch in Texas, U.S. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Beef packers saw margins improve last week, while feedlot margins deteriorated further as the two ...

The USDA’s ambitious plans to reorganize and relocate thousands of its workers will be delayed at least into October. According to a report from Government Executive, Judge Vince Chhabria — an Obama ...

USDA lowered its forecasts for U.S. beef and pork production for both 2026 and 2027 while raising its outlook for beef imports this year, according to the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand ...

President Donald Trump suggested that cattle processing by ranchers would be safer than in plants owned by the four largest beef packers, whom he accused of being monopolists. In an Oval Office ...

U.S. pork exports declined in July as earlier pseudorabies virus-related restrictions continued to weigh on shipments to Mexico, although exports remained above year-ago levels through the first seven ...

Automation, artificial intelligence, digitalization and traceability are transforming food production worldwide. And in Latin America, too, technological change is gathering momentum. With its Food ...

Cattle walk through a border gate at the Santa Teresa, N.M., International Export/Import livestock crossing in 2019. Santa Teresa handled more than 40% of annual US-Mexico cattle trade before the 2024 ...