Industry News - AM

Canada hits U.S. poultry, pork in tariff retaliation

Canada will impose tariffs Tuesday on U.S. poultry and pork with beef to follow...

Cargill gets preliminary approval for price-fixing deal

A federal judge granted preliminary approval for a $32 million settlement between...

Oral injury sparks recall of 17K pounds of boudain

A report of an oral injury caused D.J.’s Boudain, LLC, a Beaumont, Texas-based...

Pennsylvania invests in meat-processing

Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding on Thursday announced awards...

Friday, January 31, 2025

Trump announces 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico

New cold storage operator near Port of Savannah

South Carolina weighing cultivated meat labeling

USPOULTRY names officers, award winners

Premium Iowa Pork to reopen former Hylife plant

NCBA reacts to Interior Dept., EPA heads confirmations

Turkey companies seek summary judgement in antitrust case

Consumers love them some c-store food: Cobank

Thursday, January 30, 2025

‘Heavy lifting’ done, Smithfield CEO sets eyes on ‘growth phase’

‘If you like a cheeseburger … you should be able to get them’: RFK Jr.

Canadian beef industry sets strategy through 2030

Win for plant-based labels in France

Wings flying off store shelves ahead of Super Bowl: NCC

Smithfield, Humane Society end lawsuit over sow housing claims

Hormel unit sees change in leadership

News briefs: Verde Farms, Teton Waters, Jack Link’s, Osmow’s, Wahlburgers

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

New beef plant to start processing in April

Meat Institute calls on Trump to ease regulations, address food costs

Proteins in cold storage continued to slide last month

NTF lauds USDA approval of aMPV vaccine imports

Another hit to turkey capacity as Ark. plant to close

Pilgrim’s Pride to pay $41.5M to settle shareholder lawsuit

Canadian railways reach tentative union pacts

Seafood to surpass poultry in global protein growth: Rabobank

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Plant knocked out for weeks after fire: Amick Farms

Agri Stats asks DOJ to show hand in antitrust case

New salmonella framework 'legally unsound': NCC

News briefs: FPSA, Stop Foodborne Illness, Iowa State, IPWA

Smithfield IPO raises $522M

Nomination hearing for 'passionate,' 'outlandish' RFK Jr. set for Wednesday

Bone fragment alert for Wegmans nuggets sourced from Perdue

HPAI Roundup: New H5N9 strain, Pa. outbreak, U.K. human case, more infected cows

Monday, January 27, 2025

House Ag Committee criticizes Trump’s firing of federal inspectors general

Cattlemen sound alarm on Corporate Transparency Act

DOE grants university $1.8M for plant-based protein production

Chicken soup goes from can to candy

Production halted for days after S.C. poultry plant fire

California poultry firm lays off 500 employees

Iowa officials, plant workers concerned about ICE deportation plans

HPAI Roundup: Ind. updates, Ohio outbreaks, Mo. biosecurity, Mich. egg crisis

Friday, January 24, 2025

Pork company seeks dismissal of DOL retaliation case

USCA calls for action on child/forced labor

Senior staff named at USDA

Study links processed meat consumption to higher dementia risk (update)

Boar’s Head recall could influence sampling: FSIS

Class certification granted in sprawling antitrust lawsuit

Pork industry monitors H5N1 developments

News briefs: BJ’s Wholesale Club, Dietz & Watson, Meats by Linz, P.F. Chang’s

Thursday, January 23, 2025

PSSI announces rebrand, name change

Trump order impacting HPAI updates

S.D. trade partnership exec to join USDA in foreign trade post

Perdue to incorporate on-farm hatching concept

GAO scolds USDA on food safety efforts

Tender Food bags $5.4M DOE grant

Overserved: ‘Drunken chicken’ tapped in large recall

HPAI roundup: Turkey surveillance, Canada bans, more states report outbreaks

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

JBS, others get preliminary approval for $200M settlements

New head named for Simmons Prepared Foods

Germany’s FMD pain could be U.S. export gain

Refs aren’t the only ones teaming up with Chiefs in playoff run

Wayne-Sanderson Farms asks for clarity on Agri Stats use

White House sets launch date for 25% tariffs

South Dakota House advances cultivated meat bill

News briefs: KFC CEO, NIAA leaders, FSIS, Flower Hill Institute

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Pilgrim’s Pride sets new RNG project at S.C. poultry facility

State' high court rules on competency for man accused of killing at pork plant

More needed to resume cattle trade with Mexico: Vilsack

Chipotle invests in Plantible

Smithfield launches IPO

USDA updates retained water protocol for meat, poultry products

Hormel announces another executive retirement

U.S., Canadian officials remain on watch for potential ASF spread