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Major deli processor signs renewable energy deal

Deli meat and cheese brand Dietz & Watson announced a new agreement with a renewable...

‘Power of Meat’ presents 2024’s biggest meat trend

ORLANDO - Consumer sentiments, generational divides, and the phenomenal success...

Facing trade war, Mexico pushing for more domestic pork

Mexico has become a huge importer of U.S. pork, but the government in Mexico City...

Crystal balls still cloudy on beef herd dynamics

Last week’s drop in the Cattle on Feed report is notable, but not yet an indicator...

Monday, March 24, 2025

Congress spars over Trump’s tariff

JBS buys vegetarian brand

Exporters wanted: Trade mission to the Dominican Republic

State accepting applications for export expansion grants

Smithfield Foods joins Russell 1000 Index

NPPC to Canada: “No winners” in escalating trade war

Direct Action … anywhere?

Giving Back Briefs: Smithfield, Perdue, Tyson, Seaboard

Friday, March 21, 2025

DOJ continues to fight Agri Stats objection in antitrust case

Korean producers defend age limit on U.S. beef imports

February year-over-year meat sales surge

Possible metal contamination prompts recall of 30K pounds of beef sticks

Federal judge rules on Iowa law restricting undercover recordings

Farmer-owned meat processor to open in May

HPAI roundup: H7N9, Ohio movement ban, avian and dairy outbreaks

News briefs: Hormel, Creekstone Farms, Force of Nature Meats, Sunbird Poultry

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Bipartisan bill aims to reduce egg waste, lower prices

NCBA reacts to reinstated cattle report

Feedlot profits soar while processor margins suffer

Stampede Culinary Partners opens new test kitchens

Rising tariffs, falling consumer sentiment cloud Fed's economic picture

Third state bans cultivated meat

Japanese beef demand weak, shifting to cheaper pork

HPAI news: APHIS webinar, fed funding, parents, HPAI in food supply chain

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

FSIS’ line speed decision puts workers 'at risk': Union

Take meat out to the ball game: Aramark’s 2025 MLB menu

China ag policy proposes beef 'bailout,' hog herd limits

Foodservice news briefs: Outback Steakhouse, Papa John’s, Nathan’s Famous

Sanitation worker dies at Oklahoma poultry plant

Meat giant shares climb as it prepares for IPO in US market

Monogram Foods names new CEO

Nestlé USA recalls frozen meals over possible foreign material

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Pork, poultry processors win line speed victory

'Very bad spring' looms as migration spreads HPAI: Expert

Major pork producer faces new tariff threats from China, US

Budgets, sodium on meat industry’s school lunch menu

Left hanging: US beef producers waiting for export licenses in China

Perdue HQ bracing for protest by animal activists

Undeclared allergen prompts sausage recall

HPAI roundup: New infections in Iowa, Ohio, Ind., Neb.; new vax trial overseas

Monday, March 17, 2025

Hundreds of US meat plants to lose China export access: Reuters

NCBA calls for halt in Brazilian beef imports

PETA takes aim at pork industry

News briefs: Trader Joe’s, Hormel, Poultry Industry Safety Recognition Awards

Former Tyson CEO dies

Processor halts harvest operations at beef facility, 250 employees impacted

USDA, HHS provide update on Dietary Guidelines progress

More than 100 members of Congress weigh in on USDA cuts to local food programs

NPPC provides update on US companies' access to China

Friday, March 14, 2025

McDonald’s forms new team to drive chicken, beverage growth

Mission Barns clears FDA, plans commercial pork fat launch

Family-owned NYC meat processor names outside exec

S.D. beef sector applauds new state law

Pilgrim’s adding small bird, case-ready capacities

Exports from US pork processor resume to Canada

NPPC elects new officers, board members for 2025-26

APHIS reopens comment period for HPAI indemnity program

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Smithfield CEO discusses tariffs on pork

DOJ, Wayne-Sanderson quarrel over consent decree

Prices, including food, cooled in Feb.

Canada sets aside support funds in case of ASF outbreaks

Cultivated meat company snaps up former Cargill, Tyson execs

EPA to revise WOTUS definition

Wholesale meat prices saw high volatility in February

Activists invest $100K to oppose federal Prop 12 override

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Processor starts hiring for new $450 million plant

Cargill pushes back against using beef tallow to replace seed oils (update)

Meat index defies global food price trend

Chicken product recalled due to allergen

EU counter-tariffs target beef, poultry

Trade group asks USTR to open channels for meat and poultry

USDA to limit exemptions in retail sale of meat to hotels, restaurants

Meat processing facility coming to Alabama