Lexington closure signifies a structural shift in the beef packing industry, not a temporary disruption like earlier plant ...

Cattle graze in a field at Otter Creek Farm on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Johnsonville. The farms sells a small number of life cattle and pigs annually to consumers who then have their animals slaughtered ...

Tyson Foods Inc., the country’s biggest meatpacker, underscored the difficulties for the industry last month as it announced ...

Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson ...

HOMINY, OKLA.— Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly ...

CHICAGO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - CME Group live cattle futures eased on Thursday, as harsh cold conditions delayed slaughter operations, analysts said. Summer month futures climbed to contract highs as ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday he’s encouraged by talks on Capitol Hill aimed at getting a farm bill passed this year and urged lawmakers to be “practical” as they iron our ...

This week on AgweekTV, we'll take a look at the skyrocketing farmland prices in the Midwest, with northwest Iowa leading the way. Waubun, Minnesota, will soon be home to a meat processing plant thanks ...

"JBS will permanently close a facility outside Los Angeles that prepares beef for sale at U.S. grocery stores, the world’s ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced July 11 that the Biden-Harris administration is making investments that will strengthen American food supply chains, increase independent ...