WASHINGTON – Labor unions and federal lawmakers are pushing back against federal rules that give processors the option of raising meat processing line speeds. On July 28, the United Food and ...

The nation's top agriculture official sought to refute concerns of House Republicans Thursday over whether or not the Biden administration was taking enough steps to allow the country's pork ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Monday it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy ...

.Meat cutter Rich Dennison of Salem trims a beef carcass for processing at Rob's Horst Packing...by R. Michael Semple The appointment book at Rob Donaldson’s meat processing facility, Rob’s Horst ...

For years, the Trump administration worked to eliminate limits on the speed a meat processing plant operates at. This was a popular move in the meatpacking industry, which saw it as a way to process ...

The lamb cuts are from sheep raised by the University here in Nevada, in Eureka and Reno. In fact, the sheep are Rafter 7 Merinos, a breed that the University developed more than 30 years ago, now ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack assures lawmakers the Biden administration is holding China to account for its failure to fulfill “phase one” trade commitments, but he stopped short of saying what ...

Spraying Systems Co. nozzles boost agri-processing efficiency, food safety, and product quality with precise, sustainable ...

The University of Nevada, Reno has been operating Wolf Pack Meats at its Main Station ranch, part of the University’s Experiment Station unit, since 1967, harvesting, processing and producing fresh ...

A San Joaquin Valley meat processor that already announced 178 layoffs in Fresno will retain hundreds of other jobs for at least a year as part of a state lawsuit settlement announced on Thursday. The ...

This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: Automation and jobs in the new normal. In early spring 2020, Smithfield, Tyson, and other industrial food suppliers warned that ...