State officials have announced a $5 million grant program for Illinois meat and poultry producers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Livestock and poultry producers haven’t been able to sell as much to processing plants, which have seen COVID-19-related closures.
The grants...
ack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK) announced today that it is more than three-quarters of the way toward ensuring that all eggs in its supply chain come from chickens raised in cage-free environments.
In 2015, Jack in the Box...
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to align with changes in the poultry industry and to incorporate new scientific information and technologies into...
Jim Perdue, Chairman of Perdue Farms, has been named to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, honoring industry excellence in business leadership and community service.
Jim has been the Chairman and advertising spokesperson of Perdue Farms since 1991. As...
More than 200 poultry professionals and farm managers across southern Africa and Uganda have benefitted from the Cobb Europe and RCL Foods technical school partnership. This year, more than 60 students attended the annual school, which was held virtually...
Our animal care and welfare programs encompass all phases, including breeder operations, hatchery, appropriate comfort and shelter on the farms, comprehensive veterinary care and health monitoring, nutrition, catching, transportation and harvesting.
All of our animals for our products are raised:
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The sprawling price-fixing case against Tyson Foods Inc., Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., and other top chicken processors—which has centered for years on flock culling practices and an industry index—will now include “bid rigging” allegations by restaurants like Boston Market, a...
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), a 3-Commisioner panel appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate which hears appeals of contested OSHA cases, issued two decisions vacating OSHA’s citations and one decision reclassifying...
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Our first session: “Hands off my Bird: Robotic and Poultry Production” was held on September 21 and featured live from Spain Heiner Lehr, CEO...
Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley, Colorado, the site of one of the earliest and deadliest coronavirus outbreaks at a U.S. meatpacking plant.
Before getting sick,...