The Meat Institute has backed USDA FSIS proposed rule changes that would allow pork and poultry processors to increase line ...

WASHINGTON — A new bill was introduced by US Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Tina Smith (D-Minn) to support localized meat processing operations and give tribal authority over facilities.

Democrats plans to introduce a bill that would split meat processing operations and scrutinize foreign ownership.

Canada has blocked imports from the biggest U.S. pork processing plant, a facility run by Smithfield Foods in Tar Heel, North Carolina, the company said on Friday. The suspension comes as Washington, ...

Last week, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Promoting Regulatory Independence, Mastery, and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - It’s no surprise to those who have spent their entire lives in the “beef state” that Nebraska leads the nation in veal and beef exports, as well as commercial cattle slaughter.

Besides 120 acres of prime downtown real estate, Sioux Falls city leaders got something that has sometimes been elusive over the history of the Smithfield pork plant: an assurance that it’s not ...

STAPLES, Minn. — Parker Witulski grew up in agriculture in southeast Nebraska and wanted to find a way to stay in agriculture in his career path. When he turned 16, he landed a job at a local meat ...