When several large pork processing plants shuttered last spring because workers got sick with Covid-19, it sent many who raise livestock into a panic. “Farmers would call me and say: ‘My pigs are too ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — It’s 5:30 a.m. on a recent Monday and Sean Stanton is using a flashlight to hook a trailer loaded with four pigs to his cargo van. He’s about to make the hour and 15 minute trip to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government promised Friday to spend $500 million to encourage the construction of smaller meat processing plants located closer to farmers who raise chickens, pigs ...

BROOTEN, Minn. — Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, outbreaks at large meat processing facilities thrust small businesses like Jenniges Meat Processing into the spotlight. “I think our two lines rang for ...

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - China's top pig farmer Guangdong Wen's Foodstuff Group is pushing into processing meat, broadening its operations to limit the impact from tougher competition and falling ...

Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) is a modern, multi-national, protein-focused food conglomerate that produces beef, pig, and chicken in the United States, in addition to a portfolio of other foods. The ...

The training programme was attended by more than 45 livestock farmers and aspiring entrepreneurs. Dr Suresh Devatkal, ...