Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley asks Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue to publicly release findings from USDA's investigation into beef pricing margins following the fire at Tyson’s plant in Holcomb, Kansas.
USDA released Wednesday the long-awaited report on its investigation into cattle market disruptions following last year’s Tyson Foods packing plant fire and this spring’s impact from the coronavirus pandemic.
This spring's cattle market disruptions were a disaster for everyone, Mark Dopp, general counsel for the Meat Institute told AgriTalk host Chip Flory. But he believes USDA's report on markets was accurate.
Pilgrim's Pride, the nation's second-largest poultry processor, entered a guilty plea to federal charges of price-fixing and bid-rigging, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
Just last week, R-CALF USA filed a lawsuit against four major meat packers. However, even if the cattle producers win, it could still be a losing scenario in the end. Drovers Editor explains why.
Inspectors fined Tyson Foods more than $263,000 for safety violations at an East Texas poultry plant where a worker's finger was amputated when it became stuck in a conveyor belt, federal officials announced Tuesday.
