Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday a new plan to distribute one-time $600 pandemic relief payments to the U.S. meat packers and farmworkers. The aid comes as part of a new $700 ...

With some notable exceptions, the agriculture industry is asking the USDA to withdraw a rule allowing beef, pork and poultry producers to sue meat packers over individual contract disputes. Most […] ...

JBS Foods has agreed to pay $83.5 million to settle allegations it conspired with other meat-packers to bring down cattle prices, resolving one part of an ongoing anti-trust lawsuit against the ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA’s release of the Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposed rule, intended to improve fairness and ...

Meat companies should examine their supply chains for evidence of child labor, the Biden administration said in a letter sent to top meatpacking companies on Wednesday. Skip to main content ...

Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million) in fines on cattle ranches and meat packers, including the world's largest JBS SA , for raising or buying ...