20+ hour, 42+ min ago   (199+ words) An Amish-led company says it has placed a deposit as part of a deal to acquire a federally inspected slaughter and meat processing facility in an as yet unannounced Midwestern location. Simulated Environment Concepts Inc., which operates as the Naturally…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (232+ words) Maryland-based family-owned foodservice distribution firm Saval Foods broke ground in Columbia, Md., for a 230,000-square-foot complex to house a new distribution center and multi-story office building, according to a news release from Gov. Wes Moore’s office. The project will add 107 full-time…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (326+ words) President Donald Trump suggested that cattle processing by ranchers would be safer than in plants owned by the four largest beef packers, whom he accused of being monopolists. In an Oval Office signing surrounded by ranchers on Friday for a…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1471+ words) A small, mostly regional processor, Sam A. Lupo & Sons harnesses industrious local roots to go toe to toe with major competitors. A stone arch etched with the words “Home of the Square Deal” welcomes entrants to Endicott, N.Y., an almost…...

6+ day, 15+ min ago   (272+ words) Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) said he planned to introduce legislation to reverse the Trump administration’s temporary expansion of the tariff-rate quota for imported lean beef trimmings. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Aug. 26 increasing the amount of lean beef trimmings…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (258+ words) Attorneys representing beef purchasers asked a federal judge to award $27.5 million in legal fees from Tyson Foods’ $82.5 million settlement of long-running beef price-fixing litigation. The direct purchaser plaintiffs filed the request Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (260+ words) Tyson Foods surprised Wall Street this week by lowering its outlook for the 2026 fiscal year, but the company’s loss-making beef segment still has better prospects going forward, BMO Capital Markets agribusiness and protein analyst Andrew Strelzik said in a note…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (197+ words) U.S. beef exports held steady in volume but increased in value during July as strong demand across several markets helped offset continued weakness in China, according to USDA data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation. July beef exports totaled 89,139 metric tons,…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (227+ words) President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at supporting U.S. cattle producers, including measures directing USDA to increase Packers and Stockyards Act enforcement and expand interstate market access for small and regional meat processors. Under one order, USDA was directed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1643+ words) The pork industry’s yearslong effort to rein in California’s Proposition 12 has reached another pivotal point, but whether Congress will provide the federal solution many producers have sought remains far from certain. The House passed a farm bill this spring containing…...