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On Thursday, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow announced a hearing titled “Examining Markets, Transparency, and Prices from Cattle Producer to Consumer.” The Michigan Democrat, along with the committee’s ranking Republican John Boozman of Arkansas, scheduled the hearing for Wednesday afternoon. Cattle mark ...

On Tuesday, President Trump signed an executive order keeping meatpacking plants open during the COVID-19 pandemic. The President used the Defense Production Act to order companies to stay open as critical infrastructure, as meatpacking plants over the past couple of weeks closed with spikes in coronavirus cases among employees ...

The past, present and future, just a few of the topics discussed at the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen Beef Association trade show earlier this month in San Antonio, TX.  At the event, NCBA President Jennifer Houston said markets dominated concerns for cattlemen and women last year.  Bu...

Tyson will reopen a Kansas beef processing facility next month, following repairs prompted by an August fire that disrupted operations at the facility. This week, Tyson announced repairs at the Holcomb, KS facility are nearly complete, and efforts to resume beef processing are planned for the first week of December...

Are prices in the beef market being manipulated by packing industry?   Many on the production side will say yes.   The issue truly came to light after a fire heavily damaged a Tyson packing facility in Holcomb, KS.  Jerome Rosa, President of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association said something does not add up where consumer prices have increased, packers are enjoying excellent margins, and producers

Are prices in the beef market being manipulated by packing industry?   Many on the production side will say yes.   The issue truly came to light after a fire heavily damaged a Tyson packing facility in Holcomb, KS.  Jerome Rosa, President of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association said something does not add up where consumer prices have increased, packers are enjoying excellent margins, and producers

Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. food company, is offering up its predictions for food trends next year. Noting that years past have led to avocado toast, and others, including the poke bowl in 2018, Tyson says it takes "enormous pride and responsibility in helping shape and identify the next wave of culinary trends...

On Monday, Tyson Foods Inc. announced plans to create a venture fund aimed at developing innovations in food production.  The meat company, said it will make $150 million available for Tyson New Ventures LLC, which it said would complement Tyson's continued investment in fresh meat, poultry and prepared foods.  Th...

It was all smiles at Second Harvest’s distribution center in Pasco Friday, Tyson Foods Inc. donated 37,000 pounds of chicken to help address hunger across the Columbia Basin.  Anthony Lang with the Tyson’s Wallula plant said this is the company’s opportunity to help their neighbors.   “This is our ...