Increased adoption of technology — namely AI and robotics — will likely be at the core of any strategy to address the ...

President Joe Biden rejected a proposal that would have ramped up production at U.S. poultry plants by 25%. The executive action puts a stop to the poultry processing speed increase rule that the ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced July 11 that the Biden-Harris administration is making investments that will strengthen American food supply chains, increase independent ...

Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The union representing workers at chicken processing plants in six states sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying its policy of allowing ...

Using proprietary technology that mimics the “miracle” inside an egg for a chick to develop, startup Hatchless says it can make real poultry meat from infertile eggs without applying chemicals, growth ...

HARDWICK – Chicken pot pies sell faster – and for a higher price per pound – than chickens. Sausage brings in more money per pound than a side of pork. And beef processed into jerky is more profitable ...

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 ...

A meat processing plant in Durant finds itself at the center of a nationwide recall of nearly 12 million pounds of meat and poultry products distributed to a vast number of retailers, institutions and ...

A shuttered northeast Iowa chicken processing plant will get new life, creating about 400 jobs, thanks in part to nearly $46 million in federal assistance designed to create competition in the ...

Virtually every animal on Earth either kills other animals to sustain itself or is unfortunate enough to play the opposite role, being devoured by another animal for the same purpose. Human beings are ...