At Beleaguered U.S. Meat Plants, Inspectors Are Getting Sick Too April 23, 2020 By Deena Shanker and Lydia Mulvany One hundred U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors have tested positive for the coronavirus as the illness ravages the nation’s meat...
Worker, Food-Safety Advocates Sound Alarm Over New Hog Slaughter Rules September 18, 2019 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO — U.S. food safety and the health of plant workers will be at risk from new federal rules that...
Crazy Midwest Weather Spurs Hardest Year Ever for U.S. Farms August 28, 2019 By Isis Almeida Crazy weather that disrupted U.S. Midwest plantings is adding to farmer stress, with growers ranking 2019 as their hardest year...
America’s Crop Problems Raise a Red Flag for a Major Chicken Producer May 31, 2019 By Isis Almeida and Lydia Mulvany Downpours that have hampered crop planting and boosted grain prices could prove a hurdle for Sanderson Farms Inc., as the...
Weather Chaos Expected to Leave Record U.S. Corn Acres Unplanted May 30, 2019 For months, traders debated which crops U.S. farmers would sow this year. That discussion is now turning to how many...
Incessant Rain Puts U.S. Farmers on Insurance-Deadline Watch May 28, 2019 By Michael Hirtzer Kansas farmer Mark Nelson had until Saturday to plant his corn or lose the insurance that protects him from a...
Quest for Food Stamp Data Lands Newspaper at Supreme Court April 22, 2019 By Jessica Gresko WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the...
Listeria Scare Prompts Houston Company to Recall Products April 11, 2019 HOUSTON — A Texas company has recalled more than 3,300 pounds (1496.87 kilograms) of ready-to-eat meat, poultry and salad products...
U.S. Disaster Aid Won’t Cover Crops Drowned by Midwest Floods April 2, 2019 By Tom Polansek MALVERN, Iowa — The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator...