Expanding its oilseeds network, Cargill has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Owensboro Grain Co. LLC, a fifth-generation, family-owned soybean processing facility and refinery located in Owensboro, Ky.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a public health alert that fully cooked summer sausage produced by Trimble, Mo.-based Paradise Locker Meats, might be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically plastic.

Pilgrim’s UK, a business unit of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., plans to produce over 4 million pork products in preparation for the surge of demand this holiday season.

Tyson Foods Inc. announced an investment of $18 million in the Mississippi economy through an expansion of the company’s hatchery in Walnut Grove, Miss.

The latest reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) bring the current total number of affected birds in the United States well above the estimated record of 50 million birds from the wave in 2015.

Nearly 90% of consumers purchase at least some beef with production claims or premium attributes, and 63% of consumers like to know more about the who, what, where and how behind the food they buy, according to Midan Marketing and Power of Meat data.

Nearly three in four beef-eating Americans can’t imagine giving up the taste of beef, and more and more are interested in beef with claims, according to new research from Midan Marketing.

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced its intentions to change methods for testing domestic beef manufacturing trimmings and bench trim for Escherichia coli and Salmonella.

Smithfield Europa, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, reached an agreement to acquire Goodies Meat Production SRL, a Romania-based producer of private-label packaged meats destined for retail channels.