The National Pork Board and the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have sponsored the Secure Pork Supply Plans, a voluntary program to prepare for a transboundary or foreign animal disease outbreak in the United States.

Hormel Foods Corp. will begin operating under a new model on Oct. 31, with three segments — Retail, Foodservice and International.

More consumers buying plant-based alternatives instead of beef could reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but it also could lead to job losses in agriculture, according to a study appearing in the August issue of Lancet Planet Health.

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.’s big plans for sustained growth in the market for meat alternatives are getting smaller. 

Beyond Meat, Inc. is in a bind, trapped between decelerating meat alternative category sales and the need to sell more volume to support its business.

The biggest challenge facing the beef processing sector will come late in the year as ongoing liquidation starts to show up in smaller supplies of both fed and non-fed cattle.

An analysis of the most widely consumed protein, chicken, suggests the poultry sector is best positioned to deal with inflation at whatever level. 

The US Department of Agriculture will continue to push climate change as a policy issue in farm and export programs, Department officials said in comments at the 37th International Sweetener Symposium held Aug. 1 in Vail.

Wayne-Sanderson Farms Dobson recently upgraded its hatchery with a $1.3 million project that improved the work environment for employees and created a new gender-sorting capability to the 25,000 square-foot facility.

Nearly half of shoppers put at least some effort into selecting plant-based food and beverages, and many expect to increase consumption in the future, according to data from FMI — The Food Industry Association’s inaugural “Power of Plant-Based” report.