Meatpacking

Congress ended mandatory labeling for pork and beef in 2015. Now, some livestock groups want to see labeling requirements included in the upcoming farm bill that would make it clear where livestock was born, raised and slaughtered.

The legislation requiring companies to build their meatpacking sludge storage lagoons away from nearby homes passed the Missouri Senate on Tuesday.

The majority of the pollutants released by Tyson in the five years the study examines were in the Midwestern states of Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri.

The wide-ranging plan is entirely voluntary, but leaders say that they have buy-in and that each of the action items is economically feasible without drastic changes to beef prices or profits for producers, processors and retailers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide loan guarantees to make it easier for processors to build new facilities, add on to existing ones and improve supply chains.

Large meat companies are paying millions to settle price-fixing suits, but even those penalties may not change much.

Hoping to help relieve pressure on meat supply chains seen during the pandemic, federal and state agencies are looking to boost small meatpacking operations, but the benefit may be different and take a while.

Missouri and Oklahoma are both trying to help reduce the supply chain problems in the meat industry seen during the coronavirus pandemic by directing federal grant dollars to meatpacking plants.

Statewide, there were 1,528 new coronavirus cases for the week ending June 19. Thats up 8% over the previous week, and on June 18, new cases topped 300 in…

Nebraska’s largest COVID-19 hotspots are meatpacking areas with deep immigrant roots. But many workers feel they can’t speak out about ongoing concerns...