Pork
Tyson Foods Inc. will eliminate about 10% of corporate jobs and 15% of senior leadership roles, Chief Executive Donnie King told employees on Wednesday.
Tyson Foods gave its chicken suppliers two months’ notice of its plan to shut a Virginia processing plant in May, raising concerns among farmers and legal experts about Tyson’s compliance with antitrust regulations.
The pork industry will see some changes in the national checkoff program to kick off the new year.
Dermot Hayes, an ag economist at Iowa State University spoke with each of the six impacted managers about their contingency plans, some of which do have plans to add Saturday shifts and/or work longer mandatory shifts.
Empty dinner plates can quickly translate to lack of world peace. Just ask Sen. Ernst, who gave a political rundown of food security as national security at Iowa State University last week.
Under Secy. Moffitt says her objective is to ensure producers have access to USDA dollars: “We see there’s a need for qualified technical expertise to capture the projects for producers and MPPTA will address that.”
India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into its country.
Smithfield’s chief administrative officer says the company denied liability in agreeing to settle, and believes its conduct was always lawful.
The Biden administration has until the end of August to file an appeal on the ruling enforcing the slower speeds.
After a two-year hiatus, World Pork Expo has returned to Des Moines, Iowa for its 33rd annual event.